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Prince Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga was born in 1889, the only son of Prince Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquess of Vescovato, general in the Royal Italian Army during the First World War and awarded the victory title of Marquis of the Vodice in 1932. At the death of his father in 1938, Gonzaga inherited the titles of Prince of the Holy Roman ...
- Maurizio Gonzaga
Apr 27, 2022 · Death: September 08, 1943 (54) Eboli, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy (trucidato dai tedeschi) Immediate Family: Son of Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, Principe and Ferdinanda Gonzaga. Husband of Luisa Gonzaga. Father of Private. Occupation: II marqués del Vodice.
- Piemonte
- March 6, 1889
- Luisa Gonzaga
- September 8, 1943
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Vincenzo Ferrante Gonzaga was an Italian soldier who died in WWII, and he was awarded a gold and silver medal of military valour. The son of the soldier Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquis of Vescovato and Vodice, inherited other noble titles on the death of his father in addition to the title of Marquis. After graduating in engineering from the University of Turin, he decided to pursue a ...
- Early Years
- The Military Career
- The Armistice of 8 September 1943 and Death
Prince Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga is the son of the general Prince Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, marquis of Vescovato and from 1932 marquis of Vodice. Ferrante Vincenzo inherited the titles of Prince of Holy Roman Empire, Marquis of Vescovato, marquis of Vodice, count of Villanova, count of Cassolnovo, lord of Vescovato and Venetian patrician on his fa...
After participating in the Libyan war and the First World War, in 1926 he was assigned to the Command of the Rome Army Corps. Then, in 1936, as colonel, he commanded the 1st artillery regiment "Cacciatori delle Alpi" in Foligno. The Second World War saw him command the artillery of the XIII Army Corps in Cagliari (from 10 June 1940) and then promot...
On February 10, 1943, Gonzaga del Vodice was given command of the 222nd Coastal Division, located in the Salerno area (a unit with a serious lack of staff and with officers and soldiers often not up to par). After the armistice of 8 September, the Germans started the Achse operation which involved the disarmament of all the Italian units. For some ...
He was born in Mantua, the third son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este. At the age of sixteen he was sent to the court of Spain as a page to the future emperor Charles V, to whom Ferrante remained faithful for his whole life. In 1527 he took part in the Sack of Rome and attended Charles' triumphant coronation at Bologna in 1530: at ...
At the age of 21, Margherita Paleologa left her home in Casale Monferrato as the bride of Federico Gonzaga of Mantua. Nine years later, on 28 June 1540, Federico died, leaving Margherita a widow with ¿ve children, the eldest of whom, Francesco, heir to the title of Duke of Mantua, was only seven. Aretino’s life of St Catherine, which he sent ...
1943-02-10. –. 1943-09-08. General Officer Commanding 222nd Coastal Division. 1943-09-08. Killed in action. Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous. This is a brief biographical sketch of the military career of Brigadier-General Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga.
