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Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquis of Castiglione
Ferrante Gonzaga was lord of Castiglione delle Stiviere, south of Lake Garda, from a cadet branch of the Gonzaga of Mantua. The emperor made him marquis in 1579. He is best known as the father of Aloysius Gonzaga, who renounced the succession to become a Jesuit and was later canonised. His son Francesco raised the state to a principality in 1612.
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