Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga
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Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga was the only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua and Montferrat, and the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga.
Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud c. 1706
Portrait of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, attributed to Frans Geffels, c. 1671
Duchy of Mantua
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The Duchy of Mantua was a duchy in Lombardy, northern Italy. Its first duke was Federico II Gonzaga, member of the House of Gonzaga that ruled Mantua since 1328. In 1531, the duchy also acquired the M
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga
…Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (31 August 1652 – 5 July 1708) was the only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua and Montferrat, and the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga. Born in Revere, In 1665 Ferdinand Charles received the imperial investiture on the Duchy of Mantua with the ceremony of…
The Duchy of Mantua in the early 18th century
Vincenzo II Gonzaga, by Peter Paul Rubens
Ludovico III receiving the news of his son Francesco being elected cardinal, fresco by Andrea Mantegna in the Stanza degli Sposi of the Palazzo Ducale.