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Federico and Margaret were parents to seven children: Eleonora Gonzaga. Anna Gonzaga. Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (10 March 1533 - 22 February 1550) Isabella Gonzaga, married Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos; Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (24 April 1538 - 14 August 1587), married Archduchess Eleanor of Austria
Nov 4, 2016 · Federico II Gonzaga. Federico II Gonzaga (1500 – 1540) was ruler of Mantua, first as Marquis, later as Duke from 1519 until his death in 1540. He is the commissioner of Palazzo Te, his summer palace just outside Mantua designed and decorated by Giulio Romano.
When Federico II Gonzaga was born on 17 May 1500, in Mantova, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Austria, his father, Francesco II Gonzaga, was 33 and his mother, Isabella d'Este, was 25. He married Margherita Paleologa on 16 November 1531. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Margherita Paleologa, Isabella Boschetti
The Gonzaga were the ruling family of Mantua from 1328. They acquired the titles of marquis in 1433 and of duke in 1530, and were notable patrons of art in the15th and 16th centuries. Both Pisanello and Mantegna painted important fresco cycles for them. Mantegna was court artist of the Gonzaga from 1460 until his death in 1506; he was followed ...
May 17, 2018 · Federico was the son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d’Este. His godfather was Cesare Borgia , Machiavelli’s model for the ideal Renaissance Prince. His father, Francesco, was captured by the Venetians during battle and held hostage for several months.
<br/>This portrait dates to 1510 and depicts ten-year-old Federico II Gonzaga (1500–1540), future Duke of Mantua and son of the great Renaissance patron and collector Isabella d’Este (1474–1539). Isabella commissioned the painting as a memento of her son, who was soon to be sent from his home in Mantua to the papal court in Rome as part of a hostage exchange. Federico’s detainment ...
Gonzaga, House ofThe Gonzaga family ruled the Italian city-state of Mantua throughout the Renaissance. Its first leader, Luigi I, seized power in the city in 1328. The Gonzaga were signori (lords) of Mantua until 1433, when the Holy Roman Emperor* gave them the title of marquis. By the 1470s, Gonzaga rulers had become powerful princes*, who ...
