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Rodolfo Gonzaga behind his mother in a painting by Andrea Mantegna in the Camera degli Sposi in Mantua.

Rodolfo Gonzaga (18 April 1452 in Mantua – 6 July 1495 in Fornovo) was an Italian condottiero. He was the son of Ludovico III Gonzaga and Barbara of Brandenburg.

He died at the Battle of Fornovo, where he commanded a contingent of men fighting against King Charles VIII of France.

Family

Rodolfo first married Antonia Malatesta (1451-1483) on 11 January 1481. The marriage remained childless.

Rodolfo married secondly Caterina Pico (1454-1501) in 1484. With Caterina he had six children:

• Paola Gonzaga (born 1486 in Mantua; died May 30, 1519 in Milan), married 1501 Gian Niccolò Trivulzio (* 1479; † 1512), Count of Musocco, son of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
• Gianfrancesco Gonzaga (born 2 February 1488 in Luzzara; died 18 December 1524), Lord of Luzzara, married Laura Pallavicino, daughter of Galeazzo Pallavicino Marchese of Busseto
• Lucrezia Gonzaga (born 30 September 1490; died young)
• Barbara Gonzaga (born 30 September 1490; died young)
• Giulia Gonzaga (* March 16, 1493 - † November 25, 1544), nun in Mantua
• Luigi Alessandro Gonzaga (born 20 April 1494 in Luzzara; died 19 July 1549 in Castel Goffredo) Marquis of Castiglione, Castel Goffredo and Solferino, married 1540 Caterina Anguissola († December 13, 1550), daughter of Gian Giacomo Anguissola, Count di Piacenza

Sources

• Antenhofer, Christina (2001). "From Local Signori to European High Nobility: The Gonzaga Family Networks in the Fifteenth Century". In Johnson, Christopher H.; Sabean, David Warren; Teuscher, Simon; Trivellato, Francesca (eds.). Transregional and Transnational Families in Europe and Beyond: Experiences. Berghahn books. ISBN 9780857451842.
• Jones, P.J. (2005). The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521023641.
• Mallett, Michael E.; Hale, J.R. (1984). The Military Organization of a Renaissance State: Venice c.1400 to 1617. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-03247-6.