Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat

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Charles II Gonzaga
Ritratto di Carlo II Gonzaga Nevers.png
Portrait of Duke Charles II
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Reign 1637 - 1665
Predecessor Charles I Gonzaga
Successor Ferdinand Charles Gonzaga
Born 3 October 1629 (1629-10-03)
Died 14 August 1665 (1665-08-15) (aged 35)
Spouse Isabella Clara, Archduchess of Austria
Issue Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Father Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers
Mother Maria Gonzaga

Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (31 October 1629 – 14 August 1665) was the son of Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers (+ 1631) of Rethel, Nevers, Mantua and Montferrat, and Maria Gonzaga. He followed his grandfather Charles I, Duke of Mantua in 1637 as ruler of these lands, the first 10 years under regency of his mother Duchess Maria. On 22 March 1657 Charles II receives the appointment as Sosai Cesareo in Italy and Imperial Vicar. Charles sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the factual Regent of France, and they became part of France.

On 7 November 1649 Charles II married Isabella Clara of Austria (12 August 1629 – 24 February 1665), a daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and thus into the imperial family. The marriage was an act of diplomacy and they had only one child, his successor Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708). The relationship between husband and wife effectively ended, and Charles continued a relationship with a noblewoman Margherita della Rovere, and also had affairs with men including the castrato Atto Melani.[1] In his book "The Last Medici" Harold Acton records that his death occurred in the midst of lascivious intercourse.[2]

Ancestry

Family of Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Margaret Palaeologina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Charles I, Duke of Mantua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Francis I of Cleves, Duke of Nevers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Henriette of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Marguerite of Bourbon-La Marche
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Charles Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Francis, Duke of Guise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Charles, Duke of Mayenne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Anna d'Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Catherine de Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Honorato II de Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Henriette of Savoy, Marquise de Villars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Jeanne Françoise of Foix
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Charles II Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Vincenzo I Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Archduchess Eleanor of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Francesco IV Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Eleonora de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Archduchess Joanna of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Maria Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Margaret of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Philip II of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Catherine Michelle of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Elisabeth of Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Roger Freitas, The Eroticism of Emasculation: Confronting the Baroque Body of the Castrato, The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 20, No. 2. (Spring, 2003), pp. 196-249.
  2. ↑ Acton, Harold. The Last Medici. p. 84.
Preceded by Duke of Mantua
1637–1665		 Succeeded by
Ferdinand Charles
Duke of Montferrat
1637–1665
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