Ferrante II Gonzaga

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Ferrante II Gonzaga (1563 – 5 August 1630) was count and, from 1621,

duke of Guastalla
.

Ferrante II Gonzaga

He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, count of Guastalla and duke of Amalfi, and Donna Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575. On 2 July 1621, the County of Guastalla was elevated to a duchy and Ferrante was subsequently deemed a duke.

In 1624 Emperor Ferdinand II appointed Ferrante as general commissar in Italy to reinforce imperial authority.[1]

Ferrante played a part in the

Charles of Nevers
became the new duke.

Issue

Ferrante II married Vittoria Doria (1569–1618), daughter of Giovanni Andrea Doria, and had 4 children:

References

  1. ^ Runschke, Florian (2019), "Das Generalkommissariat in Italien von 1624-1632. Auftrag, Arbeit und Akzeptanz der ersten beiden Amtsinhaber". Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken (in German). 99: 214 (online).
  • Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy euweb". Genealogy.EU.[
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Preceded by
Count of Guastalla

1575–1630
Succeeded by