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Personal data Vincenzo I GONZAGA 

• He was born on September 21, 1562 in Mantua, Mantova, Lombardia, Italy.
• He died on February 9, 1612 in Mantua, Mantova, Lombardia, Italy, he was 49 years old.
• A child of Wilhelm I GONZAGA and Eleanor von HABSBURG

Household of Vincenzo I GONZAGA

(1) He is married to Margherita FARNESE.

They got married on March 2, 1581, he was 18 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Margherita GONZAGA  1591-1632 

(2) He is married to Eleonora de MEDICI.

They got married on April 29, 1584 at Mantua, Mantova, Lombardia, Italy, he was 21 years old.

Notes about Vincenzo I GONZAGA

Vincenzo Gonzaga (21 September 1562 - 9 February 1612) was ruler of the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat from 1587 to 1612.

He was a son of Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria. His maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

Vincenzo was a major patron of the arts and sciences, and turned Mantua into a vibrant cultural center. On September 22, 1587, Vincent was crowned the fourth Duke of Mantua, with a glitzy ceremony in which were present the highest authority of the duchy to pay homage to the new Duke of Mantua: he then moved with a ride through the city streets.

Vincenzo's spendthrift habits are considered to have accelerated Mantua's economic and cultural decline.

Vincenzo was rumored to have been impotent and he is said to have sent a secret expedition to the New World in order to obtain a legendary aphrodisiac.

On 20 July 1588, Emperor Rudolf II granted Vincenzo the right to an escutcheon of Austria, surmounted by an archducal coronet. Vincenzo created the Order of the Redemptor (or of the Most Precious Blood), approved by Pope Paul V, on 25 May 1608.[3]

Vincenzo married Margherita Farnese in 1581; their marriage was childless and they divorced. On 29 April 1584 he married his first cousin Eleonora de' Medici, the daughter of Francesco I de' Medici and Joanna of Austria.

Vincenzo and Eleonora's marriage produced six children. They were:

Francesco (7 May 1586 - 22 December 1612), who ruled as Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Duke of Montferrat between 9 February and 22 December 1612.
Ferdinando (26 April 1587 - 29 October 1626), who ruled as Ferdinando I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Duke of Montferrat from 1612 until his death.
Guglielmo Domenico (1589-1591), died young, nicknamed "(Lungaspada)", Marquis of Monferrato.
Margherita Gonzaga (2 October 1591 - 7 February 1632), wife of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Vincenzo (7 January 1594 - 25 December 1627), ruled as Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Marquess of Montferrat from 1626 until his death.
Eleonora Gonzaga (23 September 1598 - 27 June 1655), second wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

He had several illegitimate children, including:

by the noble Agnes Argotta, wife of Prospero del Carretto:
Francesco Gonzaga (1588-1673), bishop of Nola in 1657
Silvio (1592-1612), Knight of Malta, the court poet Mantovana, and Marquis Cavriana
Giovanni (? -1679), Minister of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga to Turin, where he was the 'task to prevent the riding of Ercole Mattioli for the sale of the Monferrato to France of Louis XIV
Eleanora, nun.

By the noble FelicitaGuerrieri, daughter of Tullo Guerrieri, master of room of Duke Vincent I, had a daughter:
Francesca.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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