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Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (10 March 1533 - 22 February 1550) [8] Isabella Gonzaga, married Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos [9] Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (24 April 1538 - 14 August 1587), married Archduchess Eleanor of Austria [8] Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (22 October 1539 - 23 October 1595). Father of Charles I, Duke of ...
In 1627, Duke Vincent II deceased without heirs, ending the original line of Gonzagas. From 1628 to 1631, a succession war was fought between the Duke of Guastalla, supported by the Holy Roman Empire, and the Duke of Nevers, supported by France, for the control of the Duchy of Mantua. Finally, the Duke of Nevers was recognized as only Duke.
Vincenco II by Justus Sustermans. Vincenzo II Gonzaga (8 February 1594 [1] – 25 December 1627) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1626 until his death.. Vincenzo was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de' Medici [2] and inherited the duchy upon the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on 8 February 1627.
Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562–1612) Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1594–1627) Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria (1602–1694), known in Italian as Vincenzo Gonzaga Doria
Charles II Gonzaga (31 October 1629 – 14 August 1665) was the son of Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers (d. 1631) of Rethel, Nevers, Mantua, and Montferrat; and Maria Gonzaga.He followed his grandfather Charles I, Duke of Mantua, in 1637 as ruler of these lands, the first ten years under regency of his mother Duchess Maria.
Born in Mantua, he was the son of Vincenzo I and Eleonora de' Medici. [1]He was appointed a cardinal at the age of 20. A few years after his elder brother, Duke Francesco IV, died in 1612 without male heirs, he renounced the ecclesiastical career and succeeded his brother in both the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat.
He was a son of marquis Sigismondo II Gonzaga and Lavinia Rangoni, meaning that he belonged to the Marchesi or Vescovato cadet branch of the House of Gonzaga, a branch that originated with Giovanni Gonzaga, lord of Vescovato.
Cesare II Gonzaga (Mantua, 1592 – 26 February 1632) was Duke of Guastalla. He was the son of Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and of Vittoria Doria. He succeeded his father in 1630, but died 2 years later. [1] Cesare II Gonzaga di Guastalla. From 1630 to 1632 he was General Commissar in Italy for Ferdinand II. [2]