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Gonzaga di Vescovato. (only remaining branch) The House of Gonzaga ( US: / ɡənˈzɑːɡə, ɡɒn -, - ˈzæɡ -/, [2] Italian: [ɡonˈdzaːɡa]) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy ).
Luigi (or Ludovico) III and a messenger (left), detail of one of the frescoes of the Gonzaga family by Andrea Mantegna in the Camera degli Sposi, completed 1474, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy. Gonzaga Dynasty, Italian dynasty whose heads ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1707 and also Montferrat, with the stronghold of Casale, from 1536 to 1707.
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of Guglielmo Gonzaga, third Duke of Mantua (r. I550-I587), a man who was apparently extremely interested in this type of singer. Guglielmo Gonzaga was certainly one of the major musical patrons of his time. No mean composer himself, he kept in his employ a number of famous musicians (Wert, Gastoldi, Pallavicino) and was in
Father. Guglielmo Gonzaga. Mother. Eleanor of Austria. Religion. Roman Catholicism. Signature. Vincenzo Ι Gonzaga (21 September 1562 – 9 February 1612 [1] [a]) was the ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat from 1587 to 1612. Vincenzo I Gonzaga on the day of his coronation.
Gonzaga, House of. The Gonzaga family ruled the Italian city-state of Mantua throughout the Renaissance. Its first leader, Luigi I, seized power in the city in 1328. The Gonzaga were signori (lords) of Mantua until 1433, when the Holy Roman Emperor* gave them the title of marquis. By the 1470s, Gonzaga rulers had become powerful princes*, who ...
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Jan 10, 2021 · Biography. William (Guglielmo) Gonzaga (24 April 1538 - 14 August 1587) was Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (as Guglielmo X of Monferrato) from 1550 to 1587. He was the second son of Frederick II Gonzaga of Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina of Montferrat. In 1574, Montferrat was elevated to a Duchy and he became its first duke.
The present study takes a further look at the early days of the castrato, concentrating on the court of Guglielmo Gonzaga, third Duke of Mantua (r. 1550—1587), a man who was apparently extremely interested in this type of singer.
