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Cesare I Gonzaga (1530 – 15 February 1575) was count of Guastalla from 1557 until his death. He was a member of the
House of Gonzaga The House of Gonzaga (, ) is an Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 (first as a captaincy-general, then Margraviate of Mantua, margraviate, and finally Duchy of Mantua, duchy). They also ruled M ...
, the first-born son of the imperial condottiero
Ferrante Gonzaga 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. Biography Ferrante was born in Mantua ...
and Isabella di Capua. From the latter, he inherited also the title of Count of
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. He was also Duke of
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and Prince of
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. On 21 May 1558 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the troops in
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by Philip II. On 12 March 1560 he married Camilla Borromeo (1536-1583), sister of
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and niece of Giovanni Angelo de' Medici, who had recently been elected Pope with the name of
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. Cesare Gonzaga was also a member of the Academy of the Vatican Nights, which met in the
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in the
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. He founded the Accademia degli Invaghiti in
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, in the palace he inherited from his father. In 1567–68 he moved his court from Mantua to
Guastalla Guastalla ( Guastallese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Geography Guastalla is situated in the Po Valley, and lies on the banks of the Po River. Guastalla is located at around from the citi ...
, where he remained until his death, employing Francesco da Volterra as his
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and
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. His
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was Diana di Cordona.


Marriage and issue

Cesare and Camilla had: * Ferrante succeeded him in
Guastalla Guastalla ( Guastallese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Geography Guastalla is situated in the Po Valley, and lies on the banks of the Po River. Guastalla is located at around from the citi ...
. * Margherita m. Vespansiano Gonzaga


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* * *30 1530 births 1575 deaths Cesare 1 Cesare 1 Nobility of Mantua 16th-century Italian nobility Dukes of Amalfi (Spanish title) {{Italy-noble-stub