Andrea Mantegna: Ludovico Gonzaga, 1474.

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. The Agony in the Garden (1455) is the pinnacle of Mantegnas early style. ... Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Events February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. ... 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. ... Events March 2 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ...

Biography

Ludovico was the son of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta. He married Barbara of Brandenburg, niece of Emperor Sigismund, in 1437. Portrait of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Ambras castle collection, Innsbruck, Austria. ... The House of Malatesta was an Italian family which ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500. ...   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ...

He succeeded the father in the rule of Mantua in 1444.

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. In 1450 he received permission to lead an army for King Alfonso of Naples in Lombardy, much with the intent of gain some possession for himself. However, Francesco Sforza, the new duke of Milan, enticed him with the promise of Lonato, Peschiera and Asola, form Mantuan territories now part of Venice. The latter replied sacking Castiglione delle Stiviere (1452) and hiring Ludovico's brother, Carlo. Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Milan (Italian: ; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000 CE. The republic is in dark red, borders in light red. ... 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. ... Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 – June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. ... Portrait of Francesco Sforza,, c. ... There are communes that have the name Peschiera (from Italian pesce meaning fish) in Italy: Peschiera Borromeo, in the province of Milano Peschiera del Garda, in the province of Verona This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Castiglione delle Stiviere is a town and comune in the province of Mantova, in Lombardy. ... Carlo Gonzaga (1525 - 1566) was an Italian military leader. ...

Barbara of Hohenzollern, Ludovico's wife, acted as regent after his death. Portrait if the Uffizi, Florence.

On June 14, 1453, Ludovico routed the troops of Carlo at Goito, but Venetian troops under Niccolò Piccinino thwarted any attempt to regain Asola. The Peace of Lodi (1454) obliged Ludovico to give back all his conquest, and to renounce definitively to the three cities. However, he obtained his brother's land after Carlo's childless death in 1478. The moment of highest prestige for Mantua was the Council held in the city from May 27, 1459 and January 19, 1460, summoned by Pope Pius II to launch a crusade against the Ottoman Turks, who had conquered Constantinople some years earlier. The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. ... The narrow courtyard between the Uffizis two wings creates the effect of a short, idealized street. ... Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... April 2 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Ä°stanbul). ... Goito is a comune of Lombardy, Italy, in the Province of Mantua, from which it is 11 miles NW, on the road to Brescia. ... Portrait Niccolò Piccinino (1386 - 1444), Italian condottiere, born at Perugia, was the son of a butcher. ... Peace of Lodi - A peace agreement signed at Lodi, Italy between Milan and Venice on April 9, 1454. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Latin Aeneas Sylvius), (October 18, 1405 – August 14, 1464) was Pope from 1458 until his death. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI... Map of Constantinople. ...

From 1466 he was more or less constantly at the service of the Sforza of Milan. He died in Goito in 1478, during a plague. He was buried in the cathedral of Mantua.

In 1460, Ludovico appointed Andrea Mantegna as court artist to the Gonzaga family. Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... The Agony in the Garden (1455) is the pinnacle of Mantegnas early style. ... The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. ...

See also

• Wars in Lombardy

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