(Encyclopedia) Medici, Francesco de'Medici, Francesco de'fränchāsˈkō [key]Medici, Francesco de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1541–87, grand duke of Tuscany (1574–87); son and successor of…
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