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Marquis of Castel Goffredo, Castiglione, Solferino
Aloisio Gonzaga
Portrait of Aoisio Gonzaga, unknown 16th century artist, Ambras Collection, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Marquis of Castel Goffredo, Castiglione, Solferino
Reign1511–1549
PredecessorLudovico Gonzaga (bishop of Mantua)
SuccessorAlfonso Gonzaga
Born(1494-04-20)20 April 1494
Luzzara
Died19 July 1549(1549-07-19) (aged 55)
Castel Goffredo
SpouseGinevra Rangoni, Caterina Anguissola
IssueAlfonso Gonzaga
Ferrante Gonzaga
Orazio Gonzaga
HouseGonzaga
FatherRodolfo Gonzaga
MotherCaterina Pico

Aloisio Gonzaga (20 April 1494 – 19 July 1549) was an Italian condottiero.

Early life

Usually known as Aloisio, other sources call him Aluigi, Loysio, Luigi or Luigi Alessandro. He was the sixth son of another condottiero, Rodolfo Gonzaga and his wife Caterina Pico.

Biography

The lord of Castel Goffredo, Castiglione and Solferino, he was the founder of two cadet branches of the House of Gonzaga known as the "Castel Goffredo, Castiglione and Solferino Gonzagas" and "Castel Goffredo Gonzagas"; both branches went extinct in 1593. He backed the Holy Roman Empire and its leader Charles V; Charles visited him at his residence in 1543.

He was one of the most important figures in the history of Castel Goffredo. He made it capital of his small Marquisate of Castel Goffredo and produced most of its town planning.

Personal life

He was married to Caterina Anguissola and had three sons:

References

  1. (in Italian) Roggero Roggeri, Leandro Ventura, I Gonzaga delle nebbie. Storia di una dinastia cadetta nelle terre tra Oglio e Po, Cinisello Balsamo, 2008.
  2. (in Italian) Piero Gualtierotti, Il Tartarello, nº 4, dicembre 1978, p. 8.
  3. Marocchi, page 50.
  4. Gualtierotti, page 55.
  5. Gozzi, page 34.
  6. Scardovelli, page 9.

Bibliography

  • (in Italian) Costante Berselli, Castelgoffredo nella storia, Mantova, 1978.
  • (in Italian) Francesco Bonfiglio, Notizie storiche di Castelgoffredo, 2ª ed., Mantova, 2005, ISBN 88-7495-163-9.
  • (in Italian) Carlo Gozzi, Raccolta di documenti per la storia patria od Effemeridi storiche patrie, Tomo II, Mantova, 2003, ISBN 88-7495-059-4.
  • (in Italian) Massimo Marocchi, I Gonzaga di Castiglione delle Stiviere. Vicende pubbliche e private del casato di San Luigi, Verona, 1990.
  • (in Italian) Piero Gualtierotti, Castel Goffredo dalle origini ai Gonzaga, 2008, Mantova.
  • (in Italian) Giovanni Scardovelli, Luigi, Alfonso e Rodolfo Gonzaga marchesi di Castelgoffredo, Bologna, 1890.
  • (in Italian) Massimo Telò, Aloisio Gonzaga. Un principe nella Castel Goffredo del '500, Roma, 2021.
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