Ferrante I Gonzaga (Italian: Ferdinando I, January 28, 1507 - November 15, 1557) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Gonzaga and the first of the branch of the Gonzaga of Guastalla. January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ... Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ... The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. ... Guastalla is a town and commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...

The son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este, at the age of sixteen he was sent to the court of the future emperor Charles V, to whom Ferrante remained faithful for his whole life. In 1527 he took part to the Sack of Rome: at the death of the conestable Charles of Bourbon he was appointeed commander-in-chief of the Imperial army. Isabella dEste painted by Titian Isabella dEste (18 May 1474 - 13 February 1539, death at 65 years old) was marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance and a major cultural and political figure. ... Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands (1506-1555), King of Spain (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1516-1554), Archduke of Austria (1519-1521), King of the Romans (or German King), (1519-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558) and... January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

He defended Naples from the assault of the French troops under Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, and obtained the surrender of the Republic of Florence. For this feat Pope Clement VII, member of the Medici who had been ousted from that city, named him governor of Benevento. Again for Charles V, he fought against the Turks with a contingent of 3,000 cavalry. “Napoli” redirects here. ... Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, painted by Jean Clouet (early 16th century). ... Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ... For the antipope (1378–1394) see antipope Clement VII and other Popes named Clement see Pope Clement. ... Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. ...

In 1534 Ferrante married Isabella of Capua. Viceroy of Sicily (1535-1546) and then Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1546-1554). In 1539 he bought the countship of Guastalla, on the left bank of the Po for 22,280 golden scudi from Duchess Ludovica Torello. He died at Bruxelles while campaigning in that region. A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Guastalla is a town and commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ... The Po (Latin: Padus, Italian: Po) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ... The scudo was a coin used in Italy in past times, whose name derives from the French golden écu, created during the reign of Louis IX. From the 18th century, the name was used in Italy for large silver coins sporting the sovereigns insignas. ... For other uses, see Brussels (disambiguation). ...

His son Luigi, better known as Aloysius Gonzaga, was a famous Catholic saint. Ferrante was succeeded in Guastalla by his other son Cesare. Aloysius Gonzaga (9 March 1568–21 June 1591) was the oldest son of the Marquis Ferdinand of Castiglione, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marta Tana Santena, daughter of a baron from Piemonte, of the Della Rovere family. ...