Antonio Gonzaga (died 1496)

Antonio Gonzaga (died 6 January 1496) was an Italian condottiero.[1]

He was a son of Luigi Gonzaga and Luigia Gonzaga, who belonged to the Palazzolo and Novellara branches of the House of Gonzaga respectively.[2] On his way to Rome to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Nicholas V, Frederick III of Habsburg made Antonio a knight at Ferrara in 1452.

Marriages and issue

He married Francesca Uberti and later Orsina Cavriani. By them he had five children:

  • Ludovico (?-1503), monk
  • Agostina, nun
  • Giampietro (?-1511), condottiero, who married Costanza Stanga di Cremona then Agostina Martinengo.
  • Cesare
  • Luigia (1458–1542), married Cristoforo Castiglione, with whom he was father to the famous humanist Baldassarre Castiglione


References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. Gonzaga di Mantova, Torino, 1835
  2. ^ "Gonzaga 7". genealogy.euweb.cz.


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