fourteen bishops. Two Gonzaga descendants became empresses of the Holy Roman Empire (Eleonora Gonzaga and Eleonora Gonzaga-Nevers), and one became queen...

Nevers and Rethel, as well as Prince of Arche and Charleville. Born in Paris on 6 May 1580, Charles was the son of Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers,...

Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father. In 1621, he succeeded his uncle Henri...

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...

Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers (Italian: Ludovico or Luigi di Gonzaga-Nevers; 18 September 1539 – 23 October 1595) was a soldier, governor and statesman...

(daughter of the former Duke Francis IV) with Charles of Nevers' son Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers. The elder Charles was a cousin of his father. Vincenzo...

was the 4th Duchess of Nevers, suo jure Countess of Rethel, and Princess of Mantua by her marriage with Louis I of Gonzaga-Nevers. A very talented landowner...

Mantua. Finally, the Duke of Nevers was recognized as only Duke. In 1708, Mantua was seized by the Habsburgs, ending Gonzaga rule. Montferrat's territories...

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...

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...

of the Gonzaga family, who in 1627 succeeded to the Duchy of Mantua. This line of the Gonzaga Dukes of Nevers itself died out in 1708. Nevers is situated...

male line. Charles IV Gonzaga sold the duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin. His family held the duchy of Nevers until the French Revolution...

prerogatives of the royal consort. Marie Louise Gonzaga was born on 18 August 1611 in the town of Nevers, France to Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine...

of the Gonzaga family came to an end with the vicious and weak Vincenzo II, and the town slowly declined under the new rulers, the Gonzaga-Nevers, a cadet...

of the Gonzaga family came to an end with the vicious and weak Vincenzo II, and Mantua slowly declined under the new rulers, the Gonzaga-Nevers, a cadet...

into a cadet French branch of the ducal House of Gonzaga, which ruled Mantua in northern Italy. The Nevers branch later came to rule Mantua again after the...

Ducs de Nevers et L'etat Royal (in French). Librairie Droz S.A. Cashman III, Anthony B. (Summer 2002). "Performance Anxiety: Federico Gonzaga at the Court...

d'Ávalos Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (24 April 1538 - 14 August 1587), married Archduchess Eleanor of Austria Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (22 October...

Nevers became the new duke. Ferrante II married Vittoria Doria (1569–1618), daughter of Giovanni Andrea Doria, and had 4 children: Cesare II Gonzaga (1592–1632)...

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...

of Mantua from 1444 Ludovico Gonzaga (1480-1540) (c. 1480–1540), Italian nobleman and condottiero Ludovico Gonzaga-Nevers, also known as Luigi and Louis...

The County of Nevers (French: Comté de Nevers) was a county in central France. Its principal town was Nevers. It roughly corresponds to the later province...

Francis III Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel (1606–1622) was a French nobleman of the House of Gonzaga of Franco-Italian stock, and Duke of Rethel. He was the...

to the Gonzagas. This was confirmed in 1559 by the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis. In 1574, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor raised the Gonzaga marquis to...

Louis Gonzaga may refer to: Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1539–1595), Italian-French dignitary and diplomat Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte) (1500–1532), Imperial...

her third son Ludovico, later Duke of Nevers and founder of the Gonzaga Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga. Potter 1995, p. 375. Hickson 2016, p. 99...

II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla, another distant Gonzaga cousin and Imperial General Commissar in Italy. To cement his position, Charles of Nevers arranged...

condottiero, nicknamed "Rodomonte" Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (1539-1595), half-French politician Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591), Jesuit saint, grandson of...

Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla) and King Louis XIII of France and the Republic of Venice (who supported Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers) on the other...

Italy Ludovico Gonzaga (1480-1540) (c. 1480–1540), Italian nobleman and condottiero Ludovico Gonzaga-Nevers, (1539–1595), Duke of Nevers from 1565 Ludovico...