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Maria Cristina de' Medici

Italian princess

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Maria Cristina
Princess of Tuscany
Born	(1609-08-24)24 August 1609 Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	9 August 1632(1632-08-09) (aged 22) Villa del Poggio Imperiale Arcetri, Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany
House	Medici
Father	Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Mother	Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria

Maria Cristina de 'Medici (24 August 1609 – 9 August 1632) was a Tuscan princess and the first born child of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Biography[edit]

Maria Cristina de 'Medici was born on 24 August 1609 in Florence as the first child of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria.^[1] She was born with a deformity and was possibly mentally disabled.^{[citation needed]} She was baptized in the Catholic faith on 21 November 1610.

In 1619 she was sent to live in the Convent of the Holy Conception run by the Order of St. Stephen.^[2]

She died on 9 August 1632 at the Villa del Poggio Imperiale.

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