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Catherine of Austria (m. 1549–50; his death) House. House of Gonzaga. Father. Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Mother. Margaret Paleologina. Francesco III Gonzaga (10 March 1533 – 22 February 1550) was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from 1540 until his death. He was the eldest son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and ...
Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg. Barbara of Brandenburg (30 September 1422 [1] – 7 November 1481) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1433 to Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. She was referred to as a virago because of her strong character and forceful nature, and served as Regent of Mantua several times during the absence of ...
Oct 31, 2021 · Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, commissioned the construction of the church to the architect Leon Battista Alberti. The construction was begun around 1460 by Alberti, but was completed after the death of the architect by Luca Fancelli, at the beginning of the 16th century. Alberti designed an austere and solemn building.
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Sep 26, 2022 · Ludovico was the son of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta. Ludovico followed the path of his father, Gianfrancesc Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, 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.
The last rebuilding of the church was initiated in 1472, on a project by the architect Leon Battista Alberti, commissioned by Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. The chapels of the church were completed in 1482 and the facade in 1488. The works were stopped in 1494 and resumed only in 1530.
Biography. Federico was born in Mantua in 1441, son of Ludovico III and Barbara of Brandenburg. He was a good friend of the court painter Andrea Mantegna and received an education from Mantegna's mother as well as from Vittorino da Feltre (d. 1446) and above all from Iacopo da San Cassiano (from 1446 to 1449) and Ognibene da Lonigo (from 1449).
