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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.
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.
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.
Charles II Gonzaga (22 October 1609 – 30 August 1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua, [1] and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father. In 1621, he succeeded his uncle Henri de Lorraine-Guise as Duke of Mayenne.
On 7 November 1649, Charles II married Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685), a daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and thus into the imperial family. The marriage was an act of diplomacy and they had only one child, his successor Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708).
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
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.
Born in Mantua on 15 March 1444, Francesco Gonzaga was the second son of Ludovico III Gonzaga, the second Marquis of Mantua, and his wife Barbara of Brandenburg. [2] His mother was the daughter of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Barbara von Sachsen-Wittenberg, [2] and the niece of Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire.