Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
| Federico II Gonzaga | |
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Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua | |
| Mother | Isabella d'Este |
Federico II of Gonzaga (17 May 1500 – 28 August 1540) was the ruler of the Italian city of
Marquis of Montferrat
from 1536.
Biography
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Federico was son of
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and Isabella d'Este.[1] Due to the turbulent politics of the time, from the age of ten, he spent three years as a hostage in Rome under Pope Julius II.[2] From 1515 to 1517, Federico was the hostage of King Francis I of France, to ensure Gonzaga assistance in Italy.[2]
On 3 April 1519, Federico succeeded his father as Marquis of
Leo X named him Captain General of the Church (commander in chief of the Papal Army) in July 1521, and he fought against the French at Parma in 1521 and at Piacenza in 1522.[3]
Federico signed a marriage contract with the heir to the
Maria Palaeologina, with the aim of acquiring that land.[4] In 1528, however, in exchange for two prisoners, Pope Clement VII voided the marriage contract.[4]
Federico then signed another marriage contract with Charles V's third cousin, Julia of Aragon.Giovanni Giorgio (1533), the marquisate of Montferrat passed to the Gonzaga, who held it until the 18th century.
Like his parents, he was a patron of the arts; he commissioned the
Palazzo Te, designed and decorated by Giulio Romano, as his summer palace just outside Mantua.[6] Romano spent 16 years as court artist under Federico's patronage. He also bought and commissioned several paintings from Titian, and had his portrait painted by both Titian and Raphael
.
Federico suffered long from
Gugliemo
, became 3rd Duke of Mantua as well as Duke of Montferrat and carried on the line.
Family and issue
Federico and Margaret were parents to seven children:
- Eleonora Gonzaga.
- Anna Gonzaga.
- Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (10 March 1533 - 22 February 1550)[8]
- Isabella Gonzaga, married Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos[9]
- Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (24 April 1538 - 14 August 1587), married Archduchess Eleanor of Austria[8]
- Charles I, Duke of Mantua[8]
- Cardinal Federico Gonzaga (1540 - 21 February 1565).
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ^ Hickson 2016, p. 87.
- ^ a b Murphy 2007, p. 159.
- ^ a b de Pins 2007, p. 267.
- ^ a b c d Fenlon 1980, p. 48.
- ^ de Pins 2007, p. 268.
- ^ Cockram 2013, p. 58.
- ^ a b Hickson 2016, p. 101.
- ^ a b c Parrott 1997, p. 22.
- ^ Hickson 2016, p. 127.
Sources
- Cockram, Sarah D. P. (2013). Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga: power sharing at the Italian Renaissance Court. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. OCLC 855504802.
- Fenlon, Iain (1980). Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press.
- Hickson, Sally Anne (2016). Women, Art and Architectural Patronage in Renaissance Mantua: Matrons, Mystics, and Monasteries. Routledge.
- Murphy, Paul V. (2007). Ruling Peacefully: Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and Patrician Reform in Sixteenth-Century Italy. Catholic University of America Press.
- Parrott, David (1997). "The Mantuan Succession, 1627–31: A Sovereignty Dispute in Early Modern Europe". The English Historical Review. CXII, Issue 445, February (445). Oxford Academic: 20–65. .
- de Pins, Jean (2007). Letters and Letter Fragments. Librairie Droz S.A.
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