Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

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Guglielmo Gonzaga
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Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
Duke of Mantua (as Guglielmo)
Duke of Montferrat (as Guglielmo X)
Reign 1550 - 1587
Predecessor Francesco III Gonzaga
Successor Vincenzo I Gonzaga
Born (1538-04-24)24 April 1538
Mantua
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Goito
Spouse Eleonora of Austria
Issue Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua
Margherita Gonzaga
Anna Caterina Gonzaga
Father Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
Mother Margaret Palaeologina

Guglielmo Gonzaga (24 April 1538 – 14 August 1587) was Duke of Mantua and Montferrat from 1550 to 1587. He was the second son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina of Montferrat. In 1574, Montferrat was elevated to a Duchy and he became its first duke. He was succeeded by his son Vincenzo.

Patron of music

Guglielmo was particularly interested in sacred vocal music, and is known particularly to music historians for his extensive correspondence with the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. He built a large new church in Mantua, dedicated to Santa Barbara. He engaged in an unprecedented negotiation with the Papacy to create his own rite for Mantua, and devoted considerable resources to developing a musical repertoire for the church, commissioning works by Giaches de Wert and Palestrina. Part of his correspondence with Palestrina discusses the work commissioned in detail, stipulating Guglielmo's requirements, and therefore giving a sense of his musical preferences. Guglielmo's musical tastes were conservative for the day. He enjoyed imitative contrapuntal music but was concerned to maintain clarity of text, thereby showing the influence of Tridentine reforms. Upon his death, his son Vincent invited followers of the more modern trends to his court.

Marriage and children

On 26 April 1561 William married Eleonora of Austria, sixth daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. They were parents to three children:

Ancestry

Family of Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 

References and further reading

  • Iain Fenlon, Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua, Cambridge University Press, 1980. ISBN 0-521-22905-7.
Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
Born: 24 April 1538 Died: 14 August 1587
Preceded by Duke of Mantua
1550–1587
Succeeded by
Vincenzo I
Marquess and Duke of Montferrat
1550–1575–1587

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