Vincenzo I of Gonzaga (1562-1612), son of Guglielmo I, was ruler of the Duchy of Mantua from 1587 to 1612. He was the fourth Duke of Mantua and the second duke of Monferrato. His daughter, Eleonore Gonzaga, married Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Guglielmo (William) I of Gonzaga (1538-1587), Duke of Mantua (Marquis Guglielmo VIII of Monferrato) ruled Mantua and Monferrato from 1550 to 1587. ... The Duchy of Mantua was an Italian state that was ruled by the Gonzaga family from 1328 to 1708. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato) is part of the province of Asti in Italy. ... 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. ...

Vincenzo I was a major patron of the arts and sciences, and turned Mantua into a vibrant cultural center. Vincenzo employed the composer Claudio Monteverdi and the painter Peter Paul Rubens. In 1590 Vincenzo Bellini became a viol-player and cantor in the music cappella of Vincenzo; in 1602 Vincenzo appointed Bellini maestro di musica. Vincenzo was also a friend of the poet Torquato Tasso. A small book published in Verona in 1589 describes how a comic actor named Valerini in the service of Vincenzo imagines an ideal gallery of art, in which statues of the most important art collectors are featured rather than the work of the artists themselves. Vincenzo was described as a colossus who would dominate the entire ideal gallery, called the Celeste Galeria di Minerva.[1] Mantua (in Italian Mantova) is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province with the same name. ... Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi in Venice, 1640, by Bernardo Strozzi Claudio Monteverdi (May 15, 1567 (baptised) – November 29, 1643) was an Italian composer, violinist and singer. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) is considered one of the greatest painters in European art history (together with Dutchman Rembrandt van Rijn), and the most important Flemish (Netherlands, nowadays Belgium) painter of the sixteenth century. ... Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. ... Various sizes of viol The viol or viola da gamba family of musical instruments is related to the vihuela, rebec, etc. ... The word Cantor can mean more than one thing: Cantor is another name for a Hazzan, a member of the Jewish clergy Cantor is the title of a member of a student society who is the main singer at a cantus Famous people named Cantor include: Eddie Cantor, singer & entertainer... This page is about the year. ... Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 – April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered; 1575), in which he describes the imaginary combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. ... Map of Italy showing Verona in the north Verona (population est. ... Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ... Colossus may refer to: A colossus, a giant statue. ...

The astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini also served as tutor to Vincenzo's sons:

• Francesco IV (ruled 1612)
• Ferdinando I (1612-26)

As a cartographer, Magini's life’s work was the preparation of the Atlante geografico d'Italia (Geographic Atlas of Italy), printed posthumously by Magini’s son in 1620. This was intended to include maps of each Italian region with exact nomenclature and historical notes. A major project, its production (begun in 1594) proved. Vincenzo, to whom the atlas is dedicated, assisted him with this project and allow for maps of the various states of Italy to be brought to Magini. Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. ... Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ...

During the winter of 1603-4, Galileo visited the Mantuan court in an effort to obtain a position there, and was offered a salary, but could not agree on the terms with Vincenzo, who instead presented him Galileo with a gold chain and two silver dishes. Galileo can refer to: Galileo Galilei, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist (1564 - 1642) the Galileo spacecraft, a NASA space probe that visited Jupiter and its moons the Galileo positioning system Life of Galileo, a play by Bertolt Brecht Galileo (1975) - screen adaptation of the play Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht...

Vincenzo's spendthrift habits are considered to have accelerated Mantua's economic and cultural decline.

Vincenzo was rumored to have been impotent and he is said to have sent a secret expedition to the New World in order to obtain a legendary aphrodisiac.[2] Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... An aphrodisiac is an agent which causes the arousal of sexual desire. ...

On July 20, 1588, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor granted Vincenzo the right to an escutcheon of Austria, surmounted by an archducal coronet. Vincenzo created the Order of the Redemptor (or of the Most Precious Blood), approved by Paul V, on May 25, 1608.[3] July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II Rudolph IIs personal imperial crown, later crown of the Austrian Empire Rudolf II Habsburg was an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, king of Bohemia, and king of Hungary. ... Painting of Pope Paul V by Caravaggio Paul V, né Camillo Borghese (Rome, September 17, 1550 - January 28, 1621) was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ...

Sources

• Is Vincenzo I Gonzaga impotent?: The Medici Archives
• Museo di Mantova: Heraldic Arms
• Selwyn Brinton. (1927). The Gonzaga--Lords of Mantua. London: Methuen.
• Maria Bellonci. (1956). A Prince of Mantua: The Life and Times of Vincenzo Gonzaga. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.