Federico Gonzaga, Cardinal of Monferrato (1540 – 21 February 1565) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
Portrait of Cardinal Federico Gonzaga.
Biography[edit]
A member of the House of Gonzaga, Gonzaga was born in Mantua, Italy in 1540.[1] He was the posthumous son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.[1] His mother was Margaret Paleologa.[1] He was the nephew of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga.[1] He was educated at the University of Bologna.[1]
Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 6 January 1563.[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Maria Nova (a deaconry raised pro illa vice to the status of title) on 4 March 1563.[1]
On 4 June 1563 he became administrator of the Diocese of Mantua, with dispensation for not having reached the canonical age.[1] He was the papal legate in Mantua in 1564.[1] He was granted the title of Bishop of Mantua on 16 October 1564 but never received consecration as a bishop.[1]
He died in Mantua on 21 February 1565.[1] He was buried in Mantua Cathedral.[1]
Ancestry[edit]
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua | | | | | | | 8. Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua | | | | | | | | | | 17. Barbara of Brandenburg | | | | | | | 4. Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Albert III, Duke of Bavaria | | | | | | | 9. Margaret of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | 19. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck | | | | | | | 2. Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara | | | | | | | 10. Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara | | | | | | | | | | 21. Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo | | | | | | | 5. Isabella d'Este | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Ferdinand I of Naples | | | | | | | 11. Eleanor of Naples | | | | | | | | | | 23. Isabella of Clermont | | | | | | | 1. Federico Gonzaga | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. John Jacob, Marquess of Montferrat | | | | | | | 12. Boniface III, Marquess of Montferrat | | | | | | | | | | 25. Joanna of Savoy | | | | | | | 6. William IX, Marquess of Montferrat | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Stefan Branković, Despot of Serbia | | | | | | | 13. Maria of Serbia | | | | | | | | | | 27. Angelina of Serbia | | | | | | | 3. Margaret Paleologa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Jean II, Duke of Alençon | | | | | | | 14. René, Duke of Alençon | | | | | | | | | | 29. Marie of Armagnac | | | | | | | 7. Anne d'Alençon | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont | | | | | | | 15. Margaret of Lorraine | | | | | | | | | | 31. Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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- Francesco IV, Duke of Mantua
- Ferdinando, Duke of Mantua
- Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine
- Vincenzo II, Duke of Mantua
- Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress
- Charles, Duke of Nevers
- Marie Louise, Queen of Poland
- Anne, Countess Palatine of Simmern
- Cesare II, Duke of Guastalla
- Vincenzo, Viceroy of Sicily
- Andrea, Count of San Paolo
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