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  1. Rodolfo. Barbara. Father. Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga. Mother. Paola Malatesta. 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]

  2. Jun 5, 2017 · Ludovico Gonzaga, who ruled his native city for 34 years, was born on this day in 1412 in Mantua. He grew up to fight as a condottiero - a military leader for hire - and in 1433 he married Barbara of Brandenburg, the niece of the Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund. After Ludovico entered the service of the Visconti family in Milan, he and his wife ...

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  4. Marquisate of Mantua. Northern Italy in 1796; the Duchy of Mantua can be seen centre-right, shaded in orange, as part of the Duchy of Milan. The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua ( Italian: Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate located in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Placed under the sovereignty of the House of Gonzaga since its erection in ...

  5. Scala/Art Resource, NY. Mantua was a small, damp, malaria-plagued town, but it occupied a strategic position along the route linking Italy and Germany. From 1327 it was under the control of the landowning Gonzaga family. Ludovico Gonzaga, who became marquis in 1444, served as condottiere for many more powerful cities, including Milan, Florence ...

  6. House of Gonzaga. The House of Gonzaga ( US: / ɡənˈzɑːɡə, ɡɒn -, - ˈzæɡ -/, [2] Italian: [ɡonˈdzaːɡa]) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy ). They also ruled Monferrato in Piedmont and Nevers in France, as ...

    • 1328; 695 years ago
  7. Apr 21, 2006 · April 21, 2006. MANTUA, Italy — Andrea Mantegna, more than most, put northern Italy on the map in the early days of the artistic and architectural revival that came to be known as the ...

  8. 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. Introduction Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua