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Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga

1395–1444 · 15th century

Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga (1395–1444) was ruler of Mantua from 1407. In 1433 Emperor Sigismund made him the first Marquis of Mantua, raising the Gonzaga from captains of the people to imperial princes. He served as a condottiere for Venice and later Milan, and invited the humanist Vittorino da Feltre to teach at his court.

Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga
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Duchy of Mantua

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