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Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk (Italian: il Turco), also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.
Ludovico Gonzaga, who ruled his native city for 34 years, was born on this day in 1412 in Mantua. He grew up to fight as a condottiero - a military leader for hire - and in 1433 he married Barbara of Brandenburg, the niece of the Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund.
Ludovico Gonzaga succeeded as a condottiere and a prince not by courage or by prowess, but by tact. In his long career as a professional soldier, Ludovico fought only one pitched battle after he was driven from the field of Caravaggio. He did win that battle, but it was in defence of Mantua itself.3 In the decade following the Peace of Lodi ...
Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk (Italian language: il Turco), also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.
Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk (Italian: il Turco), also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 - 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478. Biography. Ludovico was the son of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta daughter of Malatesta IV Malatesta of Pesaro.
Ludovico was the son of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta. Ludovico followed the path of his father, Gianfrancesco, fighting as a condottiero from as early as 1432, when Gianfrancesco was vice-commander of Francesco Bussone's army. In 1433, he married Barbara of Brandenburg, niece of emperor Sigismund.
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Giovan Francesco’s son Luigi (or Ludovico) III “il Turco” (d. 1478) likewise became a celebrated soldier and a learned and liberal prince, a patron of literature and the arts.
