Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667 – 1743) was the last member of the Grand Ducal branch of the House of Medici. Although her elderly father and childless brother tried to secure her succession to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany upon their own deaths, she was barred due to her gender, and so Tuscany was inherited by the upon the death of her brother Gian Gastone in 1737. She did, however, inherit the Uffizi, the Palazzo Pitti, and other Medicean villas and possessions including their vast art collection. She bequeathed these to the Grand Duchy upon her own death in 1743. 
In October 2012, it was announced that she would appear on a postage stamp. In celebration of this, the city council of Monteriggioni, in collaboration with local artists and craftsmen, established the Medici Week. The Week consisted of a series of events dedicated to Renaissance and contemporary art.Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files
==Behind the scenes==
Like all the Grand Ducal Medici, Anna Maria Luisa herself was not a male-line descendant of Lorenzo de' Medici. She was, however, directly descended from Caterina Sforza, who remarried to one of Lorenzo's cousins after Girolamo Riario's death.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Initiates 
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Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici