Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat

Carlo I. Gonzaga ( born May 6, 1580 Paris, † September 22, 1637 in Mantua ) was the son of the Duke Luigi Gonzaga Nevers and Rethel and his successor since in 1595.

After the extinction of the main line of the Gonzaga in 1627 and the Mantuan War of Succession Carlo Gonzaga was invested in connection with the peace of Cherasco 1631 by Emperor Ferdinand II of Mantua and Montferrat, after his predecessor, Duke Vincenzo II Gonzaga on his deathbed about this scheme was documented by his Erbnichte married Maria Gonzaga on December 25, 1627 with Carlos son Carlo II Gonzaga.

Carlo Gonzaga married in February 1599 Catherine de Lorraine (* 1585, † March 18, 1618 ), daughter of Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne. The couple had six children:

  • Francesco Gonzaga (* 1606, † 1622), Prince
  • Benedetta Gonzaga († September 30, 1637 ), Nun
  • Carlo II Gonzaga (* 1609, † August 30, 1631 ), Duke of Nevers, Rethel, Mantua, Montferrat and Mayenne ∞ December 25, 1627 Maria Gonzaga ( 1609-1657 ), daughter of the Duke Francesco IV Gonzaga of Mantua
  • Luisa Maria Gonzaga (* August 18, 1611, † April 10, 1667 ) ∞ 1) March 10, 1646 Władysław IV Vasa ( 1595-1648 ), King of Poland, ∞ 2) May 29, 1649 John II Casimir (1609 -1672 ), King of Poland
  • Ferdinando Gonzaga († May 25, 1632 )
  • Anna Gonzaga (* 1616, † July 6, 1684 ) ∞ May 4th, 1645 Eduard ( 1624-1663 ), Count Palatine of simmering
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