Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Ferdinando Giuseppe Giovanni Baptista; 6 May 1769 – 18 June 1824) was a Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 till 1801 an, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824.

First marriage
On 15 August 1790, Ferdinand III married his cousin Princess Luisa of Naples, daughter of King Ferdinando IV o Naples and III of Sicily and Maria Carolina of Austria.

Children

 * 1) Archduchess Carolina Ferdinanda Teresa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1793–1802), died young.
 * 2) Archduke Francesco Leopoldo, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1794–1800), died young.
 * 3) Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797–1870) married Maria Anna of Saxony and had children. Remarried Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies and had children.
 * 4) Archduchess Maria Luisa Giuseppa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1799–1857), born disabled.
 * 5) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1801–1855), married Charles Albert of Sardinia and had children.
 * 6) Stillborn son (1802).

Second marriage
On 6 May 1821 the Grand Duke married Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, a daughter of Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony an Princess Carolina of Parma. They had no children.

Titles and styles

 * 6 May 1769 - 22 June 1790 His Royal Highness The Archduke Ferdinando of Austria, Prince of Tuscany.
 * 22 June 1790 - 3 August 1801 His Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duke of Tuscany
 * 26 December 1802 - 25 December 1805 His Royal Highness The Prince Elector and Grand Duke of Salzburg.
 * 25 December 1805 - 6 August 1806 His Royal Highness The Prince Elector and Grand Duke of Würzburg.
 * 6 August 1806 - 27 April 1814 His Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duke of Würzburg.
 * 27 April 1814 - 18 June 1824 His Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Honours

 * Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Austria)
 * Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary (Austria)
 * Knight of the Order of the Rue Crown (Saxony)
 * Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit (Two Sicilies)
 * Knight of the Order o Saint Januarius (Two Sicilies)
 * Knight of the Order of Saint Joseph (Tuscany)
 * Knight of the Holy Military Order of Saint Stephen Pope and Martyr (Tuscany)


 * Grand Masters of the Order of Saint Joseph (Tuscany)
 * Grand Master of the Holy Military Order of Saint Stephen Pope and Martyr (Tuscany)