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Vincenzo Ι Gonzaga (21 September 1562 – 9 February 1612 [1] [a]) was the ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat from 1587 to 1612. Vincenzo I Gonzaga on the day of his coronation. Biography. Born 21 September 1562, [3] Vincenzo was the only son of Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria. [4] .
The House of Gonzaga (US: / ɡ ə n ˈ z ɑː ɡ ə, ɡ ɒ n-,-ˈ z æ ɡ-/, Italian: [ɡonˈdzaːɡa]) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy).
RulerBornReignRuling Part1268 Mantua Son of Guido Corradi da ...16 August 1328 – 18 January 1360Lordship of Mantuac.1290 Mantua Third son of Ludovico I and ...1335 – 28 December 1374Lordship of Novellara-Bagnolo1290 Mantua Second son of Ludovico I and ...18 January 1360 – 22 September 1369Lordship of Mantua1334 Mantua Second son of Guido and ...22 September 1369 – 4 October 1382Lordship of Mantua- Biography
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He was the only son of Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria. His maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1582, Vincenzo murdered in cold blood the brilliant young Scottish polymath James Crichton, an employee of his father's court, of whom Vincenzo had become cr...
Vincenzo married Margherita Farnese in 1581; their marriage was childless and they divorced. On 29 April 1584 he married his first cousin Eleonora de' Medici, the daughter of Francesco I de' Medici and Joanna of Austria. Vincenzo and Eleonora's marriage produced six children. They were: 1. Francesco (7 May 1586 – 22 December 1612), who ruled as Fra...
Knight of the Order of the Golden FleeceBellonci, Maria (1956). A Prince of Mantua: The Life and Times of Vincenzo Gonzaga. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.Brinton, Selwyn (1927). The Gonzaga. Lords of Mantua. London: Methuen.Fenlon, Iain (1980). Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Harrán, Don (1999). Salamone Rossi: Jewish Musician in Late Renaissance Mantua. Oxford University Press.Media related to Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantuaat Wikimedia Commons 1. Is Vincenzo I Gonzaga impotent?: The Medici Archives 2. Museo di Mantova: Heraldic Arms
Contents. Vincenzo I Gonzaga. duke of Mantua. Learn about this topic in these articles: account of wedding feast. patronage of Rubens. In Peter Paul Rubens: Education and early career.
Official copy of an edict issued by Vincenzo Gonzaga, duke of Mantua, in 1594 renewing privileges and amnesties of the Jews of Mantua, who were allowed to work as bankers, merchants, and butchers.
Dec 29, 2023 · Palazzo Ducale in Mantua recently acquired an extraordinary painting, a portrait of Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga by the famous Flemish artist Jean Bahuet. This work, which portrays the duke on the day of his coronation as Duke of Mantua, is not only a masterpiece but also a symbol of the link between art and power.
Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (21 September 1562 – 9 February 1612) was ruler of the Duchies of Mantua and Montferrat from 1587 till his death in 1612.
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