Giovanni Gonzaga (1474 – 23 September 1525) was an Italian nobleman of the
House of Gonzaga, born at
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...
.
He was the youngest child of
Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua
Federico I Gonzaga (25 June 1441 – 14 July 1484) was marquess of Mantua from 1478 to 1484, as well as a condottiero.
Biography
Federico was born in Mantua in 1441, son of Ludovico III and Barbara of Brandenburg. He was a good friend of the ...
. In 1494 he married Laura Bentivoglio, daughter of
Giovanni II Bentivoglio, ''de facto'' lord of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
. As the lords of
Vescovato, they started a branch of the Gonzaga family that survived until at least the 1990s.
1474 births
1525 deaths
Giovanni
Nobility of Mantua
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