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Vincenzo II Gonzaga (7 January 1594 – 25 December 1627) was
Vincenzo II Gonzaga (7 January 1594 – 25 December 1627) was Duke of Mantua
During its history as independent entity, Mantua had different rulers who governed on the city and the lands of Mantua from the Middle Ages to the early modern period.
From 970 to 1115, the Counts of Mantua were members of the House of Canoss ...
and Duke of Montferrat
The Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat were the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin called Montferrat. The March of Montferrat was created by Berengar II of Italy in 950 during a redistribution of power in the n ...
from 1626 until his death.
Vincenzo was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de' Medici and inherited the duchy upon the death of his elder brother Ferdinand
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...
, receiving the imperial investiture on 8 February 1627. He had also received a cardinalate
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upon Ferdinando's succession, but had dismissed it in 1616 in order to marry his relative Isabella Gonzaga, daughter of Alfonso Gonzaga
Alfonso Gonzaga (died 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Rhodus'' (1621–1649). ''(in Latin)''Count of Novellara.
Conscious of his poor health, the childless Vincenzo set up an inheritance for his lands through the marriage of his niece
Albero genealogico dei Gonzaga
/ref> By Paola Scarpelli: * Federico Gonzaga (1619–1630), Abbot of Lucledio. *Tiberio Silvio Gonzaga (1620 – 3 July 1630), Knight of the
Grand Master of the Order of the Redeemer
Maria
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(daughter of the former Duke Francis IV) with Charles of Nevers' son Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers
Charles II Gonzaga (22 October 1609 – 30 August 1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise-Mayen, Catherine de Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, togethe ...
. The elder Charles was a cousin of his father. Vincenzo died on the marriage day of Mary and Charles.
Family
Vincenzo II Gonzaga had no legitimate offspring from the wife, but he recognized four natural sons./ref> By Paola Scarpelli: * Federico Gonzaga (1619–1630), Abbot of Lucledio. *Tiberio Silvio Gonzaga (1620 – 3 July 1630), Knight of the
Order of Malta
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and Balì of Armenia.
By Luigia "the Spanish":
*Luigi Gonzaga (+1627), Infante.
*Giovanni Gonzaga (+Malta 1645), Abbot of Lucledio, and Knight of the Order of Malta
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.
Honours
* Grand Master of the Order of the Redeemer
Ancestry
References
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