Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Vincenzo II
Vincenzo II Gonzaga, 1615
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Reign	29 October 1626 - 25 December 1627
Predecessor	Ferdinando Gonzaga
Successor	Charles I Gonzaga
Born	7 January 1594 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Died	25 December 1627 Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Burial	Basilica palatina di Santa Barbara
Spouse	Isabella Gonzaga
House	House of Gonzaga
Father	Vincenzo I Gonzaga
Mother	Eleonora de' Medici

Vincenco II by Justus Sustermans

Vincenzo II Gonzaga (7 January 1594 – 25 December 1627) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1626 until his death.

Vincenzo was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de' Medici and inherited the duchy upon the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on 8 February 1627. He had also received a cardinalate upon Ferdinando's succession, but had dismissed it in 1616 in order to marry his relative Isabella Gonzaga, daughter of Alfonso Gonzaga, Count of Novellara.

Conscious of his poor health, the childless Vincenzo set up an inheritance for his lands through the marriage of his niece Maria (daughter of the former Duke Francis IV) with Charles of Nevers' son Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers. The elder Charles was a cousin of his father. Vincenzo died on the marriage day of Mary and Charles.

Family

Vincenzo II Gonzaga had no legitimate offspring from the wife, but he recognized four natural sons.

By Paola Scarpelli:

• Federico Gonzaga (1619–1630), Abbot of Lucledio.
• Tiberio Silvio Gonzaga (1620 – 3 July 1630), Knight of the Order of Malta and Balì of Armenia.

By Luigia "the Spanish":

• Luigi Gonzaga (+1627), Infante.
• Giovanni Gonzaga (+Malta 1645), Abbot of Lucledio, and Knight of the Order of Malta.

Honours

• Grand Master of the Order of the Redeemer

Ancestry

Ancestors of Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

16. Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua 8. Federico II, Duke of Mantua 17. Isabella d'Este 4. Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 18. William IX, Marquess of Montferrat 9. Margaret Palaeologina 19. Anne of Alençon 2. Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 20. Philip I of Castile 10. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 21. Joanna of Castile 5. Archduchess Eleanor of Austria 22. Vladislas II of Hungary 11. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary 23. Anna of Foix-Candale 1. Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 24. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere 12. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 25. Maria Salviati 6. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 26. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Villafranca 13. Eleanor of Toledo 27. Maria Osorio 3. Eleonora de' Medici 28. Philip I of Castile (= 20) 14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 10) 29. Joanna of Castile (= 21) 7. Archduchess Joanna of Austria 30. Vladislas II of Hungary (= 22) 15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (= 11) 31. Anna of Foix-Candale (= 23)

References

• Coniglio, Giuseppe (1967). I Gonzaga. Varese: Dall'Oglio.