Francesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua

Gianfrancesco Gonzaga I. (* 1395, † September 25, 1444 in Mantua ) was the son of Francesco I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and its successors from 1407 he was appointed by the Emperor Sigismund to the Marquis of Mantua in 1433. .

Life

He was married in 1410 with Paola Malatesta († 1449 ), daughter of Malatesta IV Malatesta, Signore di lord of Pesaro, Fossombrone, Gradara, Jesi, Narniund Elisabetta da Varano. With her he had seven children:

• Luigi III. Gonzaga (1414-1478), Marquis of Mantua
• Carlo Gonzaga ( between 1413 to 1423 † 1478) ∞ 1437 Lucia d' Este (* March 24, 1419, † June 28, 1437 ), daughter of Niccolò III. d' Este
• Cecilia (1425-1451) Gonzaga, nun in the convent of Santa Chiara in Mantua.
• Leon Ella Gonzaga, nun
• Margherita Gonzaga († July 3, 1439 ) ∞ January 1435 Leonello d'Este ( 1407-1450 )
• Gianlucio Gonzaga (* 1421, † June 11, 1448 )
• Alessandro Gonzaga (* 1427, † January 16, 1466 ) ∞ Agnes of Montefeltro († December 16, 1447 ), daughter of Guidantonio da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino

1423 he took Vitorino da Feltre as an educator of his children to his court.