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During its time as free commune and signoria ("lordship"), the Lords of Mantua were exponents of the Bonacolsi and Gonzaga families. From 1328, Mantua was informally led by Gonzagas until 1433, when Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the noble title of Marquess of Mantua. In 1530, Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua.
The Triumph of Ferrante Gonzaga over Envy by Leone Leoni, Guastalla, Italy. Ferrante was born in Mantua, the third son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este. [1] At the age of sixteen, he was sent to the court of Spain as a page to the future emperor Charles V, to whom Ferrante remained faithful for his whole life.
The Gonzaga-Nevers later came to rule Mantua again when Louis's son Charles (Carlo) inherited Mantua and Montferrat, triggering the War of the Mantuan Succession. Another cadet branch were first sovereign counts, later dukes of Guastalla. They descended from Ferrante, a younger son of Duke Francesco II of Mantua (1484–1519).
Ferrante played a part in the War of the Mantuan Succession when, as a distant Gonzaga cousin, he claimed the Duchy of Mantua after the extinction of the senior male branch of the House of Gonzaga in December 1627. He was nominally supported by Emperor Ferdinand II, [4] who really sought to re-attach the Duchy of Mantua to the Holy Roman Empire.
Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1587–1626), was the 6th Duke of Mantua. Ferdinando Gonzaga may also refer to: Ferdinando Gonzaga Prince of Molfetta (1507–1557), alias Ferrante I Gonzaga (Ferdinando) Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquess of Castiglione (1544–1586), first marquess of Castiglione delle Stiviere
Through a payment of 120,000 golden florins in 1433, Gianfrancesco was appointed marquis of Mantua by Emperor Sigismund, whose great-niece Barbara of Brandenburg he married. In 1459 Pope Pius II held a diet in Mantua to proclaim a crusade against the Turks, which was known as the Council of Mantua. [7]
Isabella Gonzaga (Italian: Isabella Gonzaga di Novellara; 1576 – 1630), was an Italian aristocrat.She was Lady Consort of San Martino dall'Argine by marriage to Ferrante Gonzaga, Lord of San Martino dall'Argine, and Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat by marriage to Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.
During the years of the government of the Duke Ferdinando Carlo, the duchy of Mantua had a period of development and autonomy in respect of the Empire. This aroused the suspicions of the Spain which, fearing the strengthening of the small state of Mantua, decided to suspend payment of the annual contribution of 50,000 crowns a garrison of ...