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Barbara of Brandenburg (30 September 1422 – 7 November 1481) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1433 to Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. She was referred to as a virago because of her strong character and forceful nature, and served as Regent of Mantua several times during the absence of Ludivico III between 1445 and 1455 ...
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Born in 1422; died in 1481; daughter of John III the Alchemist, margrave of Brandenburg, andBarbara of Saxe-Wittenberg (c. 1405–1465); sister ofDorothea of Brandenburg (1430–1495), queen of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden; married Louis also known as Ludovico Gonzaga (1412–1478), 2nd marquis of Mantua (r. 1444–1478); children: Federico ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Barbara became marquise consort of Mantua on the death of her father-in-law in 1444, retaining her title until she was widowed in 1478. Her successor was their son Federico I Gonzaga, Ludovico III. Thanks to the efforts of Barbara of Brandenburg, the Gonzaga court in Mantua transformed into one of the famous centers of culture and art of the ...
Barbara of Brandenburg (1422 – 7 November 1481) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1433 to Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. She was referred to as a virago because of her strong character and forceful nature, and served as Regent of Mantua several times during the absence of Ludivico III between 1445 and 1455 .
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. After Ludovico entered the service of the Visconti family in Milan, he and his wife were exiled from Mantua by his father, Gianfrancesco I.
Description: Marquis Ludovico II Gonzaga commissioned Mantegna to decorate the walls of the camera picta in his castle in Mantua. Here on the north wall Ludovico and his wife, Barbara of Brandenburg, sit on a terrace surrounded by children, courtiers, and a pet dog.
