Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (11 August 1667 – 18 February 1743) was a member of the House of Medici who bequeathed the Medici's art collection, including the contents of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the numerous Medici properties, which she inherited upon her brother Gian Gastone's death in 1737, and her Palatine treasures to the Tuscan state, on the condition that nae part o it could be removed from "the Capital of the grand ducal State....[and from] the succession of His Serene Grand Duke." When Gian Gastone died in 1737, Francis Stephen's envoy offered Anna Maria Luisa the position of regent of Tuscany which she declined. Her death, in 1743, bought the House of Medici to an end.

Titles and styles

 * 11 August 1667 – 29 April 1691 Her Highness Princess Anna Maria Luisa.
 * 29 April 1691 – 8 June 1716 Her Serene Highness The Electress [Palatine of the Rhine]
 * 8 June 1716 – 18 February 1743 Her Serene Highness The Dowager Electress [Palatine of the Rhine]

Honours

 * Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross (Austria)