Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
Francesco IV Gonzaga | |
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 Francesco IV Gonzaga | |
| Duke of Mantua and Montferrat | |
| Reign | 1612 |
| Predecessor | Vincenzo I Gonzaga |
| Successor | Ferdinando Gonzaga |
| Born | 7 May 1586 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
| Died | 22 December 1612 (aged 26) Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
| Noble family | Gonzaga |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret of Savoy (m. 1608) |
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| Father | Vincenzo I Gonzaga |
| Mother | Eleonora de' Medici |
Francesco IV Gonzaga (7 May 1586 – 22 December 1612), was Duke of Mantua and (as Francesco II) Duke of Montferrat between 9 February and 22 December 1612.
Biography[]
Born in Mantua, he was the eldest son of Duke Vincenzo I and Eleonora de' Medici.[1]
In 1607, Claudio Monteverdi dedicated his opera L'Orfeo to Francesco. The title page of the opera bears the dedication "Al serenissimo signor D. Francesco Gonzaga, Prencipe di Mantoua, & di Monferato, &c."
Francesco became Duke upon his father's death on 9 February 1612. He died at Mantua on 22 December 1612 without male heirs. He was succeeded by his brother Ferdinand; however, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, the father of Francesco's wife Margaret of Savoy, disputed this, leading to the War of the Montferrat Succession (1613–1617).
Family[]
On 19 February 1608 he married in Turin, Margaret of Savoy (1589–1655),[1] daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.[2] They had:
- Maria (29 July 1609 – 14 August 1660);[2] married in 1627 Charles II of Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel end Nevers.[3]
- Ludovico (27 April 1611 – 3 August 1612).
- Eleanore (12 September 1612 – 13 September 1612).
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bourne 2010, p. 182.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Raviola 2016, p. 59.
- ^ Bourne 2016, p. 162.
Sources[]
- Bourne, Molly (2010). "The Art of Diplomacy: Mantua and the Gonzaga". In Rosenberg, Charles M. (ed.). The Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. p. 138-195.
- Bourne, Molly (2016). "From court to cloister and back again: Margherita Gonzaga, Caterina dé Medici and Lucrina Fetti at the convent of Sant'Orsola in Mantua". In Cavallo, Sandra; Evangelisti, Silvia (eds.). Domestic Institutional Interiors in Early Modern Europe. Routledge. p. 153-180.
- Raviola, Blythe Alice (2016). "The Three Lives of Margherita of Savoy-Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua and Vicereine of Portugal". In Cruz, Anne J.; Stampino, Maria Galli (eds.). Early Modern Habsburg Women: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Conflicts. Routledge. p. 59-78.
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- 1586 births
- 1612 deaths
- House of Gonzaga
- Dukes of Mantua
- Dukes of Montferrat
- 16th-century Italian nobility
- 17th-century Italian nobility
- Burials at the Palatine Basilica of Santa Barbara (Mantua)