Ferrante II Gonzaga
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Ferrante II Gonzaga (1563 – 5 August 1630) was count and, from 1621,
duke of Guastalla
.
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:
- Cesare II Gonzaga (1592–1632), next Duke of Guastalla, married Donna Isabella Orsini
- Vincenzo Gonzaga (1602–1697), Viceroy of Sicily(1677–1678)
- Andrea Gonzaga, Count of San Paolo (died 1686), father of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1692–1714)
- Zenobia de Gonzaga y Doria (1588–1618), married in 1607 don Giovanni Tagliavia d'Aragona, Duke of Terranova.
References
- Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy euweb". Genealogy.EU.[better source needed]