List of governors of Siena

A list of the governors of Siena, a jurisdiction of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1569−1859) established after the dissolution of the Republic of Siena in 1555.^[1]

The republic was centered on the present day city of Siena, located in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Governors of Siena

• Alfonso Piccolomini (1528–1530), (1531–1541), native of Siena.^[2]
• Caterina de' Medici (1627–1629) daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.^[3]
• Leopoldo de' Medici (1636–1641), (1643–1644) son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.^[4]
• Mattias de' Medici (1629–1636), (1641–1643), son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
• Francesco Maria de' Medici (1683-1711) son of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
• Unknown (1711–1717)
• Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (1717–1731) daughter in law of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.^[5][6]

References

1. Ascheri, Mario. Storia di Siena dalle origini ai giorni nostri (in Italian) (in Italian). Biblioteca dell'Immagine.
2. Novi Chavarria, Elisa (2015). "Piccolomini, Alfonso". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 83: Piacentini–Pio V. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
3. Young, G.F. (1920). The Medici. Vol. II. London: John Murray. p. 530.
4. Mirto, Alfonso. "MEDICI, Leopoldo de". Treccani (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
5. Parsons, Gerald (2004). Siena, civil religion and the Sienese. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7546-1516-3.
6. Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell (1980). The last Medici. London: Macmillan London. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-333-29315-7.