- Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers
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Charles II Gonzaga (1609–1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua and Catherine of Mayenne, he was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel.
In 1627 he married his cousin Maria Gonzaga, inheritor to the Duchy of Mantua and the Marquisate of Montferrat. However, Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and emperor Ferdinand II did not accept this succession line, leading to the War of Mantuan Succession (1628-1631).
Charles was never the proper Duke of Mantua since he died at Cavriana six years before his father. When the latter died in 1637, Charles's eight year old son, Charles II, became Duke of Mantua, his widow Maria acting as regent. His daughter Eleonora became Holy Roman Empress.
Family
In December 1627 he married his cousin Maria Gonzaga, the marriage being arranged by Vincenzo II Gonzaga.
Charles and Maria had three children:
- Maria
- Charles (1629–1665), Duke of Mantua.
- Eleonora (1630–1686), who married in 1651 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers 16. Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua 8. Frederick II of Mantua 17. Isabella d'Este 4. Louis Gonzaga 18. William IX, Marquess of Montferrat 9. Margaret of Montferrat 19. Anne of Alençon 2. Charles I of Mantua 20. Charles II, Count of Nevers 10. Francis I of Nevers 21. Marie of Albret, Countess of Rethel 5. Henriette of Cléves 22. Charles IV of Vendôme 11. Margaret of Vendôme 23. Françoise of Alençon 1. Charles Gonzaga 24. Claude of Guise 12. Francis of Guise 25. Antoinette de Bourbon 6. Charles of Mayenne 26. Ercole II d'Este 13. Anna d'Este 27. Renée of France 3. Catherine of Mayenne 28. René of Savoy, Count of Villars 14. Honorato II de Savoy 29. Anne de Lascaris, Countess of Tende 7. Henriette of Savoy 30. Alain de Foix, Vicomte de Castillon 15. Jeanne Françoise de Foix 31. Françoise de Prez de Monpezat Generations start from Francesco I Gonzaga1st Generation 2nd Generation Federico I, Marquess of Mantua · Gianfrancesco, Count of Sobionetta · Francesco · Susanna · Dorothea · Rudolfo · Cecilia · Barbara, Duchess of Württemberg · Lodovico · Paola, Countess of Gorizia3rd Generation Clara, Countess of Montpensier · Francesco II, Marquess of Mantua · Sigismund · Elisabetta, Duchess of Urbino · Maddelena, Lady of Pesaro · Giovanni4th Generation Eleonora, Duchess of Urbino · Margherita · Livia · Ippolita · Federico II, Duke of Mantua · Ferrante · Ercole · Ferdinando, Count of Guastalla5th Generation Eleonora · Anna · Francesco III, Duke of Mantua · Isabella, Marchioness of Pescara · Guglielmo, Duke of Mantua · Louis, Duke of Nevers · Federico, Cardinal Gonzaga · Cesare, Duke of Amalfi · Ippolita, Duchess of Mondragone6th Generation Vincenzo, Duke of Mantua · Margherita, Duchess of Modena · Anne Juliana, Archduchess of Austria · Catherine, Duchess of Longueville · Marie Henriette, Duchess of Mayenne · Frederick · François · Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat · Ferrante, Duke of Guastalla7th Generation Francesco IV, Duke of Mantua · Ferdinando, Duke of Mantua · Guglielmo · Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine · Vincenzo II, Duke of Mantua · Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress · François, Duke of Rethel · Charles, Duke of Nevers · Ferdinand, Duke of Mayenne · Marie Louise, Queen of Poland · Benedetta · Anne, Countess Palatine of Simmern · Cesare II, Duke of Guastalla · Vincenzo, Viceroy of Sicily · Andrea, Count of San Paolo8th Generation Maria, Duchess of Montferrat · Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat · Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress · Vincenzo, Duke of Guastalla · Ferrante III, Duke of Guastalla · Vespasiano Vincenzo, Viceroy of Valencia9th Generation Ferdinando Carlo, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat · Eleonora Luisa, Duchess of Rovere · Antonio Ferrante, Duke of Guastalla · Giuseppe, Duke of Guastalla · Anna Isabella, Duchess of Mantua and Monferrat · Maria Vittoria, Duchess of GuastallaCategories:- 1609 births
- 1631 deaths
- House of Gonzaga
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- People from Paris
- 17th-century Italian people
- 17th-century French people
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