Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

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Vincenzo II
Vincenzo II Gonzaga, 1615
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Reign	1626–1627
Predecessor	Ferdinando Gonzaga
Successor	Charles I Gonzaga
Born	7 January 1594 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Died	25 December 1627 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Burial	Basilica palatina di Santa Barbara
Spouse	Isabella Gonzaga
House	House of Gonzaga
Father	Vincenzo I Gonzaga
Mother	Eleonora de' Medici

Vincenco II by Justus Sustermans

Vincenzo II Gonzaga (7 January 1594 – 25 December 1627) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1626 until his death.

He was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de' Medici and inherited the duchy at the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on 8 February 1627. He had also received a cardinalate on Ferdinando's succession, but had dismissed it in 1616 to be able to marry his relative Isabella Gonzaga, daughter of , Count of Novellara.

Conscious of his unstable health, the childless Vincenzo set up a descendance for his lands through the marriage of his niece Maria (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. Vincent died on the marriage day of Mary and Charles.

Family[]

Vincenzo II Gonzaga had no direct descent from the wife, but he recognized four natural sons.^[1][2]

By Paola Scarpelli:

• Federico Gonzaga (1619–1630), Abbot of Lucledio.
• Tiberio Silvio Gonzaga (1620 – 3 July 1630), Knight of the Order of Malta and Balì of Armenia.

By Luigia "the Spanish":

• Luigi Gonzaga (+1627), Infante.
• Giovanni Gonzaga (+Malta 1645), Abbot of Lucledio, and Knight of the Order of Malta.

Honours[]

• Grand Master of the Order of the Redeemer

Ancestry[]

References[]

• Coniglio, Giuseppe (1967). I Gonzaga. Varese: Dall'Oglio.