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Personal data Frederik III Gonzaga Hertog van Mantua 

  • He was born on May 17, 1500 in Mantua, Lombardije.
  • Title: Markgraaf van Montferrat
  • He died on June 28, 1540 in Marmirolo, Lombardije, he was 40 years old.
  • A child of Frans II Gonzaga Markgraaf van Mantua and Isabelle van Este
  • This information was last updated on July 2, 2016.

Household of Frederik III Gonzaga Hertog van Mantua

(1) He is married to Isabelle Boschetti.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Emilia Cauzzi Gonzaga  1517-1573 
  2. Alexander Gonzaga  1520-1580


(2) He is married to Maria Paleologos Vrouwe van Montferrat.

They got married in the year 1530, he was 29 years old.


(3) He is married to Margaretha Paleologos Vrouwe van Montferrat.

They got married on November 16, 1531 at Casale Montferrato, Piemonte, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Isabelle Gonzaga  1537-1579 


Notes about Frederik III Gonzaga Hertog van Mantua

Federico was born on 17 May 1500, the son of Gian-Francesco II Gonzaga, marquess of Mantua, and Isabella d'Este. He had the dubious honour of having Cesare Borgia as his godfather. In 1502 arrangements began to have Federico engaged to the only legitimate daughter of Cesare. After the death of his father Pope Alexander VI, Cesare was imprisoned; though he escaped he was later killed in a fight.

Federico's father Gian-Francesco, who suffered from syphilis, became imprisoned in Venice. As a result it was his mother Isabella who governed Mantua. While imprisoned, his father wanted Federico to be sent to Venice as a hostage so that he himself could return to Mantua, but Isabella refused. She also refused to send him to France, as this would tie Mantua to the king of France. Federico was sent away as a hostage, but to Rome, after initial refusals by his mother as she feared Federico would be introduced to sodomy that was rampant at the papal court. It was the price they had to pay for the release of Gian-Francesco.

When Gian-Francesco returned he was still not free, having to consider the interests of the pope, who still had his son and heir in Rome, as well as those of the king of France. Pope Julius II died on 21 February 1513, after which Federico was allowed to return home. On 1 January 1515 King Louis XII of France died and his successor François I renewed the wars in Italy. After a French victory, Federico was sent to the new French king, François I, to congratulate him. Having the same interests as the king, namely women, hunting, dancing and gambling, Federico soon became a favourite.

In 1519 his father died and Federico became lord of Mantua. He made Isabella, the famous 'La Boschetta', his mistress and she played a part in his affairs for the rest of his life. His mother, feeling ignored, moved to Rome where she tried to secure for her other son Ercole a cardinal's hat. Federico had been engaged to Maria de Monferrato, daughter of Guillaume VIII-IX-XI Palaiologos, marchese de Monferrato, and Anne d'Alençon, dame de La Guerche. At one stage the engagement was broken off, but after a death in her family she was likely to become a rich heiress, so the engagement was revived. After having waited many years, she was ready to go to Mantua for her marriage, but before departing she died. Quietly Maria was replaced by her sister Margarita. They had seven children of whom two sons and a daughter would have progeny. In 1530, after payment of fifty thousand scudi, Emperor Charles V made Federico duke of Mantua.

Federico was an insatiable collector, sending his agents to harbour cities to buy animals from foreign traders. He wanted panthers to train for the hunt, ostriches, and many other rare and exotic animals. He even obtained crocodiles. He was interested in gardens and plants as well as in monsters, preferably living ones, otherwise those depicted in drawings and etchings such as the two-headed baby by Albrecht Dürer. On 13 February 1539 his mother died, and after his syphilis had flared up again he himself died fifteen months later on 28 June 1540.
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marquis de Mantoue (5de ,Frédéric II, 1519-1530),
duc de Mantoue (1ste ,Frédéric II, 1530-1540),
marquis de Montferrat (26ste ,Frédéric I, 1533-1540)

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Birthday May 17, 1500

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
    • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
    • March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
    • March 29 » Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
    • April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
    • August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.

Day of marriage November 16, 1531

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1531: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » The 6.4–7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
    • October 11 » Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
    • October 28 » Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
    • November 23 » The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
    • December 9 » The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.

Day of death June 28, 1540

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1540: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
    • May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
    • July 9 » King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
    • July 28 » Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
    • August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.
    • October 18 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.


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