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Apr 21, 2006 · The polymath Leon Battista Alberti at about that time provided Ludovico Gonzaga with designs for two churches in Mantua, San Sebastiano and the basilica of Sant'Andrea, thatdrew on classical forms ...
12 June 1478. Father: Gianfrancesco I. Gonzaga (1395-1444), since 1433 Margrave of Mantua. Mother: Paola Malatesta (1393-1449), daughter of Malatesta IV. Malatesta, Signore di Pesaro, and his wife Elisabetta da Varano. Siblings: his brother Carlo Gonzaga, born between 1413 and 1423, deceased in 1456, since 1437 married to Lucia d'Este (1419 ...
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The Church of San Sebastiano, also known as the Temple of San Sebastiano, is an Early Renaissance church in Mantua, located in the immediate vicinity of Palazzo Te. SHORT HISTORY. Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, commissioned the construction of the Church of San Sebastiano to the architect Leon Battista Alberti.
Catherine of Austria (m. 1549–50; his death) House. House of Gonzaga. Father. Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Mother. Margaret Paleologina. Francesco III Gonzaga (10 March 1533 – 22 February 1550) was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from 1540 until his death. He was the eldest son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and ...
Ludovico Gonzaga, who had been Podestà of Mantua since 1318, was duly elected Capitano del popolo. The Gonzagas built new walls with five gates and renovated the city in the 14th century; however, the political situation did not settle until the third ruler of Gonzaga, Ludovico III Gonzaga , who eliminated his relatives and centralised power ...
Gianfrancesco was the son of Francesco I Gonzaga and Margherita Malatesta. He inherited the rule of Mantua in 1407, when he was 12. In his first years, he was under the patronage of his uncle Carlo Malatesta and, indirectly, of the Republic of Venice. In 1409 he married Paola Malatesta, daughter of Malatesta IV Malatesta of Pesaro, by whom he ...
