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Federico II of Gonzaga (17 May 1500 – 28 August 1540) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (first as Marquis, later as Duke) from 1519 until his death. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536.
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. Federico commissioned Giulio Romano to build the famous Palazzo Te, in the periphery of the city, and profoundly improved the city. [8]
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.
The House of Gonzaga (US: / ɡ ə n ˈ z ɑː ɡ ə, ɡ ɒ n-,-ˈ z æ ɡ-/, [2] Italian: [ɡonˈdzaːɡa]) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy).
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.
Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407), Lord of Mantua; Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1395–1444) Francesco Gonzaga (1444–1483), cardinal; Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (1446–1496), Count of Sabbioneta; Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519) Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1533–1550) Francesco Gonzaga (1538 ...
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