Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, (Italian: Ferdinando IV, Granduca di Toscana; 10 June 1835 – 17 January 1908) was the son of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1859 after his father's abdication, but never reigned and was deposed in 1860 when Tuscany was annexed to Italy. Image File history File links Imperial Crown of Austria License:from German language version of Wikipedia. ... A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... Imperial and Royal Highness (in German:Kaiserliche und königliche Hoheit) is a style possessed by someone who either through birth or marriage holds two individual styles, Imperial Highness and Royal Highness. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Portrait of Leopold II Leopold II (October 3, 1797 – January 29, 1870), of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia. ... Unofficial Medici Rulers of Florence, 1434_1531 Cosimo de Medici 1434_1464 Piero I de Medici 1464-1469 (The Gouty) Lorenzo I de Medici 1469-1492 (The Magnificent) Giuliano de Medici 1469-1478 Piero II de Medici 1492-1494 Republic restored 1494-1512 Cardinal Giovanni de Medici 1512_1513 Lorenzo II de Medici... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy...

He died in Salzburg. Salzburg is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 150,000 in 2006). ...

Family and children

He married twice and had the following children:

From his first marriage to Princess Anna of Saxony, daughter of King John I of Saxony: King John I of Saxony Johann I, King of Saxony (Johann Nepomuk Maria Joseph Anton Xaver Vincenz Aloys Franz de Paula Stanislaus Bernhard Paul Felix Damasus) (12 December 1801 – 29 October 1873) was the son of Maximilian, Duke of Saxony (1759-1838) and his first wife, Caroline of Bourbon-Parma...

• Maria Antonietta (1858-1893)

From his second marriage to Princess Alice "Alix" of Parma, daughter of Charles III of Parma: Charles III was Duke of Parma from 1848 to 1854. ...

• Leopold of Austria (1868-1935). He renounced his titles on 29 December 1902 and took the name Leopold Wölfling. He married thrice.
• Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany (1870-1947)
• Joseph Ferdinand (1872-1942). He married first Rosa Kaltenbrunner and, after divorcing her, he married second Gertrud Tomanek, by whom he had issue. Both marriages where morganatic.
• Peter Ferdinand (1874-1948). Married Princess Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and had issue.
• Heinrich Ferdinand Salvator (1878-1969). Major-Gen in Austrian Army. Married morganatically to Maria Karoline Ludescher and had issue.
• Anna Maria Theresia (1879-1961). Married Johannes, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein.
• Margareta (1881-1965)
• Germana (1884-1955)
• Robert Ferdinand Salvator (1885-1895)
• Agnes Maria (1891-1895)