Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria, (1602 – 23 November 1694) was Governor of Galicia, 1652-1658,

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, 1664–1667 and

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, 1678.

Biography

He was the second of the 11 sons/daughters of Ferrante II Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Guastalla, (1563 – 5 August 1630), married in 1587 to Donna Vittoria Doria dei Principi di Melfi, (1569–1618), daughter of Genoese Admiral of the Spanish Fleet and Member of the Spanish Royal Council,

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. Vicente's eldest brother was

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. Another sister, Zenobia de Gonzaga y Doria, (*1588 – +1618) married in 1607 don Giovanni Tagliavia d'Aragona, Duke of Terranova, a title awarded to

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in the year 1502, from a powerful Aragonese-Sicilian family, linked to the Princes of

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, a Sicilian town, located at 37°41′0″N 12°47′35″E.

References

* * Coniglio, Giuseppe (1967). I Gonzaga. Varese: Dall'Oglio. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzaga Y Doria, Vicente De 1602 births 1694 deaths Viceroys of Valencia Viceroys of Catalonia Viceroys of Sicily Spanish untitled nobility Nobility of Mantua Knights of Calatrava Vicente Captain Generals of Galicia