Luigi I. Gonzaga

Luigi I. Gonzaga.

Luigi I. Gonzaga (also Ludovico I. Gonzaga ) (* 1267 , † January 18, 1360 ) from the Gonzaga dynasty had been city lord of Mantua since the assassination of Rinaldo dei Bonacolsi in 1328. The following year, Emperor Ludwig IV made him 1329 as imperial vicar of Mantua.

origin

Ludovico I came from the house of the Gonzaga , an old noble family in Lombardy that dates back to the 12th century, originally Corradi, then after their fief Gonzaga called "Corradi di Gonzaga" and finally just Gonzaga.

Ludovico was a grandson of Antonio Corradi († 1283 in Mantua), who in 1259 was one of the "Anziani del Popolo" (roughly: city council) of Mantua and was married to the wealthy heiress Richilde Pedroni, who brought large parts of the Gonzaga rule into marriage who gave their name to the Gonzaga family and formed the basis for the rise of one of the most famous and powerful families in Italy. It is located on the southern border of the province of Mantua and is about 29 km from Mantua and 34 km from Reggio nell'Emilia .

His father was Guido (also called Corrado) Corradi da Gonzaga († 1318 in Mantua), a wealthy landowner who in 1287 obtained the enfeoffment of the castle and dominion of Gonzaga from the Benedictine monastery of San Benedetto di Polirone . Ludovico's mother was a daughter of Strambino di San Martino, Lord of San Martino dall'Argine (about 31 kilometers southwest of Mantua on the Oglio River).

Marriages and offspring

Ludovico Gonzaga married Richilda Ramberti (* 1269, † 1319) from Brescia , a daughter of Condottiere Ramberto Ramberti, Podestà of Modena , in his second marriage Caterina Malatesta († 1340), a daughter of Pandolfo I. Malatesta Lord of Rimini ( 1317–1326) and in third marriage 1340 Giovanna Novella Malaspina , from the branch Spino Fiorito, a daughter of the condottiere Spinetta Malaspina, called "the great" († 1352) marchese di Verrucola and Beatrice Visconti .

Children from first marriage:

1. Filippino Gonzaga (* around 1290; † April 5, 1356 in Mantua), heir of his father, 1349 Imperial Vicar of Reggio Emilia, married Anna di Dovara, heiress of Buoso (Niccolò after Litta) di Dovara, heiress of Cremona , in 1322 and large estates in Isola Dovarese and in second marriage on February 9, 1354 Verena Countess von Habsburg-Laufenburg († after 1356), a daughter of Count Johann II and Verena von Neuenburg from the house of the Counts of Neuchâtel (Neufchâtel- Blamont).
2. Guido I. Gonzaga (* 1291 in Mantua; † September 22, 1369 in Mantua) succeeded his father von (1360-1369) as 2nd "Capitano del Popolo" (about: elected regent) and Imperial Vicar of Mantua. His first marriage was Agnese Pico della Mirandola (* 1303; † 1340), a daughter of Francesco I. Pico Lord of Mirandola and Beatrice della Rosa from the house of the Lords of Sassuolo , and his second marriage in 1340 was Camilla Beccaria from the house of Lords of Pavia and in third marriage Beatrix Countess of Bar-le-Duc, a daughter of Count Eduard I and Princess Maria of Burgundy, a granddaughter of Louis IX. the Holy King of France (1226–1270). Guido became the progenitor of the main line of the later margraves and dukes of Mantua.
3. Feltrino Gonzaga (* around 1300 in Mantua, † 1374 in Padua), married in 1328 Antonia da Correggio, a daughter of Guido IV. Da Correggio, Lord of Correggio , and of Parma and in the second marriage the widow of his nephew Ugolino Gonzaga ( † murdered October 14, 1362), Caterina Visconti (* 1342; † October 10, 1382), a daughter of Matteo II. Visconti , lord of Milan . He became the progenitor of the line of the Counts of Novellara and Bagnolo in Piano , which expired in 1728 in the male line.
4. Tommasina Gonzaga, married in Mantua in 1319 Guglielmo Azzone conte di Castelbarco, Condottiere, Lord of Ala, Avio and Brentonico, took part in the expulsion of the Bonacolsi from Mantua on August 16, 1328.

Children from 2nd marriage:

1. Luigia Gonzaga married to Azzo da Correggio († 1364), Lord of Correggio ,
2. Federico Gonzaga († 1376), Condottiere, took part in the conspiracy against his nephew Ludovico II Gonzaga in 1376 and was probably executed in connection with it.
3. Corrado Gonzaga († after 1340) married to Verde Beccaria in 1340. He became the progenitor of the line of the "Nobili Gonzaga", who later rose to become Marquis of Palazzolo . This line expired in 1751 in the male line .

Third marriage children:

1. Giovanni Gonzaga, patrician of Venice, (children from extramarital relationships)
2. Bartolomeo Gonzaga, patrician of Venice.
3. Azzo Gonzaga († 1412)
4. Giacomo Gonzaga patrician of Venice, († after June 22, 1369)
5. Mario Gonzaga, patrician of Venice
6. Tommasina Gonzaga, married to Alidosio Alidosi from the house of the Lords of Imola
7. Orietta Gonzaga, patrician of Venice

From extramarital relationships:

1. Bartolomeo Gonzaga
2. Costanza Gonzaga

literature

• Giuseppe Coniglio: I Gonzaga . Dall'Oglio Editore, Milan 1967, p. 15 f.
• Isabella Lazzarini:  Gonzaga, Luigi. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 57:  Giulini – Gonzaga. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2001.
• Kate Simon: The Gonzaga - A ruling family of the Renaissance. Translated from the American by Evelyn Voss, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne, 1991.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Giuseppe Coniglio: I Gonzaga. Pages 15 f .; dall'Oglio, editore, 1967
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Libro d'Oro della Nobilitá Mediterranea, Gonzaga: Linea sovrana di Mantova
3. ^ Gonzaga family tree
4. ↑ Pompeo Litta: Famiglie celebri d'Italia. Gonzaga di Mantova. Torino, 1835.
5. ↑ The order of Ludovico's sons is not entirely clear, as some see Guido I as the eldest son, while according to Giuseppe Coniglio: "I Gonzaga", in the family tables in the appendix, Filippino was the eldest son, but died before his father. This order can also be found in the Gonzaga family tree in Genealogy-Euweb
6. ↑ European Family Tables , New Series, Volume I .: The German States. Panel 13; Verlag JA Stargardt, Marburg, 1980

Web links

• family tree

predecessor	Office	successor
Rinaldo dei Bonacolsi	Lord of Mantua 1328-1360	Guido