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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.
During Ludovico’s reign, he paved the streets of Mantua, built a clock tower and reorganised the city centre. He also appointed Andrea Mantegna to be court artist to the Gonzaga family. Ludovico died in 1478 in Goito, to the north of Mantua, during an outbreak of plague and was subsequently buried in Mantua Cathedral.
12 June 1478. Father: Gianfrancesco I. Gonzaga (1395-1444), since 1433 Margrave of Mantua. Mother: Paola Malatesta (1393-1449), daughter of Malatesta IV. Malatesta, Signore di Pesaro, and his wife Elisabetta da Varano. Siblings: his brother Carlo Gonzaga, born between 1413 and 1423, deceased in 1456, since 1437 married to Lucia d'Este (1419 ...
Object details. Medal in bronze, Lodovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1414-1478). Obverse, bust to right of Gonzaga, in a richly ornamented cuirass, and wearing a flat topped cap. Inscription.
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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. (en) ルドヴィーコ3世・ゴンザーガ （Ludovico III Gonzaga, 1412年6月5日 - 1478年6月12日）は、イタリア屈指の名門貴族ゴンザーガ家 ...
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.
