Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Joanna of Austria
Portrait by Alessandro Allori, 1570
Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany
Tenure21 April 1574 – 11 April 1578
Born24 January 1547
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Died11 April 1578(1578-04-11) (aged 31)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Burial
SpouseFrancesco I de' Medici
Issue
among others...
Eleanor, Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat
Anna de' Medici
Maria, Queen of France and Navarre
Philip, Grand Prince of Tuscany
HouseHabsburg
FatherFerdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherAnna of Bohemia and Hungary

Joanna of Austria (German Johanna von Österreich, Italian Giovanna d'Austria) (24 January 1547 – 11 April 1578) was an Archduchess of Austria. By marriage to Francesco I de' Medici, she was the Grand Princess of Tuscany and later the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. One of her daughters was Marie de' Medici, second wife of King Henry IV of France.


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