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The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua (Italian: Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate centered around the city of Mantua in Lombardy. Ruled by the Gonzaga family from its founding in 1433, it would later be raised to the rank of Duchy in 1530.
The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua (Italian: Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate centered around the city of Mantua in Lombardy. Ruled by the Gonzaga family from its founding in 1433, it would later be raised to the rank of Duchy in 1530.
Federico was born in Mantua in 1441, son of Ludovico III and Barbara of Brandenburg. [1] 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).
The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua was a margraviate in Lombardy, Northern Italy. Constituted by the Capitano del popolo, an administrative title used in Italy during the Middle Ages.
The Duchy. The first Duke of Mantua was Federico II, who acquired the title from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1530. The following year, the family acquired the Marquisate of Montferrat through marriage.
Surrounded by lakes and environment rich in nature, art and history, Mantua was transformed by the Gonzaga family into a court-city of great opulence: echoes of its past can be seen in the courtyards, small squares and porticoes that recall the splendours of 16th-century courts.
From 1328 did these belong to the house of Gonzaga and they bought the title margrave (or marquis) of Mantua from the emperor 1432. In 1530 were they elevated to ducal status and from 1536 were they also in control over the margraviate of Monferrato, which also became a duchy 1573.
