Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Vincenzo II
Vincenzo II Gonzaga
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Reign	1626 - 1627
Predecessor	Ferdinando I Gonzaga
Successor	Charles I Gonzaga
Born	7 January 1594
Died	25 December 1627
Spouse	Isabella Gonzaga
House	House of Gonzaga
Father	Vincenzo I Gonzaga
Mother	Eleonora de' Medici

Vincenzo II Gonzaga (January 7, 1594 – December 25, 1627) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1626 until his death.

He was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de' Medici and inherited the duchy at the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on February 8, 1627. He had also received a cardinalate on Ferdinando's succession, but had dismissed it in 1616 to be able to marry his relative Isabella Gonzaga, daughter of Alfonso Gonzaga, Count of Novellara.

Conscious of his unstable health, the childless Vincenzo set up a descendance for his lands through the marriage of his niece Mary (daughter of the former Duke Francis IV) with Charles of Nevers' son Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers. The elder Charles was a cousin of his father. Vincent died on the marriage day of Mary and Charles.

Family

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Vincenzo II Gonzaga had no direct descent from the wife, but he had four sons natural legitimized.^[1][2]

Nobile had by Paola Scarpelli:

• Federico Gonzaga (1619-1630), Abbot of Lucledio.
• Tiberio Silvio Gonzaga (1620 - 3 July 1630), Knight of the Order of Malta and Balì of Armenia.

Nobile had by Luigia the said the"Spanish":

• Luigi Gonzaga (+1627), Infante.
• Giovanni Gonzaga (+Malta 1645), Abbot of Lucledio, and Knight of the Order of Malta.

Honours

• Grand Master of the Order of the Redeemer

Ancestry

Ancestors of Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

16. Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua               8. Federico II, Duke of Mantua                       17. Isabella d'Este               4. Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua                             18. William IX, Marquess of Montferrat               9. Margaret Palaeologina                       19. Anne of Alençon               2. Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua                                   20. Philip I of Castile               10. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor                       21. Joanna of Castile               5. Archduchess Eleanor of Austria                             22. Vladislas II of Hungary               11. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary                       23. Anna of Foix-Candale               1. Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua                                         24. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere               12. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany                       25. Maria Salviati               6. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany                             26. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Villafranca               13. Eleanor of Toledo                       27. Maria Osorio               3. Eleonora de' Medici                                   28. Philip I of Castile (= 20)               14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 10)                       29. Joanna of Castile (= 21)               7. Archduchess Joanna of Austria                             30. Vladislas II of Hungary (= 22)               15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (= 11)                       31. Anna of Foix-Candale (= 23)

References

1. GONZAGA: LINEA SOVRANA DI MANTOVA
2. Albero genealogico dei Gonzaga

• Coniglio, Giuseppe (1967). I Gonzaga. Varese: Dall'Oglio.