Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria, (1602 – 23 November 1694) was Governor of Galicia, 1652-1658,
Viceroy of Valencia, 1663,
Viceroy of Catalonia, 1664–1667 and
Viceroy of Sicily
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, 1678.
Biography
He was the second of the 11 sons/daughters of
Ferrante II Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Guastalla, (1563 – 5 August 1630), married in 1587 to Donna Vittoria
Doria dei Principi di Melfi, (1569–1618), daughter of
Genoese Admiral of the Spanish Fleet and Member of the Spanish Royal Council,
Giovanni Andrea Doria
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Biography
Doria was born to a noble family of the Republic of Genoa. He was the son of Giann ...
,
Prince of Melfi
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.
Vicente's eldest brother was
Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla.
Another sister, Zenobia de Gonzaga y Doria, (*1588 – +1618) married in 1607 don Giovanni Tagliavia d'Aragona, Duke of Terranova, a title awarded to
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
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in the year 1502, from a powerful Aragonese-Sicilian family, linked to the Princes of
Castelvetrano, a Sicilian town, located at 37°41′0″N 12°47′35″E.
References
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* Coniglio, Giuseppe (1967). I Gonzaga. Varese: Dall'Oglio.
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1602 births
1694 deaths
Viceroys of Valencia
Viceroys of Catalonia
Viceroys of Sicily
Spanish untitled nobility
Nobility of Mantua
Knights of Calatrava
Vicente
Captain Generals of Galicia