Anne de Médicis

Anne de Médicis, Princesse-Électrice Palatin du Rhin (French: Anne Marie Louise de Médicis; German: Anna Maria Louisa von Medici; Italian: Anna Maria Luisa di Medici; 11th July 1667 - Present) was an Italian born noblewoman, French courtier, and patron of the arts at the court of Élisabeth II d'Évreux, Impératrice-Régnante de France et Impéatrice des Romains. By birth she was a Princess of Tuscany, being the daughter of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his French wife, Marguerite Louise d'Alençon. The union bore them three children; two boys and one girl. By marriage to the Elector Palatine, Johann Wilhelm II de Wittelsbach, she became Princesse-Électrice Palatin du Rhin, holding both the dignities of being an electoral consort and a foreign princess.

Descended from both the Archdukes of Austria and the French Princes, Anne de Médicis was considered a prized bride amongst the powers of Europe. Her blood allowed for her to have once been a possible immediate relative or even possible royal consort to the crowns of France, Savoy, Spain, Portugal, and even England. However, despite all these propositions, her mother, the Grand Duchess Marguerite Louise d'Alençon played a central role in this as many of the courts of Europe thought that Anne would end up like her mother, an unwanted, despised, and overall unruly wife. For example, when Cosimo III had arranged her to marry the King of Portugal, Peter II of Braganza, his minister's had refused her as they thought that she would manipulate him and try to rule Portugal herself and without reason. This caused for her in later years to be engaged and then married to Johann Wilhelm II de Wittelsbach de Bavière, Prince-Électeur Palatin, who was an Imperial Elector to the Emperors of France and of the Romans.

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 * 11th July 1667 - 5th June 1691 Son Altesse, Princesse de Toscane
 * 5th June 1691 - Present Son Altesse Sérénissime, Princesse-Électrice Palatin du Rhin