Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1870)

Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859

Leopold II was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832, to Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he begat his eventual successor, Ferdinand. Leopold was recognised contemporarily as a…