This article is about the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. For the wife of Pietro de' Medici, see Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo.
Duchess consort of Florence
Eleanor of Toledo
Portrait by Agnolo Bronzino
Duchess consort of Florence
Tenure
29 March 1539 – 17 December 1562
Born
11 January 1522 Alba de Tormes, Spain
Died
17 December 1562 (aged 40) Pisa, Duchy of Florence
Burial
Medici Chapel
Spouse
Cosimo I de' Medici
(m. 1539)
Issue see details...
Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Isabella, Duchess of Bracciano
Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici
Lucrezia, Duchess of Modena
Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Pietro de' Medici
Names
Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel-Osorio
House
Alba de Tormes
Father
Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga
Mother
María Osorio y Pimentel
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Eleanor of Toledo (Spanish: Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel-Osorio, Italian: Eleonora di Toledo; 11 January 1522 – 17 December 1562) was a Spanish noblewoman who became a Duchess of Florence[a] as the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and important buildings like the Pitti Palace. She ruled as regent of Florence during his frequent absences: Eleanor ruled during Cosimo's military campaigns in Genoa in 1541 and 1543, his illness from 1544 to 1545, and again at times when the war for the conquest of Siena (1551–1554). She founded many Jesuit churches. She is credited with being the first modern first lady or consort.[2]
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^Eisenbichler, Konrad (2001). The Cultural Politics of Duke Cosimo de' Medici. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. pp. xix. ISBN 9780754602675.
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