Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand III (6 May 1769 – 18 June 1824) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824. He was also the Prince-elector and Grand Duke of Salzburg (1803–1805) and Grand Duke (and briefly Prince-Elector) of Würzburg (1805–1814).

Ferdinand III
Elector of Salzburg (1803–1805)
Elector of Würzburg (1805–1806)
Grand Duke of Würzburg (1805–1814)
Grand Duke Ferdinand sitting in his library, 1797, after Joseph Dorffmeister
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Reign22 July 1790 – 3 August 1801
PredecessorLeopold I
SuccessorLouis I
(as King of Etruria)
Reign27 April 1814 – 18 June 1824
PredecessorElisa Bonaparte
SuccessorLeopold II
Grand Duke of Würzburg
Reign26 December 1805 – 3 June 1814
Born6 May 1769
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died18 June 1824(1824-06-18) (aged 55)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Spouse
Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
(m. 1790; died 1802)
    Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony
    (m. 1821)
    Issue
    Detail
    Names
    Ferdinando Giuseppe Giovanni Battista
    HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
    FatherLeopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
    MotherMaria Luisa of Spain
    ReligionRoman Catholicism
    Signature
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