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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.
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.
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Ludovico III Gonzaga, Il Marquess di Mantua, born in 1414; became Marquess of Mantua in 1444 until his death in 1478. Artist: Antonio Pisano (known as Pisanello) — Painter and Sculptor, 1395-1455. He was born in Pisa, worked in Rimini, Venice, Naples, Ferrara and Mantova.
Travel tip: 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.
By commissioning Mantegna to paint the chamber, Ludovico III Gonzaga, the Marquis of Mantua, sought to give the Gonzaga rule more cultural credibility at a time when other Northern Italian courts such as the Ferrara were commissioning their own “painted chambers”. View of the northern and western walls
Ludovico, III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1412–1478 Notes: This record contains information from VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) which is made available under the ODC Attribution License. External links: Bibliothèque nationale de France (authority record) GND: Gemeinsame Normdatei (authority record) Library of Congress (authority ...
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.
