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  1. Jul 14, 2021 · In fact, the two Eleonoras were great-aunt and great-niece. Eleonora (known as the Younger) was born on 18 November 1630 as the daughter of Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers – heir to the Duchy of Mantua, but he died before succeeding – and Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat in her own right. Her father died before Eleonora’s first ...

  2. Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Mother. Eleonora de' Medici. Eleonora Gonzaga (23 September 1598 – 27 June 1655), was born a princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga, and by marriage to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. [1]

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  4. Sep 11, 2023 · Eleonora Gonzaga of Mantua was the third of the three wives of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. Born on November 18, 1630, in Mantua, Duchy of Mantua , now in Lombardy, Italy, Eleonora was the younger of the two children and the only daughter of Carlo II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers and his first cousin Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat in her ...

  5. Jul 5, 2021 · Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, had been widowed in 1616 – his first wife had been Maria Anna of Bavaria – and Eleonora was an attractive bride with a rich dowry. She also met all the requirements for the leading lady of the court – she was beautiful, well-educated, pious and had the right age.

  6. Dec 6, 2023 · His wife, the Duchess Eleonora Gonzaga, makes the perfect, demure counterpoint to her virile husband. While he stands erect and linear, she sits, swathed in copious folds of costly fabric that suggest the rounded forms of her body. While he is active, she is passive, her containment within the domestic sphere affirmed by the window to her right.

  7. Nov 18, 2016 · Eleonora Gonzaga, Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel, was born on this day in 1630 in Mantua. She grew up to marry the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III, and established a reputation as one of the most educated and virtuous women of her time. Eleonora became fascinated by religious poetry, founded a literary academy and was a patron of ...

  8. Eleonora I Gonzaga was born in 1598 in Mantua, daughter of Eleonora de Medici and Vincenzo I, 4th duke of Mantua. She married Ferdinand II, king of Bohemia and Hungary, on February 4, 1622. Ferdinand's first wife was Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574–1616). Eleonora I's portrait was painted by Lucrina Fetti . Women in World History: A Biographical ...

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