GONZAGA

This will include mostly only the branches regnant in Mantua and Guastalla. There were numerous cadet branches, of which I have insufficient details.

Guidone Gonzaga, who d.1271, was father of:

Antoonio Gonzaga who d.1282, and who was father of:

Corrado Gonzaga, who d.1320 and was father of:

Luigi I Gonzaga, Capitano Generale of Mantua cr1328 (1267-1360); m.1^st Richilde, d. of Rambert di Ferrara; m.2^nd Catherine Malatesta; m.3^rd 1340 Novella Malaspina, and left issue:

1a) [by 1^st m.] Guido, Capitano Generale of Mantua (1291-22 Sep 1369); m.1^st Agnes, d. of Francesco Pico di Mirandola; m.2^nd Camilla Beccaria; m.3^rd Beatrice, d. of Eduardo Conte di Bari

1b) [by 1^st m.] Beatrice; m.1335 Nicolo I Margrave d'Este

2b) [by 3^rd m.] Ugolino, murdered 1362; m.1^st Viridis della Scala; m.2^nd 1358 Caterina Visconti, d. of Matteo II Signore of Milan

3b) Luigi II, Signore of Mantua cr 1369 (1334-4 Oct 1382); m.16 Feb 1356 Alda, d. of Obizzo III Margrave d'Este (18 Jul 1333-1381)

1c) Francesco I, cr 1382 Count of Mantua (1363-8 Mar 1407); m.1^st Agnes Visconti, d. of Barnabo Duke of Milan; m.2^nd Margareta, d. of Galeotto Malatesta Signore of Rimini

1d) Gian Francesco I, cr 1433 Margrave of Mantua (1395-25 Sep 1444); m.1410 Paola, d. of Galeotto Malatesta di Rimini

1e) Mgve Luigi III il Turco of Mantua (5 Jun 1414-12 Jun 1478); m.12 Nov 1433 Barbara (1423-7 Nov 1481), dau of Mgve Johann of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

1f) Mgve Federico I of Mantua (25 Jun 1441-14 Jul 1484); m.10 May 1463 Margarethe (1 Jan 1442-14 Oct 1479), dau of Albrecht III Duke of Bavaria

1g) Mgve Gian Francesco II of Mantua (10 Aug 1466-29 Mar 1519); m.12 Feb 1490 Isabella d'Este (18 May 1474-13 Feb 1539), d. of Ercole I Duke of Modena

1h) Mgve Federico II of Mantua, 1530 Duke of Mantua (17 May 1500-28 Jun 1540); m.16 Nov 1531 Margaretha (11 Aug 1510-28 Dec 1566), d. of Guglielmo XI Margrave of Montferrat

1i) Duke Francesco III of Mantua (10 Mar 1533-22 Feb 1550); m.22 Oct 1549 Katharina of Austria (15 Sep 1533-28 Feb 1572), d. of Emperor Ferdinand I

2i) Duke Guglielmo of Mantua (24 Apr 1538-14 Aug 1587); m.26 Apr 1561 Eleonore of Austria (2 Nov 1534-5 Aug 1594), d. of Emperor Ferdinand I

1j) Duke Vincenzo I of Mantua (22 Sep 1562-18 Feb 1612); m.1^st 1581 (div. 1582) Margaretha Farnese (7 Nov 1567-13 Apr 1643), dau of Alessandro I Duke of Parma; m.2^nd 29 Apr 1584 Eleonore de Medici (1 Mar 1566-9 Sep 1611), d. of Francesco I Grand Duke of Tuscany

1k) Duke Francesco IV of Mantua (7 May 1586-22 Dec 1612); m.19 Feb 1608 Margareta (28 Apr 1589-26 Jun 1655), dau of Carlo Emanuele I Duke of Savoy

1l) Luigi (27 Jun 1611-3 Aug 1612)

2l) Maria (29 Jul 1609-14 Aug 1660); m.25 Dec 1627 Charles II Gonzaga, Duc de Nevers (below)

3l) Eleonore b. and d. 1612

2k) Duke Ferrante of Mantua (26 Apr 1587-29 Oct 1626), former Cardinal; m. 1^st 1615 (div. 1616) Camilla Peticina, 2^nd 17 Feb 1617 Catherina de Medici (2 May 1593-17 Apr 1629), dau of Ferrante I Grand Duke of Tuscany

1l) Giacinta (ca 1616-ca 1630)

3k) Guglielmo Domenico (4 Aug 1589-13 May 1591)

4k) Duke Vincenzo II of Mantua (8 Feb 1594-25 Dec 1627), former Cardinal; m. 1616 Isabella Gonzaga di Novellara

5k) Margaretha (2 Oct 1591-7 Feb 1632); m.24 Apr 1606 Henri II Duc de Lorraine

6k) Eleonore (23 Sep 1598-27 Jun 1655); m.4 Feb 1622 Emperor Ferdinand II

2j) Eleonore (27 May 1564-6 Jan 1618); m.24 Feb 1579 Alfonso II d'Este Duke of Ferrara

3j) Anna Catherina (17 Jan 1566-3 Aug 1621); m.14 May 1582 Ferdinand Archduke of Austria-Tyrol

3i) Federico (1540-21 Feb 1565), Bishop of Mantua, Cardinal

4i) Louis (22 Oct 1539-23 Oct 1595), Duc de Nevers, Rethel et Arches; m.4 Mar 1565 Henriette of Cleves (31 Oct 1542-24 Jan 1601), dau of François I Duc de Nevers

1j) Charles I, Duc de Nevers, become Duke of Mantua 1631 (6 May 1580-21 Sep 1637); m.Feb 1599 Catherine de Lorraine (1585-18 Mar 1618), dau of Charles, Duc de Mayenne

1k) François (1606-1622) Duc de Rethel

2k) Duke Charles II of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel (1609-30 Aug 1631); m.25 Dec 1627 Mary Gonzaga, dau of Francesco IV Duke of Mantua (above)

1l) Duke Charles III of Mantua and Nevers (3 Oct 1629-14 Aug 1665); m.7 Nov 1649 Isabella Clara (12 Aug 1629-24 Feb 1665), dau of Leopold Archduke of Austria-Tyrol

1m) Duke Charles IV of Mantua and Nevers (31 Aug 1652-5 Jul 1708), he was succeeded by Emperor Charles VI; m.1^st 1670 Anna Isabella Gonzaga, d. of Ferrante III Duke of Guastalla; m.2^nd 8 Nov 1704 Susanne de Lorraine (1 Feb 1686-19 Dec 1710), d. of Charles III Duc d'Elboeuf

1n) Giovanni (26 Jul 1671-27 Oct 1743); m. 1705 Charlotte Isabella, d. of Pierre de Combardel (of whose descendants I have mostly no details)

1o) Filippo (1709-1778); m.Rosalie Gfn Batthyany

1p) Elisabetta; m.Lodovico Venturelli di Cesena

2p) Eleonora; m.Giuseppe Baretta Marchese di Mesagne

2o) Chiara; m.Cte Girolamo Sannazzaro

3o) Francesca; m.Cte Antonio Mazzetti

2l) Eleonore (18 Nov 1636-6 Dec 1686); m.30 Apr 1651 Emperor Ferdinand III

3k) Ferrante, Duc de Mayenne, d.25 May 1632

4k) Benedicte, d.30 Sep 1637, nun

5k) Louise Maria (18 Aug 1611-10 Apr 1667); m. 1^st 10 Mar 1646 Wladyslaw IV King of Poland (9 Jun 1595-19 May 1648); m.2^nd 29 May 1649 Johann II Casimir King of Poland (22 May 1609-16 Dec 1672)

6k) Anna (1616-6 Jul 1684); m.4 May 1645 Eduard Pfgf von Simmern

2j) Federico (11 Mar 1573-22 Apr 1574)

3j) Francesco (17 Sep 1576-13 Jun 1580)

4j) Catherine (21 Jan 1568-1 Dec 1629); m.28 Feb 1588 Henri I Duc de Longueville

5j) Henriette (3 Sep 1571-1601); m.1599 Henri Duc de Lorraine-Mayenne

5i) Isabella (18 Apr 1537-16 Aug 1579); m. 1554 Francisco Fernando d'Avalos

6i) Eleonore, nun

7i) Anna, nun

2h) Ercole (22 Nov 1505-2 Mar 1563), Cardinal, regent of Mantua 1540

3h) Ferrante I, Duke of Guastalla e Torelli (28 Jan 1507-15 Nov 1577); m. 1529 Isabella Molfetta di Capua (d.17 Sep 1559)

1i) Duke Cesare I of Guastalla, Torelli and Amalfi, d.17 Feb 1575; m. 1560 Camilla Borromea

1j) Duke Ferrante II of Guastalla, d. 1632; m. Victoria Doria

1k) Duke Cesare II of Guastalla, d. 1632; m. Isabella Orsini

1l) Duke Ferrante III of Guastalla (4 Apr 1618-11 Jan 1678); m.23 Jun 1667 Margaretha d'Este (1619-12 Nov 1692)

1m) Anna Isabella, d.11 Aug 1703; m.1670 Carlo IV Gonzaga Duke of Mantua

2m) Maria Victoria; m. Vincenzo Gonzaga Duke of Guastalla

3m) Vincenzo, d.young

4m) Cesare, d.young

5m) Rinaldo, d.young

6m) Isabella, d.young

2l) Vespasiano (1621-1687); m.1646 Maria Manriquez de Para (d.1679)

1m) Giuseppe [illegitimate?] (1683-1727)

2m) Diego, d.young

3m) Maria Luisa (1649-1721)

4m) Josefa; m.1680 Antonio Gaspare Pimentel Marquez de Malpica

5m) Isabella

2k) Vincenzo, d. 1697, Viceroy of Sicily 1677

3k) Andrea, Conte di San Paolo

1l) Vincenzo, Duke of Guastalla (1634-28 Apr 1714); m. 1^st Porzia N, 2^nd Maria Victoria, dau of Ferrante III Gonzaga Duke of Guastalla

1m) [by 2^nd m.] Duke Antonio Ferrante of Guastalla (9 Dec 1687-16 Apr 1729); m. 1^st Margartha Cesarini; m.2^nd 23 Feb 1727 Theodora (6 Feb 1706-23 Jan 1784), dau of Philipp Ldgve of Hesse-Darmstadt

2m) Duke Giuseppe of Gustalla (20 Mar 1690-16 Aug 1746); m.29 Apr 1731 Eleonore, d. of Leopold Duke of Holstein-Wiesenburg (18 Feb 1715-Mar 1760)

3m) Eleonore Luise (13 Nov 1686-16 Mar 1742); m. 1709 Francesco Maria de Medici

[Note: Princess Eleonora is believed to have had two natural sons, though there is some speculation that they were actually Francesco’s natural sons: 1.Ubaldo (d.1750), called Mignon, or Velluti, rector if College of Scolopi, Rome, supposedly fathered by her French footman; and 2. Francesco (d.1765), called Baulle, Baulas or Bailas, Brother of the Carmine; see footnotes p.39, Volume 18, Walpole Correspondence]

4k) Carlo, d.1670

5k) Vittoria, a nun

2j) Margaretha; m. Vespasiano Gonzaga Duke of Sabbioneta

2i) Andrea Marchese di Specchia Cte di Sanseverino, d.1586

3i) Francesco, d. 1566, Cardinal, Bp of Mantua

4i) Gian Vincenzo, d. 1591, Cardinal

5i) Filippo

6i) Ottavio, d.1583; m.1st Isabella di Manfredo di Correggio

7i) Ercole; m.1545 Diana di Cardona

8i) Ippolita; m.1^st 1548 Fabrizio Colonna; m.2^nd 1554 Antonio Caraffa

9i) Maria

10i) Anna

11i) Girolama

4h) Pietro, Cardinal 1527

5h) Livia, a nun (1509-1569)

6h) Ippolita, a nun, d.16 Mar 1570

7h) Eleonora, d.1570; m.1^st Antonio Duca di Montalto; m.2^nd Franesco Maria della Rovere Duca di Urbino (1490-1538)

8h) Paola, b.1508

2g) Sigismondo (1469-1503), Cardinal

3g) Giovanni (1474-23 Sep 1525), Marchese di Vescorado; m. 1493 Laura Bentivoglio (d.1523)

1h) Federico, an abbot (1495-1545)

2h) Francesco (1496-1523); m.1515 Lucrezia Sforza

3h) Alessandro (1497-1527); m.Ippolita Sforza

1i) Ippolita

2i) Anna

3i) Laura

4i) Ercole

5i) Ippolito fl 1595

6i) Alessandro

4h) Ginevra, Abbess (1497-1570)

5h) Sigismondo Cte di Vescovado (1499-1530); m.Antonia Pallavicino

1i) Carlo, b.1529, d.young

2i) Sigismondo (1530-1567); for his issue see part 2

1j) Francesco

2j) Carlo (1551-1614); in 1593 he and his brothers and their issue were created imperial princes; m.1584 Olimpia Ferreri dei Principi di Massepano à issue

3j) Marzio

4j) Marzio

5j) Guido

6j) Ferrante

7j) Giordano (1553-1614); m.1st Caterina Manna; m.2d Camilla Ponzoni à issue

8j) Pr Guido Sforza Gonzaga (1552-1607); m.1584 Elena Campiglia (d.1596) à issue

9j) Fulco, k.a.1615

10j) Argentina, a nun, d.1622

11j) Paola, a nun

12j) Margherita, a nun, d.1607

3i) Laura; m.1^st Gianfrancesco Trivulzio Marchese di Borgomamero; m.2^nd Gianfrancesco Trivulzio Cte de Melzo Pr di Masocca (d.1577)

6h) Eleonora; m.Bernardino Schizzi

7h) Galeazzo, governor of Modena (1502-1573)

8h) Camilla, d.1572; m.1523 Pietro Maria Rossi Cte di San Secondo

4g) Clara (1464-1503); m. 1481 Gilbert Duc de Bourbon-Montpensier

5g) Elisabeth (1471-1520) marr. 1486 Guidobaldino I Duke of Urbino

6g) Maddalena, d. 1490; m. 1489 Giovanni Sforza Count of Pesaro

2f) Gian Francesco (1443-1498[6?]) Duca di Sabbioneta; m.1479 Antonia del Balzo (1441-1538)

1g) Gian Francesco, d.young

2g) Federico Pr di Bozzolo, d.1527; m.Giovanna Orsini à issue

3g) Lodovico Duca di Sabbioneta, d.1540; m.1497 Francesca Fieschi

1h) Luigi Rodomonte (1500-1532); m.1531 Isabella Colonna Duchesa di Traetto (d.1570)

1i) Vespasiano Duca di Sabbioneta, governor of Montferrat (1531-1591); m.1^st 1549 Diana di Cardona (d.1560); m.2^nd 1564 Anne de Aragon (d.1567); m.3d Margherita Gonzaga (d.1628)

1j) Luigi (1565-1580)

2j) Isabella (1565-1637); m.1586 Luigi Carafa Pr di Stigliano (1567-1630)

3j) Giulia, b.1565, d.young

2h) Gian Francesco "Cagnino", d.1539; m.Luigia dei Marchesi Pallavicino

3h) Alfonso, d.young

4h) Pirro, Bp of Modena, Cardinal (ca 1505-1529)

5h) Giulia, d.1566; m.Vespasiano Colonna Duca di Traetto (d.1528)

6h Caterina, a nun

7h) Eleonora; m.Cte Girolamo Martinengo

8h) Ippolita; m.Galeotto Pico Cte di Mirandola

9h) Elisabetta, a nun

10h) Paola; m.Galeazzo Sanvitale Cte di Fontaneltato

4g) Pirro Pr di Bozzolo, d.1529; m. Emilia Bentivoglio

1h) Carlo (1523-1555); m.Emilia Cauzzio

1i) Pirro; in 1592 he and his brothers were created imperial princes; (1540-1592); m.Francesca Buerrieri

2i) Scipione, Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1542-1593)

3i) Annibale, Bp of Cefalu and Pavia (1546-1600)

4i) Alfonso, b.1549, k.a.1569

5i) Ferrante (1550-1605); m.Isabella Gonzaga

1j) Federico, fl 1614

2j) Scipione Pr di Bozzolo, d.1670; m.Maria Mattei (d.1658)

1k) Ferrante Pr di Bozzolo (1643-1672)

2k) Carlo (1645-1665)

3k) Gian Francesco Pr di Bozzolo Duca di Sabbioneta; m.Rosa Martinengo

3j) Alfonso Marchese di Pomaro (1596-1669)

4j) Luigi (1599-1660); m.Isabelle de Ligne (1615-1677)

1k) Ferdinando, d.1665

2k) Elisabetta, d.young

5j) Camilla (1600-1658)

6j) Annibale (1602-1668); m.1^st 1630 Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg (1597-1644); m.2^nd Barbara Gfn von Takak-Czari (d.1668)

1k) Ferdinando, d.young

2k) Luigi, d.young

3k) Annibale, d.young

4k) Carlo Ferdinando (1637-1652)

5k) Elisabetta (1638-1702); m.1^st 1656 Claudio Cte di Collalto (1627-1661); m.2^nd 1666 Sigismund Hellfried Gf von Dietrichstein (1635-1698)

7j) Carlo, Abbot of Lucedio, d.1636

8j) Isabella, a nun, b.1601

6i) Giulio Cesare (1552-1609)

7i) Polissena; m.Ferrante Rossi dei Conti di San Secondo

8i) Laura, a nun, d.1596

9i) Camilla; m.Sforza Appiani

2h) Federico, d.1570; m.Lucrezia d'Incisa à issue

3h) Lucrezia (1522-1576); m.1541 Gianpaolo Manfrone

4h) Isabella; m.Rodolfo Gonzaga

5h) Camilla, a nun

6h) Ippolita; m.Cte Brunaro Thiese

5g) Antonia, a nun, d.1502

6g) Barbara; m.1^st Gian Francesco Sanseverino Cte di Gajazzo; m.2^nd Giacomo Maria Stampa

7g) Dorotea; m.Gian Francesco Acquaviva Marchese di Bitonto (d.1527)

8g) Susanna; m.Pietro di Cardona

9g) Camilla; m.1518 Alfonso Castrioto Marchese della Tripalda [Atripalda]

10g) Antonia; m.1^st Alfonso Visconti Cte di Saliceto; m.2^nd Cte Filippo Tornielli

11g) Giovanna; m.1^st Gian Galeazzo Sanseverino Cte di Gajazzo; m.2^nd Uberto Pallavicino Marchese di Zibello

3f) Francesco (1444-22 Oct 1483), Cardinal

4f) Luigi (1458-4 Jan 1511), Bishop of Mantua

5f) Rudolfo k.a. 1484, Prince of Castiglione; m.1^st Anna Malatesta (beheaded for adultery 1483); m.2^nd Caterina Pico di Mirandola à issue

6f) Dorothea, d.1468; m.1466 Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (1444-1476)

7f) Susanna, a nun, d.1481

8f) Barbara (Dec 1455-31 May 1503); m.12 Apr 1574 Eberhard I Duke of Württemberg (1445-1496)

9f) Elisabetta, d.young

10f) Federico, d.young

11f) Maddalena, d.young

2e) Carlo, d.21 Dec 1456; m. 1437 Lucia (24 Mar 1419-28 Jun 1437), dau of Nicolo III Margrave d'Este

3e) Alessandro, d.16 Jan 1466; m. Agnes (d.16 Dec 1447), dau of Guido di Montefeltro, Count of Urbino

4e) Gian Luciano (1421-1448)

5e) Margareta, d.3 Jul 1439; m.Jan 1435 Lionello Margrave d'Este

6e) Lucia, nun

7e) Leonella, nun

2c) Isabella; m. 1386 Carlo Malatesta di Rimini

4b) Francesco, d. 1369

2a) Filippo d. 1356; m. 1^st 1322 Anna, d. of Nicolo di Cremona, 2^nd 1345 Verena di Camerino

3a) Feltrino d. 1371 à issue, Counts and Princes di Novellara

4a) [by 2^nd m.] Alessina; m. Azzo di Coreggio

5a) [by 3^rd m.] Mario

6a) Azzo

7a) Tommasina

8a) Corrado

9a) Federico

10a) Alberto