Facts: - issue: ferdinando carlo margherita , duchess of parma mattias , governor of ii siena prince francesco anna , archduchess of austria leopold , , governor of siena grand duke of tuscany cardinal gian - death place: padua , venice - succession: grand duchess of tuscany - reign: 17 february 1609 & ndash ; 28 february 1621 - mother: maria anna of bavaria - spouse: cosimo tuscany ii de ' medici , grand duke of - death date: 01 november 1631 - house: house of habsburg - father: charles ii , archduke of austria - birth date: 07 october 1589 - name: maria maddalena of austria - image: maria maddalena of austria as a widow by sustermans.jpg - birth place: graz , austria - consort: yes Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of archduchess maria maddalena of austria .
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maria maddalena of austria -lrb- maria magdalena ; 7 october 1589 -- 1 november 1631 -rrb- was grand duchess of tuscany from the accession of her husband , cosimo ii , in 1609 until his death in 1621 .with him , she had eight children , including a duchess of parma , a grand duke of tuscany , and an archduchess of further austria .born in graz , she was the youngest daughter of charles ii , archduke of inner austria , and his wife maria anna of bavaria .during the minority of her son , grand duke ferdinando , she and her mother-in-law acted as regents .she died on 1 november 1631 in padua .