Rodolfo Gonzaga
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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.[1]
He died at the Battle of Fornovo,[2] 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.[3] The marriage remained childless.
Rodolfo married secondly Caterina Pico (1454-1501) in 1484.[1] 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
