Carlo Emanuele Madruzzo (5 November 1599 – 15 December 1658) was the prince-bishop of Trento from January 1629 until his death.

Biography

He was born at the Castle of Issogne into the noble family of the Madruzzo, various members of which were also prince-bishops of Trento. In his youth he studied grammar and rhetorics in

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and philosophy at Ingolstadt in Jesuit schools. Later he moved to

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where he studied law. In 1619 he was called back to

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, where his uncle, Cardinal

Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo (1562 – 14 August 1629) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman. Biography Born in the castle of Issogne, Aosta Valley, he was the son of Baron Giovanni Federico Madruzzo and Isabelle of Challant, and ne ...

, had chosen him as his assistant and successor as prince-bishop. In 1626 he took the vows. After obtaining the throne in Trento, he had to face a period of crisis caused by the

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and by the tense relations between the

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and the

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. During his rule he was able to obtain a wider degree of freedom from the

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. In 1631 he ominously fled the city, which had been struck by plague; Madruzzo attracted further criticism for his relationship with a noblewoman, Claudia Particella. He repeatedly asked for a

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in order to be able her to marry her. He died suddenly at Trento in December 1658.

References

External links

Page at Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
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