page_title: Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
section_title: Children
hierarchical_section_title: Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua / Children
caption_attribution_description: English: north wall of the Camera degli Sposi in the north east tower of the Castel San Giorgio, Mantua Italiano: da sinistra: segretario Marsilio Andreasi o Raimondo Lupi, Ludovico II Gonzaga, raffigurato in vestaglia da camera, forse il medico della corte Giovanni da Garniano English: The Court of Mantua. At the left, secretary Marsilio Andreasi o Raimondo Lupi,Ludovico II Gonzaga. Beside him his wife Barbara von Brandenburg and their siblings Ludovico Gonzaga, Paola Gonzaga and Rodolfo Gonzaga.
context_page_description: Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, also spelled Lodovico was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478.
context_section_description: Ludovico III and Barbara had fourteen children:
  Federico (1438? – died in infancy).
  Maddalena (1439? – died in infancy).
  Elisabetta (1440? – died in infancy).
  Federico I (1441 – 1484), Marquis of Mantua; married Margaret of Bavaria, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria and Anna, Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen; and sister of John IV, Duke of Bavaria.had issue.
  Francesco (1444 – 1483), created Cardinal by Pope Pius II.
  Paola Bianca (1445-1447), died in infancy.
  Gianfrancesco (1446 – 1496), Count of Sabbioneta and Lord of Bozzolo; married Antonia del Balzo. Had issue
  Susanna (1447-1481), a nun at Santa Paola di Mantua.
  Dorotea (1449-1467), married to Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.
  Cecilia (1451-1472), a nun at Santa Chiara di Mantua.
  Rodolfo (1452–1495), Lord of Castiglione delle Stiviere, Solferino, Suzzara and Poviglio; married firstly Antonia Malatesta daughter of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta and then Caterina Pico. His great-grandson was Aloysius Gonzaga.
  Barbara (1455-1503), married in 1474 Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg [One child who died young].
  Ludovico (1460-1511), Bishop of Mantua.
  Paola (1463-1497), married Leonhard, Count of Gorizia.
  In addition, Ludovico III had two illegitimate daughters: Caterina (wife of Gianfrancesco Secco, Conte di Calcio) and Gabriella (wife of Corrado Fogliani, Marchese di Vighizzolo).
  It was said that the daughters of Barbara and Ludovico III had hunched backs, that is why Susanna was spurned by Galeazzo Maria Sforza and the marriage with Dorotea was delayed until the Milanese court found that her physical problems aren't so notorious like her oldest sister. Leonhard of Gorizia also postponed his marriage to Paola due to this and when they eventually married they had one stillborn child as it is thought that this deformity in her made it harder to have children.
caption: The Court of Mantua. At the left, Ludovico II Gonzaga. Besides him his wife Barbara von Brandenburg and their siblings Ludovico Gonzaga, Paola Gonzaga and Rodolfo Gonzaga.
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