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Federico Gonzaga, Cardinal of Monferrato. House. Gonzaga. Father. Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua. Mother. Isabella d'Este. 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.
From 1328, Mantua was informally led by Gonzagas until 1433, when Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the noble title of Marquess of Mantua. In 1530, Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua. In 1531, the family acquired the vacant Marquisate of Montferrat through marriage. In 1627, Duke Vincent II deceased without heirs, ending the original ...
PortraitPortraitCoat Of ArmsName28 July 12729 September 1291• None9 September 12912 July 1299• Son of Pinamonte2 July 129921 January 1309• Nephew of Bardellone21 January 130916 August 1328• Brother of GuidoThe Duchy of Mantua ( Italian: Ducato di Mantova; Lombard: Ducaa de Mantua) was a duchy in Lombardy, northern Italy. Its first duke was Federico II Gonzaga, member of the House of Gonzaga that ruled Mantua since 1328. [1] The following year, the Duchy also acquired the March of Montferrat, thanks to the marriage between Gonzaga and Margaret ...
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Mantua thereafter was laid waste by foreign invasions and ruled by dissolute dukes until 1708, when Austria annexed the duchy. On July 5 of the same year the last duke, Ferdinand Charles, died in Venice, and with him the Gonzagas of Mantua came to an end.
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Its rulers, many noted as military and political leaders and patrons of the arts, included Giovan Francesco II (died 1444), a general and founder of the first school based on humanistic principles (1423); and Federigo II (died 1540), captain general of the papal forces who was made duke of Mantua in 1530. Mantua was annexed by Austria in 1708.
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. Federico II Gonzaga. Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga by Titian. Marquis of Mantua.
Duke of Mantua, Vincenzo Gonzaga (1562-1612) The City of Mantua, located in the northern Italian plain (see map), had for centuries been a center of cloth manufacture. The wealth of the city made possible a brilliant court culture under the Gonzaga.
