Cardinal Leopoldo di Medici

1617 - 1675  (58 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Leopoldo di Medici
  Prefix	Cardinal
  Birth	6 Nov 1617
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Nov 1675
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Maria di Medici,   b. 1609   d. 1615  (Age 6 years) + 2. Duca Ferdinando II di Medici,   b. 1610   d. 23 May 1670  (Age 60 years) ▻ Vittoria della Rovere   3. Cardinal Giovanni Carlo di Medici,   b. 1611   d. 1663  (Age 52 years) + 4. Margaretha di Medici,   b. 1612   d. 1679  (Age 67 years) ▻ Ducco Odoardo I Farnese   5. General Mattias di Medici,   b. 9 May 1613   d. 14 Oct 1667  (Age 54 years)   6. Francesco di Medici,   b. 1614   d. 1634  (Age 20 years) + 7. Anna di Medici,   b. 21 Jul 1616, Firenze, Toscana, Italia d. 11 Sep 1676, Wien, Österreich  (Age 60 years) ▻ Ferdinand Karel von Österreich-Tirol   8. Cardinal Leopoldo di Medici,   b. 6 Nov 1617   d. 10 Nov 1675  (Age 58 years)
  Person ID	I79203	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Duca Cosimo II di Medici,   b. 1590   d. 28 Feb 1621 (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Maria Magdalene von Österreich,   b. 7 Oct 1589, Graz, Steiermark, Österreich d. 1 Nov 1631, Passau (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1608	Firenze, Toscana, Italia
  Family ID	F21606	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Leopoldo, a disciple of Galileo, took a real interest in the proceedings of the justly celebrated academy 'Del Cimento' (the test), signing its correspondence, following closely the work of Evangelista Torricelli da Modigliana, inventor of the barometer. He experimented with telescopic lenses and all manner of scientific instruments, and also commissioned those thermometers, astrolobes, calorimeters, quadrants, hygrometers, quadrants and other ingenious mechanical devices which visitors to the Pitti Palace saw displayed in such profusion. Leopoldo spent four hours each day 'up to his neck in books'. He read everything that came to hand and always kept a book in his pocket to read whenever he had a spare moment. On the dissolution of the scientific adademy, Del Cimento, he left for Rome and became a cardinal. "The Rise and Fall of The House of Medici", by Christopher Hibbert