The Duchy of Mantua was ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708. In 1433 Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua and in 1530 Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua. In 1531 the family acquired the Marquisate of Montferrat through marriage. Gonzaga is the name of an historical Italian family of rulers, for which, see below. ... Events Births June 23 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany Kettil Karlsson Vasa, later Regent of Sweden. ... Marquis has many different meanings: Don Marquis was a writer, poet, and journalist. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... Montferrat was a marquisate in Lombardy during the Middle Ages. ...

Vincenzo II of Gonzaga, by Peter Paul Rubens

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• Luigi I (ruled 1328-1360)
• Guido (ruled 1360-1369), son of Luigi
• Ludovico I (1369-82)
• Francesco I (ruled 1382-1407), son of Ludovico I
• Gianfrancesco I (ruled 1407-1444), son of Francesco I
• Ludovico II (ruled 1444-1478), son of Gianfrancesco I
• Federico I (ruled 1478-1484), son of Ludovico II
• Francesco II (ruled 1484-1519)
• Federico II (ruled 1519-1540), son of Francesco II
• Francesco III (ruled 1540-1550), son of Federico II
• Guglielmo I (ruled 1550-1587), brother of Francesco III
• Vincenzo I (ruled 1587-1612), son of Guglielmo I

his daughter, Eleonore Gonzaga (1598-1655) married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

• Francesco IV (ruled 1612), son of Vincenzo I
• Ferdinando I (1612-26), brother of Francesco IV
• Vincenzo II (ruled 1626-1627), brother of Ferdinando I

The Duchy of Mantua then fell to the junior branch of Gonzaga-Nevers. Ludovico II of Gonzaga (also spelled Lodovico) (1412-1478), Marquis of Mantua, ruled Mantua from 1444 to 1478. ... Francesco II of Gonzaga (1466 - 1519), Marquis of Mantua, ruled Mantua from 1484 to 1519. ... Federico II of Gonzaga (1500 – 1540), Marquis of Mantua, succeeded his father Francesco as ruler of Mantua in 1519. ... Eleonore Gonzaga (23 September 1598 - 27 June 1655) (also know as Eleonore of Gonzaga). ... Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (July 9, 1578 – February 15, 1637), of the house of Habsburg, ruled 1620-1637. ...

• Carlo I (ruled 1627-1637)
• Carlo III (ruled 1637-1665), grandson of Carlo I (Carlo II predeceased his father)
• Ferdinando Carlo IV (ruled 1665-1708), son of Carlo III

In 1708, Mantua was seized by the Habsburgs, ending Gonzaga rule. Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ...

Gonzaga family tree (1360 - 1708)

 Luigi I | +-Guido | +-Luigi II | +-Francesco I | +-Gianfrancesco | +-Luigi III | +-Federico I | +-Francesco II | +-Federico II/I | +-Francesco I | +-Guglielmo | | | +-Vincenzo I | | | +-Francesco II | | | +-Ferdinando | | | +-Vincenzo II | +-(Luigi di Nevers) | +-Carlo I | +-(Francesco) | +-(Carlo) | +-Carlo II | +-Ferdinando Carlo 

External link

• "The House of Gonzaga, heirs to the sovereign marquessate of Mantua"
• "A complete genealogical tree of the House of Gonzaga"