Filippo de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany

Filippo de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (May 20, 1577 – March 29, 1582) was the youngest child of Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany and his consort Archduchess Joanna of Austria. He was the |heir to the Tuscan throne with the title Grand Prince of Tuscany. Filippo was named in honour of the King Philip II of Spain. The birth cemented the succession of the House of Medici for another generation. Grand Prince Filippo never succeeded his father due to dying on 29 March 1582; he was four years old, and suffered from hydrocephalus: when his skull was opened, the equivalent of about a glass of water came out. Recent study of his remains have confirmed the diagnosis.

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 * May 20 1577 – March 29 1582 His Highness Don Filippo de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany.