Vincenzo Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla
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Vincenzo Gonzaga was a Duke of Guastalla.
Vincenzo was the son of Andrea Gonzaga, Graf von San Paolo, and grandson of Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
.
After a childless first marriage , he married Maria Vittoria Gonzaga (1659–1707), the youngest daughter of his cousin, Duke Ferrante III Gonzaga of Guastalla
.
When Duke Ferrante III of Guastalla died in 1678 without a male heir, Guastalla was ruled by Charles IV, Duke of Mantua
, who had married Anna Isabella Gonzaga, Duke Ferrante III's oldest daughter.
Vincenzo became Duke of Guastalla in 1692.
Vincenzo and Maria Vittoria had three children :
Vincenzo Gonzaga inherited in 1707 Bozzolo
and Pomponesco
, and in 1710 Sabbioneta
.
Vincenzo was the son of Andrea Gonzaga, Graf von San Paolo, and grandson of Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
Ferrante II Gonzaga
Ferrante II Gonzaga was Count of Guastalla and since 1621 Duke of Guastalla.He was the son of Cesare I Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Camilla Borromeo. He succeeded his father in 1575...
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After a childless first marriage , he married Maria Vittoria Gonzaga (1659–1707), the youngest daughter of his cousin, Duke Ferrante III Gonzaga of Guastalla
Ferrante III Gonzaga
Ferrante III Gonzaga was Duke of Guastalla.He was the son of Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and Isabella Orsini.He succeeded his father in 1632....
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When Duke Ferrante III of Guastalla died in 1678 without a male heir, Guastalla was ruled by Charles IV, Duke of Mantua
Charles IV, Duke of Mantua
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga was the only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua and Montferrat, and the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga.-Biography:...
, who had married Anna Isabella Gonzaga, Duke Ferrante III's oldest daughter.
Vincenzo became Duke of Guastalla in 1692.
Vincenzo and Maria Vittoria had three children :
- Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga (1686–1742), married in 1709 Francesco Maria de' MediciFrancesco Maria de' MediciFrancesco Maria de' Medici was a member of the House of Medici. He was successively a Governor of Siena, cardinal and later the heir of the Duchies of Rovere and Montefeltro by right of his mother.-Biography:...
- Antonio Ferrante GonzagaAntonio Ferrante GonzagaAntonio Ferrante Gonzaga was Duke of Guastalla.He was the son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Maria Vittoria Gonzaga...
(1687–1729), next Duke of Guastalla from 1704, married 1) Margherita Cesarini, and 2) Theodora von Hessen - Giuseppe GonzagaGiuseppe GonzagaGiuseppe Gonzaga was the last Duke of Guastalla.He was the second son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Maria Vittoria Gonzaga, and was mentally handicapped....
(1690–1746), next Duke of Guastalla from 1729, married Eleonore von Holstein .
Vincenzo Gonzaga inherited in 1707 Bozzolo
Bozzolo
Bozzolo is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 110 km southeast of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Mantua....
and Pomponesco
Pomponesco
Pomponesco is a comune in the Italian Province of Mantua. As of 2007 the estimated population of Pomponesco was 1,770.The experimental musical artist Maurizio Bianchi was born there in 1955....
, and in 1710 Sabbioneta
Sabbioneta
Sabbioneta is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, northern Italy. It is situated about 30 km north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River...
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Family
- His uncle was also called Vincenzo (1602–1694) and was Viceroy of Catalonia between 1664 and 1667 and Viceroy of Sicily in 1678.
- His cousin, Vespasiano-Vincenzo (1621–1687) was Viceroy of Valencia in 1663.