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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.
Prince Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga was born in 1889, the only son of Prince Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquess of Vescovato, general in the Royal Italian Army during the First World War and awarded the victory title of Marquis of the Vodice in 1932.
Two daughters of the house, both named Eleanor Gonzaga, became Holy Roman Empresses, by marrying emperors Ferdinand II of Germany and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, respectively. From the latter Empress Eleonora, the current heirs of the Gonzaga descend. Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was a member of a junior branch of this family.
Apr 9, 2024 · This book uses epistolary, literary, and material sources to argue that the boyhood and adult experiences of Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga are illustrative of wider strategies adopted by elite Italians to respond to conflict and crisis in a global age.
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Ferrante Gonzaga (28 January 1507 – 15 November 1557) was an Italian condottiero who was Count of Guastalla from 1539 to 1557 (succeeding Ludovica Torelli and preceding Cesare I Gonzaga), Viceroy of Sicily from 1535 to 1546 (succeeding Ettore Pignatelli e Caraffa and preceding Juan de Vega), and Governor of the Duchy of Milan from 1546 to 1555 (suc...
Ferrante Gonzaga was born in Mantua, the third son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este. At the age of sixteen, he was sent to Spain as a page of King Carlos I of Spain, and he entered his service as a soldier. He took part in the 1527 sack of Rome, and he attended Charles' triumphant coronation at Bologna in 1530. Gonzaga also defended Napl...
Vincenzo Ferrante Gonzaga was an Italian soldier who died in WWII, and he was awarded a gold and silver medal of military valour. The son of the soldier Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquis of Vescovato and Vodice, inherited other noble titles on the death of his father in addition to the title of Marquis.
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Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga (Turin, 6 March 1889 - Eboli, 8 September 1943) was an Italian soldier who died in World War II, a gold medal for military valor and a silver medal for military valor.[1] Prince Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga is the son of the general Prince Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga...
