Francesco III Gonzaga (10 March 1533 – 22 February 1550) was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from 1540 until his death. He was the eldest son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and his wife Margaret Paleologina.[1]
Francesco III Gonzaga | |
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Duke of Mantua (as Francesco III) Duke of Montferrat (as Francesco I) | |
Reign | June 28 1540 – 21 February 1550 |
Predecessor | Federico II Gonzaga |
Successor | Guglielmo I Gonzaga |
Born | 10 March 1533 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua |
Died | 22 February 1550 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua | (aged 16)
Spouse | Catherine of Austria (m. 1549–50; his death) |
House | House of Gonzaga |
Father | Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua |
Mother | Margaret Paleologina |
Life
editOn 22 October 1549, he married Catherine of Habsburg, a daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I.[1] The marriage lasted only four months, as Francesco died of pneumonia on 21 February 1550, after falling into one of Mantua's lakes during a hunt. The widowed Catherine returned home to Innsbruck. The Habsburgs claimed that the marriage was not consummated to increase Catherine's chances for a better second marriage.
Honours
editKnight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Ancestry
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Parrott 1997, p. 22.
Sources
edit- Parrott, David (1997). "The Mantuan Succession, 1627–31: A Sovereignty Dispute in Early Modern Europe". The English Historical Review. CXII, Issue 445, February (445). Oxford Academic: 20–65. doi:10.1093/ehr/CXII.445.20.
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