Medici in Lorraine

According to Acton’s The Last Medici, in the 1670s, Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici (as well as his wife) both attempted to have their eldest son, Ferdinandino, internationally recognized as the heir to the still-childless and unmarried Duke Charles V of Lorraine. Ferdinandino, through his mother was the nearest male heir of François II, since his mother was the eldest child of the daughter of Duke François II.

However, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, not desiring Lorraine to revert to France, married his own half-sister, the Dowager Queen of Poland, to Charles V.

What if, by the Treaty of Nijmegen, Grand Prince Ferdinandino was accepted as the heir to Lorraine? Also, the Dowager Queen is either barren, or doesn't want to go to Lorraine. So to allay Leopold’s fears of Lorraine in the French sphere of influence, it would be more probable that he would marry one of the Neuburg princesses proposed for him, since I doubt, a union between Lorraine-Tuscany and Portugal would still be acceptable (with the other proposal being the princess of Beira), than the Bavarian princess he married OTL (since she was the sister of the Dauphine).
 
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Well would this really change anything? I mean the Medici were going extinct so I'm not sure how giving them two thrones would change anything.

It was going extinct partially because the dukes had no children by their wives. So maybe a change of bride for Ferdinandino could forestall that. He found Violante Beatrix plain, and if he marries Beira/princess (insert name here) of Neuberg he might be inspired enough to produce one or two kids.

An added benefit would be that he could turn Lorraine into a cultural centre with his patronage of the arts, especially musically. IDK what his politics would be like, but he was close to his mother, but a match with Beira wouls likewise mean he has to leave Lorraine (that he left Florence for) for Lisbon, so I think a Neuberg princess (who all the married girls except the queen of Spain had kids, I dont think it was her fault) would be more suitable.
 
Isabel-Luisa was offered to Gian-Gastone de Medici precisely due to Portuguese laws on consorts, as he was a second son.
Somebody from "Neuburg bunch" is a good idea, though (Maria Anna of Neuburg marries Fernando and Anna-Maria-Luisa de Medici marries Carlos the Bewitched?).
 
I can just see Michelangelo's David ending up in all his naked glory staring down at the main entrance to the Escorial:D

Anna Maria Luisa de Medici would make an interesting queen of Spain, although someone on this board did wonder once if she wouldn't maybe be living in a bubble - a sort of 17th century Ena of Battenberg.

But, granted Maria Anna of Neuberg can hardly fail to do better by marrying Ferdinandino.
 
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