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Gonzaga - LoveToKnow 1911 (757 words) |
 | After the peace of Cambrai (1529) his ally and protector, the emperor Charles V., raised his title to that of duke of Mantua in 1530; in 1536 the emperor decided the controversy for the succession of Monferrato between Federigo and the house of Savoy in favour of the former. |
| The last named appointed as his successor Charles, the son of Henriette, the heiress of the French family of Nevers-Rethel, who was only able to take possession of the ducal throne after a bloody struggle; his dominions were laid waste by foreign invasions and he himself was reduced to the sorest straits. |
| Of the cadet branches of the house one received the lordship of Bozzolo, another the counties of Novellara and Bagnolo, a third, of which the founder was Ferrante I. (d. |
| Ludovico II of Gonzaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (359 words) |
| Ludovico II (or III) of Gonzaga, also spelled Lodovico (June 5, 1412 – June 12, 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death. |
| Ludovico was the son of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta. |
| Ludovico followed the path of his father Gianfrancesco, fighting as condottiero for the Visconti of Milan from 1446, but the following year passed at the service of Venice in the league formed with Florence against Milan. |
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