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Francesco III Gonzaga (10 March 1533 – 22 February 1550) was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from 1540 until his death. He was the eldest son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and his wife Margaret Paleologina.
Life
On 22 October 1549, he married Catherine of Habsburg, a daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. The marriage lasted only four months, as Francesco died of pneumonia on 21 February 1550, after falling into one of Mantua's lakes during a hunt. The widowed Catherine returned home to Innsbruck. The Habsburgs claimed that the marriage was not consummated to increase Catherine's chances for a better second marriage.
Honours
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Ancestry
References
Sources
Parrott, David (1997). "The Mantuan Succession, 1627–31: A Sovereignty Dispute in Early Modern Europe". The English Historical Review. CXII, Issue 445, February (445). Oxford Academic: 20–65. doi:10.1093/ehr/CXII.445.20.
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- Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
- Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
- Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
- Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
- Duchy of Mantua
- Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
- Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
- Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
