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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.
Jun 5, 2017 · Ludovico III Gonzaga – Marquis of Mantua. Condottiero fought to improve the town of his birth. Ludovico Gonzaga in a detail from a. painting by Andrea Mantegna. Ludovico Gonzaga, who ruled his native city for 34 years, was born on this day in 1412 in Mantua.
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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 Gonzaga (today known as Ludovico III., but because he was the first Margrave of Mantua with this name he was called "Ludovico or Ludovico I.") , Margrave of Mantua, with his approximately five- or six-year-old grandson Gian Francesco II., the future Margrave of Mantua. Born: 5 June 1412. Deceased: 12 June 1478. Father:
History. The Marquisate of Mantua began with Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga who, with the payment of 12,000 gold florins, in 1433 was appointed first marquis by the Emperor Sigismund, of whom he had married his niece Barbara of Brandenburg with his eldest son, Ludovico III Gonzaga.
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.
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. Oops something went wrong: 403.