Ugolino Gonzaga

Ugolino Gonzaga (1320–1362), a Mantuan condottiero, was the son of Guido Gonzaga, Mantua's second capitano del popolo. He was the Gonzaga who bound the family to Milan.

In 1340 he married Verde della Scala, daughter of Mastino II, yet in 1342–1343 he fought beside the Milanese against the Scaligers. After Verde's death he married twice more, wedding Caterina Visconti, daughter of Matteo II Visconti and niece of Bernabò, in 1349. That Visconti alliance lasted into the early sixteenth century.

From 1360 he governed Mantua with his aged father, most likely as its real ruler. Venice disliked the alliance and backed a plot, and on 13 October 1362 his brothers Francesco and Ludovico murdered him.