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Ferdinand III. von ToskanaFerdinand III of Tuscany, b. Florence (Italy), May 6, 1769, d. Florence (Italy), June 16, 1824, second son of Emperor Leopold II, brother of Emperor Franz II (I); appointed Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1791; after the expulsion by Napoleon in 1799, Elector of Salzburg from 1803-1805; 1807-1814 Grand Duke of Würzburg; returned to Tuscany in 1814. Literature: F. Pesendorfer, Ein Kampf um die Toskana, Erzhzg. F. III., 1984; D. Schäfer, F. v. Ö., Großherzog zu Würzburg, 1988.
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