Ferrante I Gonzaga (Italian: Ferdinando I, January 28, 1507 - November 15, 1557) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the House of Gonzaga and the first of the branch of the Gonzaga of Guastalla. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. Guastalla is a town and commune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
The third son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este, at the age of sixteen he was sent to the court of Spain as a page to the future emperor Charles V, to whom Ferrante remained faithful for his whole life. 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 Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was In 1527 he took part in the Sack of Rome and attended Charles' triumphant coronation at Bologna in 1530: at the death of the conestable Charles of Bourbon (1537) he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Imperial army in Italy. 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 Charles of Bourbon-La Marche (Charles IV Count and later Duke of Vendôme ( June 2, 1489 &ndash 1537 was a French prince du sang and military
He defended Naples from the assault of the French troops under Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, and obtained the surrender of the Republic of Florence. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Odet de Foix Vicomte de Lautrec (1485 &ndash August 15, 1528) was a French military leader Roman origins Florence was founded in 59 BCE as a settlement for former soldiers and was named Florentia, allotted by Julius Caesar to his veterans in For this feat Pope Clement VII, member of the Medici who had been ousted from that city, named him papal governor of Benevento. For the Antipope (1378&ndash1394 see Antipope Clement VII. Pope Clement VII ( May 26, 1478 &ndash September Benevento is a town and Comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the Province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. Again for Charles V, he fought against the Turks at Tunis in 1535 and Algiers in 1543 with a contingent of 3,000 cavalry. Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest He served Charles as Viceroy of Sicily (1535-1546), accompanying the Emperor to Germany in 1543 and fighting the resolute campaign that enforced the Treaty of Crépy. A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the Monarch. The Italian War of 1542–46 was a conflict late in the Italian Wars, pitting Francis I of France and Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against He then served as Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1546-1554). The Governor of Milan ruled the Duchy of Milan as a representative of the King of Spain (1535–1706 and the Archduke of Austria (1706–1796 and (1799–1800
In 1534 Ferrante married Isabella di Capua, who brought him the fiefdoms of Molfetta and Giovinazzo. Under the system of Feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud, feoff, or fee, often consisted of inheritable lands or revenue-producing Molfetta is a city and Comune of the Province of Bari in the southern Italian region of Puglia, on the Adriatic coast at sea-level Giovinazzo is a port city situated on the Adriatic coast in the region of Apulia, Italy. . In 1539 he bought the countship of Guastalla, on the left bank of the Po for 22,280 golden scudi from Duchess Ludovica Torello; it was in part a strategic puchase, for Guastallo lies near Ferrara, which Charles wished to take from the Farnese. Guastalla is a town and commune in the Province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering The scudo (pl scudi) was the name for a number of Coins used in Italy until the 19th century Juan Antonio Samaranch Torelló Marquess of Samaranch (born 17 July 1920) is a Spanish sports official and was president of the International Olympic For the town in Italy with the same name see Farnese (VT. The Farnese family was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. Ferrante's villa near Milan, La Gualtiera, is now known as La Simonetta. Ferrante rebuilt it in the 1550s, commissioning the services of the Tuscan architect Domenico Giuntallodi of Prato. [1] He was a patron and protector of the sculptor and medallist Leone Leoni, who executed a bronze medal for him about 1555, with a reverse that depicts Hercules with upraised club besting the Nemean Lion and the legend TV NE CEDE MALIS, "You do not yield to evil",[2] alluding to his acquittal after indictment for misappropriation of funds and corruption. See also Leone Leoni (composer, (c 1560 - 1627. Leone Leoni (1509 — 22 July 1590) was an Italian sculptor of international His son Cesare commissioned from Leone a more public monument from Leone, a bronze Triumph of Ferrante Gonzaga over Envy, (1564), which stands in Piazza Rome, Guastalla. [3] Like all the Gonzaga, Ferrante was a patron of tapestry-makers: a series Fructus Belli ("the Fruits of War") was woven for him, and a lighter series of Putti. [4]
He died in Brussels from a fall from a horse and battle fatigue received at the Battle of St. Quentin. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Spanish won a significant victory over the French in the Battle of Saint-Quentin ( 1557) during the Franco-Habsburg War ( 1551 He was buried in the sacristy of the cathedral of Milan.
Ferrante was succeeded in Guastalla by his son Cesare. Cesare I Gonzaga ( 1530 - February 15 1575) was Count of Guastalla from 1557 until his death
In conspiracy theories, such as the one promoted in The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Ferrante been alleged to be the fourteenth Grand Master of the Priory of Sion. A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (retitled Holy Blood Holy Grail in the United States) is a controversial book by Michael Baigent The Prieuré de Sion, translated from French as Priory of Sion, is the name of multiple groups both real and fictitious
Notes
- ^ E. Heydenreich and W. Lotz, Architecture in Italy, 1400-1600 (Harmondsworth: Penguin) 1974:292-93;
- ^ Illustration
- ^ A commemorative Italian postage stamp issued on the five-hundredth anniversary of his birth show a detail of Leone Leoni's sculpture.
- ^ The tapestry commissions of Ferrante and his brothers is sret against the broader background of their patronage of the arts in Clifford M. Brown, Guy Delmarcel and Robert S. Nelson, Tapestries for the Courts of Federico II, Ercole, and Ferrante Gonzaga 1522-63 (1996).
| Preceded by None |
Count of Guastalla 1539–1557 |
Succeeded by Cesare I |
| Preceded by Alfonso d'Avalos |
Governors of the Duchy of Milan 1546–1555 |
Succeeded by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo |
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