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Federico I Gonzaga (June 25, 1444 - July 14, 1484) was marquess of Mantua from 1478 to 1484, as well as a condottiero. The narrow courtyard between the Uffizis two wings creates the effect of a short, idealized street. ...
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The Duchy of Mantua was an Italian state that was ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708. ...
Mantua (in Italian Mantova, in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo language Mantua) is an important city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name. ...
Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ...
Biography In 1463 he married to Margaret of Bavaria, sister of John IV, Duke of Bavaria. He received a good education under his mother Barbara of Brandenburg and Vittorino da Feltre. He was also a good friend of the court painter Andrea Mantegna. Duke John IV. of Bavaria-Munich (*4. ...
Vittorino da Feltre (1378 - 1446), Italian humanist and teacher, was born in Feltre. ...
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He fought for the Sforza of Milan until 1470 and accessed to the marquisate on June 14, 1478. He was however forced to split much of the Mantuan possessions with his brothers. Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. ...
The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. ...
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Federico however continued to fight as condottiero, and during his frequent absences Mantua was administrated by Eusebio Malatesta, while the local army was under his brother-in-law Francesco Secco d'Aragona. Frederick took part to numerous actions in defence of the Duchy of Milan, in particular against the aggressive Republic of Venice. During one of this wars Francesco Secco occupied Asola and other Venetian territories; later, after the peace, Ludovico Sforza of Milan asked the return of Asola to Milan, to which Frederick could not oppose, much to his bitterness. Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Italian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge - 1789-1797 Ludovico Manin History - Established 727 (697) - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358 - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000. ...
Asola is a town in the province of Mantua, Lombardy (northern Italy). ...
Ludovico Sforza in a portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. ...
This article is about the city in Italy. ...
He died in Mantua at the age of 40, and was buried in the church of Sant'Andrea.
See also Combatants France, the Holy Roman Empire, the states of Italy (notably the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples, the Papal States, Florence, and the Duchy of Ferrara), England, Scotland, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, the Swiss, Saxony, and others The Italian Wars, often referred to as...
References - Coniglio, Giuseppe (1967). I Gonzaga.
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