Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers

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Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers
Portrait of Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers from Matthäus Merian's Theatrum Europaeum
Born	(1609-10-22)22 October 1609
Died	(1631-08-30)30 August 1631 (aged 21) Cavriana
Noble family	Gonzaga
Spouse(s)	Maria Gonzaga, Marquise of Montferrat (m. 1627)
Issue	Maria Gonzaga Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress
Father	Charles I, Duke of Mantua
Mother	Catherine de Lorraine-Guise-Mayenne

Charles II Gonzaga (22 October 1609 – 30 August 1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua,^[1] and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father.

In 1621, he succeeded his uncle Henri de Lorraine-Guise as Duke of Mayenne. In 1627 he married his cousin Maria Gonzaga, Marquise of Montferrat and heiress to the Duchy of Mantua.^[2] However, Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Emperor Ferdinand II rejected her claim to Mantua, leading to the War of Mantuan Succession (1628–1631).

Charles was never Duke of Mantua since he died at Cavriana six years before his father. When the latter died in 1637, Charles's eight-year-old son, Charles II, became Duke of Mantua, his widow Maria acting as regent. His daughter Eleonora became Holy Roman Empress.

Family

In December 1627 he married his cousin Maria Gonzaga, the marriage being arranged by Vincenzo II Gonzaga.

Charles and Maria had:

Maria Gonzaga
Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1629–1665).^[3]
Eleonora (1630–1686), who married in 1651 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.^[2]

References

^ Sanders 2012, p. 171.
^ ^a ^b Bourne 2016, p. 162.
^ Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1934, p. table 75.

Sources

Bourne, Molly (2016). "From court to cloister and back again: Margherita Gonzaga, Caterina dé Medici and Lucrina Fetti at the convent of Sant'Orsola in Mantua". In Cavallo, Sandra; Evangelisti, Silvia (eds.). Domestic Institutional Interiors in Early Modern Europe. Routledge. p. 153-180.
Sanders, Donald C. (2012). Music at the Gonzaga Court in Mantua. Lexington Books.
Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1934). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge University Press.

Preceded by Henry of Lorraine	Duc de Mayenne 1621–1631	Succeeded by Ferdinand Gonzaga

v t e House of Gonzaga
Generations start from Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga
1st Generation	Ludovico III, Marquis of Mantua Carlo
2nd Generation	Federico I, Marquis of Mantua Gianfrancesco, Count of Sabbioneta Francesco
3rd Generation	Clara, Countess of Montpensier Francesco II, Marquis of Mantua Sigismund Elisabetta, Duchess of Urbino
4th Generation	Eleonora, Duchess of Urbino Federico II, Duke of Mantua Ippolita Gonzaga Ercole Ferrante I, Count of Guastalla Paola
5th Generation	Francesco III, Duke of Mantua Guglielmo, Duke of Mantua Louis, Duke of Nevers Federico, Cardinal Gonzaga Cesare, Duke of Amalfi Francesco, Cardinal Gonzaga Gian Vicenzo, Cardinal Gonzaga
6th Generation	Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua Margherita, Duchess of Modena Anne Juliana, Archduchess of Austria Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat Ferrante II, Duke of Guastalla
7th Generation	Francesco IV, Duke of Mantua Ferdinando, Duke of Mantua Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine Vincenzo II, Duke of Mantua Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress Charles, Duke of Nevers Marie Louise, Queen of Poland Anne, Countess Palatine of Simmern Cesare II, Duke of Guastalla Vincenzo, Viceroy of Sicily Andrea, Count of San Paolo
8th Generation	Maria, Duchess of Montferrat Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress Vincenzo, Duke of Guastalla Ferrante III, Duke of Guastalla Vespasiano Vincenzo, Viceroy of Valencia
9th Generation	Ferdinando Carlo, Duke of Mantua Eleonora Luisa, Duchess of Rovere Antonio Ferrante, Duke of Guastalla Giuseppe, Duke of Guastalla Anna Isabella, Duchess of Mantua

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