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House of Gonzaga, the Glossary

The House of Gonzaga is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then margraviate, and finally duchy).^[1]

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Agnese Visconti

Agnese Visconti also known as Agnes (1363 – 7 February 1391) was a daughter of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. House of Gonzaga and Agnese Visconti are nobility of Mantua.

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Aloisio Gonzaga

Aloisio Gonzaga (20April 149419July 1549) was an Italian condottiero.

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Aloysius Gonzaga

Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (Luigi Gonzaga; 9 March 156821 June 1591) was an Italian aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus.

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Andrea Gonzaga

Andrea Gonzaga, Count of San Paolo (died 1686), was a member of the Italian House of Gonzaga, belonging to the cadet branch which ruled the Duchy of Guastalla.

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Andrea Mantegna

Andrea Mantegna (September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.

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Anna Isabella Gonzaga (12 February 1655 – 11 August 1703), was a Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat and heiress of the Duchy of Guastalla, including Luzzara and Reggiolo; married in 1671 to Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.

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Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga

Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga (9 December 1687 – 16 April 1729) was the reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga.

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Archduchess Eleanor of Austria

Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (2 November 1534 – 5 August 1594) was Duchess of Mantua by marriage to William I, Duke of Mantua.

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Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria

Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1685) was a Duchess consort of Mantua, Montferrat, Nevers (until 1659), Mayenne (until 1654) and Rethel (until 1659) by marriage to Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.

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Asola, Lombardy

Asola (Upper Mantovano: Àsula) is a comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy (northern Italy).

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Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua

Barbara of Brandenburg (30 September 1422 – 7 November 1481) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1433 to Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua.

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Battle of Fornovo

The Battle of Fornovo took place 30 km (19 miles) southwest of the city of Parma on 6 July 1495.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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Bologna

Bologna (Bulåggna; Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy.

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Bonacolsi

The House of Bonacolsi was the name of an Italian noble family which ruled Mantua in the last quarter of the 13th century and the first quarter of the 14th. House of Gonzaga and Bonacolsi are history of Mantua and Italian noble families.

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Bozzolo

Bozzolo (Mantovano: Bosul) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Cadet branch

A cadet branch consists of the male-line descendants of a monarch's or patriarch's younger sons (cadets).

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Cangrande I della Scala

Cangrande (christened Can Francesco) della Scala (9 March 1291 – 22 July 1329) was an Italian nobleman, belonging to the della Scala family who ruled Verona from 1308 until 1387.

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Capitano del popolo

Captain of the people (capitano del popolo) was an administrative title used in Italy during the Middle Ages, established essentially to balance the power and authority of the noble families of the Italian city-states.

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Carafa family

Carafa or Caraffa is the name of an old and influential Neapolitan aristocratic family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts, known from the 12th century.

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)

A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis) is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.

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Carlo Gonzaga of Milan

Carlo Gonzaga (died 21 December 1456), Lord of Sabbioneta, was an Italian nobleman of the Mantuan House of Gonzaga who rose to the position of Captain of the People in the Ambrosian Republic of Milan, and eventually ruled practically as an autocrat. House of Gonzaga and Carlo Gonzaga of Milan are nobility of Mantua.

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Carlo I Malatesta

Carlo I Malatesta (June 1368 – 13 September 1429) (also Carlo of Rimini) was an Italian condottiero during the Wars in Lombardy and lord of Rimini, Fano, Cesena and Pesaro.

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Castel Goffredo

Castel Goffredo (Upper Mantovano: (El) Castel) is a comune in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, northern Italy, from Mantua and a few more from Brescia.

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Castiglione delle Stiviere

Castiglione delle Stiviere (Upper Mantovano: Castiù) is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, Italy, northwest of Mantua by road.

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Caterina Anguissola

Caterina Anguissola Trivulzio (Piacenza, 1508 circa – Castel Goffredo, December 13, 1550) was an Italian noblewoman.

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Caterina de' Medici, Governor of Siena

Caterina de' Medici (2 May 159317 April 1629) was a Tuscan noblewoman of the Medici family.

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Caterina Pico

Caterina Pico (della Mirandola) (14545 December 1501) was an Italian noblewoman.

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Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland

Catherine of Austria (Katarzyna Habsburżanka; Kotryna Habsburgaitė; 15 September 1533 – 28 February 1572) was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

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Catherine of Mayenne

Catherine de Mayenne (1585 – 8 March 1618), or Catherine de Mayenne-Lorraine-Guise, was a French aristocrat.

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Cavriana

Cavriana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, part of the municipalities of Alto Mantovano.

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Cesare I Gonzaga

Cesare I Gonzaga (1530 – 15 February 1575) was count of Guastalla from 1557 until his death. House of Gonzaga and Cesare I Gonzaga are nobility of Mantua.

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Cesare II Gonzaga

Cesare II Gonzaga (Mantua, 1592 – 26 February 1632) was Duke of Guastalla.

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Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Charles I Gonzaga (Carlo I Gonzaga; 6 May 1580 – 22 September 1637) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1627 until his death.

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Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat

Charles II Gonzaga (31 October 1629 – 14 August 1665) was the son of Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers (d. 1631) of Rethel, Nevers, Mantua, and Montferrat; and Maria Gonzaga.

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Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers

Charles II Gonzaga (22 October 1609 – 30 August 1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne).

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles VI (Karl; Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I.

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Charleville-Mézières

Charleville-Mézières is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est.

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Counts and dukes of Nevers

The counts of Nevers were the rulers of the County of Nevers, in France, The territory became a duchy in the peerage of France in 1539 under the dukes of Nevers.

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Counts and dukes of Rethel

The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the counts of Nevers, then to the counts of Flanders, and finally to the dukes of Burgundy.

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County of Novellara and Bagnolo

The County of Novellara and Bagnolo (Contea di Novellara e Bagnolo) was an independent state which existed in Northern Italy from 1371 to 1728.

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Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region).

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Ducal Palace, Mantua

The Palazzo Ducale di Mantova ("Ducal Palace") is a group of buildings in Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, built between the 14th and the 17th century mainly by the noble family of Gonzaga as their royal residence in the capital of their Duchy.

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Duchy of Guastalla

The Duchy of Guastalla was an Italian state which existed between 1621 and 1748.

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Duchy of Mantua

The Duchy of Mantua (Ducato di Mantova; Ducaa de Mantua) was a duchy in Lombardy, northern Italy. House of Gonzaga and duchy of Mantua are history of Mantua.

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Duchy of Modena and Reggio

The Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Ducato di Modena e Reggio; Ducatus Mutinae et Regii; Duchêt ed Mòdna e Rèz) was an Italian state created in 1452 located in Northwestern Italy, in the present day region of Emilia-Romagna.

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Duchy of Montferrat

The Duchy of Montferrat was a state located in Northern Italy.

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Duchy of Nivernais

The Duchy of Nivernais was a duchy in France, centred around the city of Nevers, of which the duchy took its name.

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Duchy of Parma and Piacenza

The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (Ducato di Parma e Piacenza, Ducatus Parmae et Placentiae) was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna.

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Duke

Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.

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Duke of Mayenne

Duke of Mayenne (duc de Mayenne) is a title created for a cadet branch of the House of Guise.

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Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.

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Eleanor de' Medici

Eleanor de' Medici (28 February 1567 – 9 September 1611) was a Duchess of Mantua by marriage to Vincenzo I Gonzaga.

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Eleonora Gonzaga (1598–1655)

Eleonora Gonzaga (23 September 1598 – 27 June 1655), was born a princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga, and by marriage to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. House of Gonzaga and Eleonora Gonzaga (1598–1655) are nobility of Mantua.

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Eleonora Gonzaga (1630–1686)

Eleonora Gonzaga (18 November 1630 – 6 December 1686), was by birth Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel from the Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga and was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand III. House of Gonzaga and Eleonora Gonzaga (1630–1686) are nobility of Mantua.

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Ercole Gonzaga

Ercole Gonzaga (23 November 1505 – 2 March 1563) was an Italian Cardinal.

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Federico Gonzaga (cardinal)

Federico Gonzaga, Cardinal of Monferrato (1540 – 21 February 1565) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.

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Federico I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua

Federico I Gonzaga (25 June 1441 – 14 July 1484) was marquis of Mantua from 1478 to 1484, as well as a condottiero.

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Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Federico II of Gonzaga (17 May 1500 – 28 August 1540) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (first as Marquis, later as Duke) from 1519 until his death.

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Feltrino Gonzaga

Feltrino Gonzaga (c. 1330 – 28 December 1374) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the Gonzaga family.

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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637.

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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657) was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.

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Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat

Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (31 August 1652 – 5 July 1708) 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.

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Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Ferdinand I Gonzaga (26 April 1587 – 29 October 1626) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1612 until his death.

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Ferrante Gonzaga

Ferrante I Gonzaga (also Ferdinando I Gonzaga; 28 January 1507 – 15 November 1557) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Gonzaga and the founder of the branch of the Gonzaga of Guastalla.

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Ferrante II Gonzaga

Ferrante II Gonzaga (1563 – 5 August 1630) was count and, from 1621, duke of Guastalla.

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Ferrante III Gonzaga

Ferrante III Gonzaga (4 April 1618 – 11 January 1678), was a Duke of Guastalla.

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Ferrara

Ferrara (Fràra) is a city and comune (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Fondi

Fondi (Fundi; Southern Laziale: Fùnn) is a city and comune in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy, halfway between Rome and Naples.

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Francesco Gonzaga (1444–1483)

Francesco Gonzaga (15 March 1444, Mantua, Italy – 21 October 1483, Bologna, Italy) was an Italian bishop and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church during the reigns of Popes Pius II, Paul II and Sixtus IV.

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Francesco Gonzaga (1538–1566)

Francesco Gonzaga (6 December 1538 – 6 January 1566) was an Italian nobleman, who was Duke of Ariano.

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Francesco I Gonzaga

Portrait of Francesco I Gonzaga Francesco I Gonzaga (1366 – 7 March 1407) was ruler of Mantua from 1382 to 1407.

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Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua

Francesco II Gonzaga (10 August 1466 –) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1484 until his death.

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Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Francesco III Gonzaga (10 March 1533 – 22 February 1550) was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from 1540 until his death.

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Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Francesco IV Gonzaga (7 May 1586 – 22 December 1612) was duke of Mantua and Montferrat between 9 February and 22 December 1612.

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Francesco Maria de' Medici

Francesco Maria de' Medici (12 November 1660 – 3 February 1711) was a member of the House of Medici.

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Gazzuolo

Gazzuolo (Mantovano: Gasöl) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua.

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Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich

Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich (born in Mannheim, 1959) is a German philologist.

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Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

Giovanni (Gian) Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio (1597 – 3 August 1656) was an Italian Cardinal who held several high functions in service of the Spanish Crown.

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Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (1446–1496)

Portrait of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (1446 – 28 August 1496) was the third son of Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and Barbara of Brandenburg. House of Gonzaga and Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (1446–1496) are nobility of Mantua.

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Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua

Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga (1395 – 23 September 1444) was Captain of the People from 1407 to 1433 and Marquis of Mantua from 1433 to 1444.

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Ginevra d'Este

Ginevra d'Este (24 March 1419 - 12 October 1440) was an Italian noblewoman.

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Giovanni Gonzaga

Giovanni Gonzaga (1474 – 23 September 1525) was an Italian nobleman of the House of Gonzaga, born at Mantua. House of Gonzaga and Giovanni Gonzaga are nobility of Mantua.

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Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga

Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga (1540–1591) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.

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Giulia Gonzaga

Giulia Gonzaga (1513 – 16 April 1566) was an Italian countess and letter writer of the Renaissance.

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Giuseppe Maria Gonzaga

Giuseppe Gonzaga (20 March 1690 – 16 August 1746) was the last reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga.

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Goito

Goito (Upper Mantovano: Gùit) is a comune with a population of 10,005 in the Province of Mantua in Lombardy.

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Guastalla

Guastalla (Guastallese: Guastàla) is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Guelphs and Ghibellines

The Guelphs and Ghibellines (guelfi e ghibellini) were factions supporting respectively the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy during the Middle Ages.

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Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Guglielmo Gonzaga (24 April 1538 – 14 August 1587) was Duke of Mantua from 1550 to 1587, and of Montferrat from 1574 to 1587.

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Guido Gonzaga

Guido Gonzaga (1290 – 22 September 1369) was an Italian condottiero, son of Ludovico I Gonzaga capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar.

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Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, usually shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601.

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Henriette of Cleves

Henriette de La Marck (31 October 1542 – 24 June 1601), also known as Henriette of Cleves, was a French noblewoman and courtier.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.

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House of Guzmán

The House of Guzmán (Casa de Guzmán) is an old and noble Spanish family that emerged in Castile in the 12th century and became one of the most prominent dynasties of the Spanish kingdom until the 18th century.

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Imperial vicar

An imperial vicar (Reichsvikar) was a prince charged with administering all or part of the Holy Roman Empire on behalf of the emperor.

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Isabella Colonna

Isabella Colonna (1513 – 1570) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Colonna family.

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Isabella d'Este

Isabella d'Este (19 May 1474 – 13 February 1539) was the Marchioness of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure.

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Isabella Gonzaga

Isabella Gonzaga (Isabella Gonzaga di Novellara; 1576 – 1630), was an Italian aristocrat.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Kingdom of France

The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period.

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Leonello d'Este

Leonello d'Este (also spelled Lionello; 21 September 1407 – 1 October 1450) was Marquess of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450.

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Lilienfeld

Lilienfeld is a city in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria, south of St. Pölten, noted as the site of Lilienfeld Abbey.

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List of Holy Roman empresses

The Holy Roman Empress or Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (Kaiserin des Heiligen Römischen Reiches) was the wife or widow of the Holy Roman Emperor.

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List of rulers of Guastalla

This is a list of rulers of Guastalla, a town in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the right bank of the Po River.

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List of rulers 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.

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List of rulers 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. House of Gonzaga and List of rulers of Montferrat are Roman Catholic families.

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Lombardy

Lombardy (Lombardia; Lombardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.

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Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers

Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers (italic or Luigi di Gonzaga-Nevers; 18 September 1539 – 23 October 1595) was a soldier, governor and statesman during the French Wars of Religion. House of Gonzaga and Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers are nobility of Mantua.

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Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte)

Louis Gonzaga (Luigi; 16 August 1500 – 2 December 1532), nicknamed "Rodomonte" due to his physical prowess, was an Imperial mercenary captain for Emperor Charles V.

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Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Louis IV (Ludwig; 1 April 1282 – 11 October 1347), called the Bavarian, was King of the Romans from 1314, King of Italy from 1327, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1328 until his death in 1347.

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Ludovica Torelli

Ludovica Torelli (26 September 1500 – 28 October 1569) was ruling Countess of Guastalla in 1522–1539.

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Ludovico Gonzaga (1480–1540)

Portrait of Ludovico Gonzaga by anonymous. Ludovico Gonzaga (1481 - June 1540) was an Italian nobleman and condottiero, a member of the House of Gonzaga branch of Sabbioneta.

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Ludovico I Gonzaga

Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268 – 18 January 1360) was an Italian lord, the founder of the Gonzaga family who was the first capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar.

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Ludovico II Gonzaga

Ludovico II Gonzaga (1334 – 4 October 1382) was an Italian politician who was capitano del popolo of Mantua.

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Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua

Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, known as the Turk (il Turco), also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.

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Luzzara

Luzzara (Guastallese: Lüsèra) is a comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Mantua

Mantua (Mantova; Lombard and Mantua) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the province of the same name.

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March of Montferrat

The March (also margraviate or marquisate) of Montferrat was a frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages and a state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Margaret of Bavaria, Marchioness of Mantua

Margaret of Bavaria (1442–1479) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1463 to Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

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Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal

Margaret of Savoy (28 April 1589 – 26 June 1655) was the last Habsburg Vicereine of Portugal from 1634 to 1640.

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Margaret Paleologa

Margaret Palaeologa (Margherita Paleologa; 11 August 1510 in Casale Monferrato – 28 December 1566 in Mantua), was the ruling Marquise regnant of Montferrat in her own right between 1533 and 1536.

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Margherita Farnese

Margherita Farnese (7 November 1567 – 13 April 1643), was an Italian noblewoman member of the House of Farnese and by marriage Hereditary Princess of Mantua between 1581–1583.

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Margherita Malatesta

Margherita Malatesta of the House of Malatesta (1370 – 28 February 1399) was the wife of Francesco I Gonzaga of the powerful House of Gonzaga, the ruler of Mantua in the north of the Italian peninsula, whom she married in 1393. House of Gonzaga and Margherita Malatesta are nobility of Mantua.

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Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat

Maria Gonzaga or Maria of Mantua (29 July 1609 – 14 August 1660) was a reigning duchess of Montferrat from 1612 until 1660, and regent in Mantua during the minority of her son from 1637 until 1647.

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Marie Louise Gonzaga

Marie Louise Gonzaga (Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 – 10 May 1667) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage to two kings of Poland and grand dukes of Lithuania, brothers Władysław IV and John II Casimir.

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Marquisate of Mantua

The Marquisate or Margraviate of Mantua (Marchesato di Mantova) was a margraviate centered around the city of Mantua in Lombardy. House of Gonzaga and Marquisate of Mantua are history of Mantua.

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Massa, Tuscany

Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa and Carrara.

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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Montferrat

Montferrat (Monferrato,; Monfrà,,; Mons Ferratus) is a historical region of Piedmont, in northern Italy.

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Motto

A motto (derived from the Latin, 'mutter', by way of Italian, 'word' or 'sentence') is a sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group, or organisation.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Nevers

Nevers (Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is a town and the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France.

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Northern Italy

Northern Italy (Italia settentrionale, label, label) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy.

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Novellara

Novellara (Reggiano: Nualera or Nuvalêra) is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and has a population of 13,670.

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Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua.

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Palaiologos

The House of Palaiologos (Palaiologoi; Παλαιολόγος, pl. Παλαιολόγοι, female version Palaiologina; Παλαιολογίνα), also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek noble family that rose to power and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire as a whole.

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Palais ducal de Nevers

The Ducal Palace of Nevers (Palais ducal de Nevers) is a residence castle of the 15th and 16th centuries that once belonged to the counts and dukes of Nevers.

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Palermo

Palermo (Palermu, locally also Paliemmu or Palèimmu) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province.

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Paola Malatesta

Paola Agnese Malatesta (1393 — 28 February 1449) also Paola of Mantua was an Italian noblewoman of the noble family House of Malatesta, rulers of Rimini and Pesaro. House of Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta are nobility of Mantua.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pesaro

Pesaro (Pés're) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea.

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Piacenza

Piacenza (Piaṡëinsa) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province.

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Pirro Gonzaga

Pirro Gonzaga (1490 – 22 January 1529) was an Italian nobleman and condottiero during the Italian Wars of 1494–1559.

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Polirone Abbey

The Abbey of San Benedetto in Polirone is a large complex of Benedictine order monastic buildings, including a church and cloisters, located in the town of San Benedetto Po, Province of Mantua, Region of Lombardy, Italy.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Porto Mantovano

Porto Mantovano (Mantovano: Pòrt Mantuàn) is a town in the province of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.

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Poviglio

Poviglio (Mantovano: Puii; Reggiano: Puvî) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Reggio Emilia.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Prince

A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family.

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Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status.

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Reggio Emilia

Reggio nell'Emilia (Rèz; Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Revere, Borgo Mantovano

Revere is a frazione of Borgo Mantovano in the Province of Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua.

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Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737)

Rinaldo d'Este (26 April 1655 – 26 October 1737) was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1694 until his death, as well as a member of the House of Este.

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Rodolfo Gonzaga

Rodolfo Gonzaga (18 April 1452, in Mantua – 6 July 1495, in Fornovo) was an Italian condottiero.

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Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608).

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Sabbioneta

Sabbioneta (Subiunèda) is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, Northern Italy.

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San Martino dall'Argine

San Martino Dall'argine (Mantovano: San Martèn dl'Àrsan) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua.

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Scaliger

The House of Della Scala, whose members were known as Scaligeri or Scaligers (from the Latinized de Scalis), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years. House of Gonzaga and Scaliger are Italian noble families.

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Scipione Gonzaga

Scipione Gonzaga (1542 – 1593) was an Italian cardinal, chiefly remembered for his friendship and patronage of the troubled poet Torquato Tasso and his support, against other family members, for his cousin Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.

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Siena

Siena (Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy.

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Sigismondo Gonzaga

Sigismondo Gonzaga (1469, Mantua – 3 October 1525, Mantua) was an Italian cardinal.

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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437.

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Soissons

Soissons is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France.

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Solferino

Solferino (Upper Mantovano: Sulfrì) is a small town and municipality in the province of Mantua, Lombardy, northern Italy, approximately south of Lake Garda.

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Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine

Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine (1 February 1686 – 19 October 1710) was a member of the House of Lorraine, Duchess of Mantua by marriage to Ferdinand Charles Gonzaga.

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Todi

Todi (Tuder in antiquity) is a town and comune (municipality) of the province of Perugia (region of Umbria) in central Italy.

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Tortona

Tortona (Torton-a,; Dertona) is a comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Alessandria, Italy.

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Toscolano Maderno

Toscolano Maderno (Gardesano: Toscolà Madéren) is a town and comune on the West coast of Lake Garda, in the province of Brescia, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy.

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Treviso

Treviso (Trevizo tɾeˈʋizo) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy.

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Turin

Turin (Torino) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Vescovato, Lombardy

Vescovato (Cremunés: Vescuvàt; locally Vescuaàt) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about northeast of Cremona.

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Vespasiano I Gonzaga

Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Duke of Sabbioneta (6 December 1531 – 26 February 1591) was an Italian nobleman, diplomat, writer, military engineer and condottiero.

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Vicenza

Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla

Vincenzo Gonzaga (1634 – 28 April 1714) was the reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga.

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Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Vincenzo Ι Gonzaga (21 September 1562 – 9 February 1612) was the ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat from 1587 to 1612.

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Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

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Visconti of Milan

The Visconti of Milan are a noble Italian family. House of Gonzaga and Visconti of Milan are history of Lombardy, Italian noble families and Roman Catholic families.

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War of the Mantuan Succession

The War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–1631) was a conflict related to the Thirty Years' War and was caused by the death in December 1627 of Vincenzo II, the last male heir in the direct line of the House of Gonzaga and the ruler of the duchies of Mantua and Montferrat.

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War of the Polish Succession

The War of the Polish Succession (Wojna o sukcesję polską; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Gonzaga

Also known as Gonzaga Dynasty, Gonzaga family, HOuse of Gonzaga in Montferrat, House of Gonzaga-Nevers.

House of Gonzaga, the Glossary

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