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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.
(ii) The Gonzaga of Mantua LUDOVICO GONZAGA AS PATRON: ALBERTI AND BUILDING PROJECTS AT MANTUA Gian Francesco Gonzaga, created Marquis in 1433, had been the first great princely patron in Mantua; his son Ludovico, educated in the court school of Vittorino da Feltre, and
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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.
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, who became marquis in 1444, served as condottiere for many more powerful cities, including Milan, Florence, Venice, and Naples, and was an astute politician. He also launched the transformation of Mantua into a center of Renaissance culture.
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, Marquis of Mantua and Barbara of Brandenburg with their children, fresco by Andrea Mantegna at San Giorgio Castle, Mantua, around 1470. Arms of the Gonzaga- Nevers branch that inherited the Duchy of Mantua from the extinct senior line and ruled it from 1627 to 1708, when that branch died out in the male line.
