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  1. Born into the collateral branch of the powerful House of Gonzaga, he was the son of Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Duke of Amalfi and his wife, Isabella Orsini (1597-1623), eldest daughter of Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano.

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    Figlio del duca Cesare II Gonzaga di Guastalla, divenne suo successore a partire dal 1632. Ferrante ereditò anche il titolo di Principe di Molfetta, ma cedette il feudo e il titolo agli Spinolanel 1640. Alla morte di Ferrante III il Ducato di Guastalla venne ereditato dal duca di Mantova Ferdinando Carlo di Gonzaga-Nevers, marito della prima figlia...

    Ferrante e Margherita ebbero due figlie ed eredi: 1. Anna Isabella (1650 - 11 agosto 1703), sposò nel 1670 Ferdinando Carlo di Gonzaga-Nevers(1562-1708), Duca di Mantova e del Monferrato; 2. Maria Vittoria ( Guastalla, 9 settembre 1659 - Venezia, 5 settembre 1707 ), sposò Vincenzo Gonzaga (1634-1714), Duca di Guastalla dal 1692.

  2. 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.

  3. This altarpiece was commissioned for the Theatine church of Guastalla in 1650 by Duke Ferrante III Gonzaga (1618–1678) in celebration of Luigi Gonzaga (born 1568), who resigned his inherited title of marquis and joined the Jesuit order in Rome in 1585.

  4. 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.

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    1268 Mantua Son of Guido Corradi da ...
    16 August 1328 – 18 January 1360
    Lordship of Mantua
    c.1290 Mantua Third son of Ludovico I and ...
    1335 – 28 December 1374
    Lordship of Novellara-Bagnolo
    1290 Mantua Second son of Ludovico I and ...
    18 January 1360 – 22 September 1369
    Lordship of Mantua
    1334 Mantua Second son of Guido and ...
    22 September 1369 – 4 October 1382
    Lordship of Mantua
  5. Ferrante de Gonzaga born on 28th January 1507 in Mantua was the third son of Francesco Gonzaga \Marquis of Mantua and Isabelle d`Este* the family having taken its name from the village and castle of Gonzaga near Mantua.

  6. Book Reviews. Tapestries for the Courts of Federico II, Ercole, and Ferrante Gonzaga, 1522-63. Clifford M. Brown, Guy Delmarcel, Anna Maria Lorenzoni. Katherin A. McIver. PDF PLUS. More.