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Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk ( Italian: il Turco ), [1] 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. [2] Biography. Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga.
When Ludovico Gonzaga III was born on 5 June 1412, in Mantova, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austria, his father, Gianfrancesco Gonzaga I, Marchese di Mantova, was 17 and his mother, Paola Agnese Malatesta, was 19. He married Barbara Von Bradenburg on 12 November 1433, in Wedding, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
Ludovico Gonzaga (today known as Ludovico III., but because he was the first Margrave of Mantua with this name he was called "Ludovico or Ludovico I.") , Margrave of Mantua, with his approximately five- or six-year-old grandson Gian Francesco II., the future Margrave of Mantua. Born: 5 June 1412. Deceased: 12 June 1478. Father:
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Ludovico III was buried in the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Mantua, where his ancestor, Ludovico I, the founder of the Gonzaga family, is also buried. There was a church on the site from early Christian times, followed by a later building that was destroyed by fire.
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The Marquisate of Mantua began with Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga who, with the payment of 12,000 gold florins, in 1433 was appointed first marquis by the Emperor Sigismund, of whom he had married his niece Barbara of Brandenburg with his eldest son, Ludovico III Gonzaga.
Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk, also spelled Lodovico was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.
