Claudia de' Medici

Claudia de' Medici (4 June 1604 – 25 December 1648) was Regent of the Austrian County of Tyrol during the minority of her son from 1632 until 1646. She was a daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christina of Lorraine. She was named after her grandmother Claude of Valois, herself granddaughter of Claude, Duchess of Brittany, consort of King Francis I of France.

First marriage
I n 1621, se married Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, the only son of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.

Issue

 * 1) Vittoria della Rovere (7 February 1622 – 5 March 1694) married Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici of Tuscany and had issue.

Second marriage
19 April 1626, to Leopold V, Archduke of Austria.

Issue

 * 1) Maria Eleonore of Austria (1627–1629) died in infancy.
 * 2) Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Further Austria (17 May 1628 – 30 December 1662) married Anna de' Medici and had issue.
 * 3) Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685) married Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat and had issue.
 * 4) Sigismund Franz, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 – 25 June 1665) married Princess Hedwig of Sulzbach but had no issue.
 * 5) Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria (6 April 1632 – 7 August 1649) married Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and had issue.