Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
| Francesco IV Gonzaga | |
|---|---|
Vincenzo I Gonzaga | |
| Successor | Ferdinando Gonzaga |
| Born | 7 May 1586 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
| Died | 22 December 1612 (aged 26) Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
| Spouse |
Eleonora de' Medici |
Francesco IV Gonzaga (7 May 1586 – 22 December 1612) was
Montferrat
between 9 February and 22 December 1612.
Biography
Born in
Eleonora de' Medici.[1]
In 1607, Claudio Monteverdi dedicated his opera L'Orfeo to Francesco. The title page of the opera bears the dedication "Al serenissimo signor D. Francesco Gonzaga, Prencipe di Mantoua, & di Monferato, &c."
Francesco became Duke upon his father's death on 9 February 1612. He died at Mantua on 22 December 1612 without male heirs. He was succeeded by his brother
Margaret of Savoy, disputed this, leading to the War of the Montferrat Succession
(1613–1617).
Family
On 19 February 1608 he married in
They had:- Ludovico (27 April 1611 – 3 August 1612).
- Eleanore (12 September 1612 – 13 September 1612).
Honours
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b Bourne 2010, p. 182.
- ^ a b Raviola 2016, p. 59.
- ^ Bourne 2016, p. 162.
Sources
- Bourne, Molly (2010). "The Art of Diplomacy: Mantua and the Gonzaga". In Rosenberg, Charles M. (ed.). The Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. p. 138-195.
- Bourne, Molly (2016). "From court to cloister and back again: Margherita Gonzaga, Caterina dé Medici and Lucrina Fetti at the convent of Sant'Orsola in Mantua". In Cavallo, Sandra; Evangelisti, Silvia (eds.). Domestic Institutional Interiors in Early Modern Europe. Routledge. p. 153-180.
- Raviola, Blythe Alice (2016). "The Three Lives of Margherita of Savoy-Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua and Vicereine of Portugal". In Cruz, Anne J.; Stampino, Maria Galli (eds.). Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts. Routledge. p. 59-78.
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