Federico Gonzaga (cardinal)

Not to be confused with his father Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500-40).

Federico Gonzaga (1540–February 21, 1565) (called the Cardinal of Monferrato) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.

Biography

A member of the House of Gonzaga, Federico Gonzaga was born in Mantua in 1540. He was the posthumous son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. His mother was Margaret Paleologa. He was the nephew of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga. He was educated at the University of Bologna.

Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of January 6, 1563. He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Maria Nova (a deaconry raised pro illa vice to the status of title) on March 4, 1563.

On June 4, 1563, he became administrator of the Diocese of Mantua, with dispensation for not having reached the canonical age. He was the papal legate in Mantua in 1564. He was granted the title of Bishop of Mantua on October 16, 1564, but never received consecration as a bishop.

He died in Mantua on February 21, 1565. He was buried in Mantua Cathedral.

Ancestry

Family of Federico Gonzaga (cardinal)

Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua               Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua                       Barbara Hohenzollern of Brandenburg               Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua                             Albert III Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria               Margaret Wittelsbach of Bavaria                       Anna Welf of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua                                   Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara               Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara                       Ricciarda da Saluzzo               Isabella d'Este                             Ferdinand I Ivrea-Trastamara, king of Naples               Eleanor Ivrea-Trastamara of Naples                       Isabella of Clermont               Federico Gonzaga (cardinal)                                         John Jacob Palaiologos, marquis of Montferrat               Boniface III Palaiologos, marquis of Montferrat                       Joanna of Savoy               William IX Palaiologos, marquis of Montferrat                             Stefan Branković, despot in Serbia               Maria Branković                       Angelina Arianit               Margaret Palaiologina                                   Jean II of Valois, duke of Alençon               Rene of Valois, duke of Alencon                       Marie of Armagnac               Anne Valois of Alençon                             Frederick II of Lorraine, count of Vaudemont               Margaret of Lorraine                       Yolande of Valois-Anjou