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Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga by Titian.
Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga by Titian. Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c 1485 &ndash August 27 1576 better known as Titian, was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian

Federico II of Gonzaga (May 17, 1500 – August 28, 1540), was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (first as Marquis, later as Duke) from 1519 until his death. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the The Duchy of Mantua was a Duchy in Lombardy, Northern Italy, subject to the Holy Roman Empire. The Duchy of Mantua was a Duchy in Lombardy, Northern Italy, subject to the Holy Roman Empire. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536. The Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat were the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin called Montferrat.

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Biography

He was a son of his predecessor Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and Isabella d'Este. Francesco II (or IV Gonzaga ( 10 august, 1466 &ndash March 29, 1519) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from Isabella d'Este ( 18 May 1474 &ndash 13 February 1539) was marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Educated at the French and Papal courts, he inherited the Marquisate from his father in 1519, initially under the regency of his mother and his uncles Sigismondo and Giovanni Gonzaga. He received the imperial investiture from emperor Charles V on April 7, 1521. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor

Despite his poor military experience, Pope Leo X named him Gonfaloniere (commander in chief) of the Papal Army, though a clause allowed Frederick to avoid fighting against the Empire, to which Mantua has been always traditional ally. Pope Leo X, born Giovanni de' Medici (December 11 1475 – December 1 1521 was Pope from 1513 to his death Frederick therefore did not intervene when the Imperial troops passed through his lands in 1527, indirectly causing the subsequent Sack of Rome. The Sack of Rome on 6 May 1527, carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, marked a crucial imperial victory in

Frederick had signed a marriage contract with the heir to the Marquisate of Monteferrat, Maria Palaeologina, aiming to acquire that land as the marquess Boniface IV of Montferrat was in poor health. The Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat were the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin called Montferrat. But, when Boniface seemed to recover, he set up an alleged plot from Maria against Frederick's mistress, Isabella Boschetti: this was sufficient to have the Pope cancel his contract. Frederick therefore signed another marriage contract with Charles V's aunt, Julia of Aragon. In lieu of this move, in 1530 he was granted the ducal title, whereby their dynasty became Dukes of Mantua. However, when Boniface died by a fall from horse on March 25 of that year, he paid 50,000 ducats to Charles in exchange of the annulment of the contract, and pushed the pope to return him to former marriage promise. When Maria also died, he was able to marry her sister Margaret on November 16, 1531. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published At the death of the last legitimate male heir of the Palaiologos family, Giovanni Giorgio (1533), the marquisate went therefore to the Gonzaga, who held it until the 18th century. The Palaiologos or Palaeologus ( Greek: Παλαιολόγος pl

Frederick was the commissioner of the Palazzo Te, as his summer palace, in the neighbourhood of Mantua. Palazzo del Te or Palazzo Te is a palace in the suburbs of Mantua, Italy.

Suffering from long of syphilis, which he had inherited from his father, he died in 1540 at his villa at Marmirolo. Syphilis is a Sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal Bacterium Treponema pallidum pallidum. Marmirolo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km east of Milan

Family and issue

Coat of arms of Federigo II
Coat of arms of Federigo II

Frederick and Margaret were parents to seven children:

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Preceded by
Francesco II		 Marquis of Mantua
1519–1530		 Succeeded by
became duke
Preceded by
new title		 Duke of Mantua
1530–1540		 Succeeded by
Francesco III
Preceded by
(Spanish occupation)		 Marquess of Montferrat
1536–1540
Francesco II (or IV Gonzaga ( 10 august, 1466 &ndash March 29, 1519) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from The Duchy of Mantua was a Duchy in Lombardy, Northern Italy, subject to the Holy Roman Empire. The Duchy of Mantua was a Duchy in Lombardy, Northern Italy, subject to the Holy Roman Empire. Francesco III Gonzaga ( March 10, 1533 - February 22, 1550) was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from The Marquises and Dukes of Montferrat were the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin called Montferrat.
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