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Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk (Italian: il Turco), also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.
Spanish: habitational name from a place so named in Mantua, Italy; this was the home of the ruling family of Mantua for almost four centuries, whose most famous son was Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga (1568–91), a young Jesuit who died in Rome nursing plague victims.
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painting by Andrea Mantegna. Ludovico Gonzaga, who ruled his native city for 34 years, was born on this day in 1412 in Mantua. 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.
Jun 5, 1412 - Jun 12, 1478. Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, also spelled Lodovico was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.
After completing a series of stunning frescoes and paintings in Padua, the artist, not yet 30 years old, was invited on generous terms to enter the service of Ludovico Gonzaga, second marquis...
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. Imatge de Lluís III Gonzaga, obra d'Andrea Mantegna (1474). English: Ludovico II (or III) of Gonzaga, also spelled Lodovico (june 5, 1412 - june 12, 1478) was the marquis of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death.
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