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Francesco II Gonzaga (10 August 1466 – 29 March 1519) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1484 until his death. Biography. Francesco was born in Mantua, the son of Marquis Federico I Gonzaga . Francesco had a career as a condottiero acting as Venice 's commander from 1489 to 1498.
Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga by Andrea Mantegna, c. 1461. Francesco Gonzaga (15 March 1444, Mantua, Italy – 21 October 1483, Bologna, Italy ) was an Italian bishop and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church during the reigns of Popes Pius II, Paul II and Sixtus IV.
Federico II of Gonzaga (17 May 1500 – 28 August 1540) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (first as Marquis, later as Duke) from 1519 until his death. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536. Biography. Portrait of Federico II (age 10) soon after becoming a hostage, by Francesco Francia.
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Francesco Francia Italian. 1510. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 604. The great Renaissance collector Isabella d’Este, marchioness of Mantua, commissioned this portrait of her son Federico Gonzaga to console her after he was taken to the papal court in Rome as a hostage.
His son Giovan Francesco II (Gianfrancesco; d. 1444), who succeeded him, became a famous general and was rewarded for his services to the Holy Roman emperor Sigismund with the title of marquess of Mantua for himself and his descendants (1432), an investiture that legitimatized the usurpations of…
other name: (Marquis) Francesco II Gonzaga Details individual; ruler; Italian; Male. Life dates 1466-1519. Biography Son of Federico I Gonzaga; Marquess of Mantua ...
This one-sided depiction of Isabella d’Este (1474–1539) meant a concomitant denigration of her husband Francesco II Gonzaga (1466–1519) as little more than an uncultured muscleman, totally overshadowed by his wife.
