<meta content="urn:uuid:93b8905e-1857-4011-a4b0-45bb484592f1" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <p class="p10"><img alt="img134.jpg" height="527" src="images/img134.jpg" width="395"/></p> <p class="p0"><span class="t11">Ferdinando II de’ Medici (1610-1670) was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest child of Cosimo II de’ Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. His 49 year rule was punctuated by the beginning of Tuscany’s long economic decline.</span></p> </body> </html>