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unusual facts about Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany



François Roger de Gaignières

He soon was at the center of a group of art connoisseurs and historians that stretched from Paris to the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence.

Galleria dell'Accademia

The Galleria dell'Accademia was founded in 1784 by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Line of succession to the former Austro-Hungarian throne

  • Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1966, elder son of Leopold Franz); married to Elyssa Edmonstone)

    Mandaloun

    In 1608 prince Fakhr-al-Din II of Lebanon concluded a secret economic and military alliance with the Grand Duke of Tuscany against the Ottoman hegemony.

    Michael Balfour, 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh

    Balfour notably served as Scottish Ambassador to the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duke of Lorraine in 1606 and was a member of the Scottish Privy Council.


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