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Born October 3, 1797 • Florence • Italy
Died January 29, 1870 (aged 72) • Rome • Italy

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Cosimo I
Cosimo I
duke of Florence and Tuscany [1519–1574]
Ferdinand I
grand duke of Tuscany
Ferdinand II
grand duke of Tuscany
Francis
grand duke of Tuscany
Cosimo III
Cosimo III
grand duke of Tuscany
Cosimo II
Cosimo II
grand duke of Tuscany
Ferdinand III
grand duke of Tuscany
Gino, Marquess Capponi
Italian historian and statesman
Gian Gastone
duke of Tuscany
Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet
prime minister of the Kingdom of Naples
Leopold II, engraving
Leopold II
Holy Roman emperor
Elisa Bonaparte with her daughter Napoleona Baciocchi, 1810.
Élisa Bonaparte
sister of Napoleon
Giovanni Maria Galli da Bibiena
Italian artist
Agostino Chigi
Italian banker
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Guglielmo Boccanegra
Genoese ruler
Francesco Barberini
Roman aristocrat
Giuliano Amato
Italian politician
Antonio Galli Bibiena
Italian architect
Emilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary