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Episode 81: Love and Marriage

Ferdinando II had high hopes that marrying his introverted, overly devout son to a French princess would both loosen his son up and save the dynasty from extinction. Things wouldn’t turn out quite like he wanted.

A portrait of Marguerite d’Orléans by an unknown artist (c. 1675) (Source: Uffizi Gallery).
Cosimo III as a young man (1660) by Justus Sustermans. (Source: Pitti Palace).

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