Mantua
Mantua was a walled city-state on the Mincio in Lombardy. In 1337 Ludovico Gonzaga ruled as captain, having overthrown the Bonacolsi in 1328.
In 1433 Gianfrancesco Gonzaga paid Emperor Sigismund 120,000 florins for a marquisate. Federico II became duke in 1530, and the Gonzaga inherited Montferrat through marriage the next year. After the direct line died out in 1627, imperial troops besieged Mantua in 1630, bringing plague. In 1708 Mantua passed to the Habsburgs and Montferrat to Savoy.
Characters
- Agnese Pico
- Anna Dovara
- Antonia da Correggio
- Caterina Malatesta
- Corrado Gonzaga
- Federico Gonzaga
- Feltrino Gonzaga
- Filippino Gonzaga
- Egidiola Gonzaga
- Guido Corradi
- Guido Gonzaga
- Ludovico II Gonzaga
- Ludovico I Gonzaga
- Margherita Gonzaga
- Petronio Corradi
- Richilda Ramberti
- Tommasina Gonzaga
- Tommasina Gonzaga
- Ugolino Gonzaga