Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
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| Charles II Gonzaga | |
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Charles I Gonzaga | |
| Successor | Ferdinand Charles Gonzaga |
| Born | 3 October 1629 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
| Died | 14 August 1665 (aged 35) Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
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Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers | |
| Mother | Maria Gonzaga |
Charles II Gonzaga (31 October 1629 – 14 August 1665) was the son of
Jules Mazarin,[2]
the de facto Regent of France, and they became part of France.
On 7 November 1649, Charles II married
Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708). The relationship between husband and wife effectively ended, and Charles continued a relationship with a noblewoman Margherita della Rovere, and also had affairs with men including the castrato Atto Melani.[3] In his book, The Last Medici, Harold Acton records that his death occurred in the midst of lascivious intercourse.[4]
Charles tried to revive the tradition of his family as patrons of the arts and to rebuild his family's art collection, which had been largely sold off by his forebears. In 1657, he appointed the Flemish painter and printmaker Daniel van den Dyck as his official court painter, architect, surveyor of his building program and engineer for stage designs for the theatre. After van den Dyck's death, he appointed on 4 April 1663 another Flemish painter called Frans Geffels as his new court painter.[5]
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References
- ^ Royal Tombs
- ^ Condren 2021, p. 68.
- ^ Roger Freitas, The Eroticism of Emasculation: Confronting the Baroque Body of the Castrato, The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 20, No. 2. (Spring, 2003), pp. 196–249.
- ^ Acton, Harold. The Last Medici. p. 84.
- ^ Anne-Marie Logan, 'Daniel van den Dyck (Daniel Vandich)', Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch 55 (1994), p. 95-104
Sources
- Condren, John (2021). "The role of women in Louis XIV's relationship with the Gonzaga-Nevers di Mantova between 1665 and 1691". In Anderson, Roberta; Santaliestra, Laura Oliván; Suner, Suna (eds.). Gender and Diplomacy: Women and Men in European Embassies from the 15th to the 18th century. Hollitzer Verlag.
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