Familie de'Medici » Vincenzo I Gonzaga (1562-1612)

Personal data Vincenzo I Gonzaga 

  • He was born on September 22, 1562 in Mantua.
  • He died on February 9, 1612 in Mantua, he was 49 years old.
  • This information was last updated on April 9, 2015.

Household of Vincenzo I Gonzaga

He is married to Eleonora de'Medici.

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


Notes about Vincenzo I Gonzaga

Vincenzo I Gonzaga (Mantua, 21 september 1562 – aldaar, 9 februari 1612) was hertog van Mantua en Monferrato van 1587 tot zijn dood. Hij was een zoon van hertog Guglielmo I en Eleonora van Oostenrijk.

Hij was twee maal gehuwd. Voor het eerst trouwde hij te Piacenza met Margherita Farnese (1567 – 1643), dochter van Alessandro Farnese, hertog van Parma. Dit huwelijk bleef kinderloos en werd in 1583 weer ontbonden.
Vincenzo huwde voor de tweede maal op 29 april 1584 te Mantua met Eleonora de' Medici (1566 – 1611), dochter van Franceso I, groothertog van Toscane. Met haar had hij de volgende kinderen:
Francesco (1586 – 1612), hertog van Mantua en Monferrato 1612
Ferdinando (1587 – 1626), hertog van Mantua en Monferrato 1612-1626
Guglielmo (Mantua 4 augustus 1589 – 13 mei 1591)
Margherita (1591 – 1632); 8 (1606) hertog Hendrik II van Lotharingen
Vincenzo (1594 – 1627), hertog van Mantua en Monferrato 1626
Eleonora; 8 (1622) keizer Ferdinand II (1578 – 1637)

Daarnaast had hij kinderen bij verschillende maîtresses:
bij Agnese de Argotta, markiezin van Grana Francesco (ca 1588 – ?), bisschop van Nola
Silvio (1592 – november/december 1612)

bij Felicita Guerrieri Francesca (ca 1593 – ?)

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Birthday September 22, 1562

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1562: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » France grants religious toleration to the Huguenots in the Edict of Saint-Germain.
    • January 18 » Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
    • March 1 » Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
    • July 12 » Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.
    • December 19 » The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.

Day of death February 9, 1612

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1612: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
    • August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
    • August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
    • September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
    • November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
    • November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.


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