father death_date death_place house birth_place mother title birth_date spouse issue image article_title
charles gonzaga 6 july 1684 paris , france house of palatinate house of gonzaga paris , france catherine de lorraine-guise-mayenne countess palatine of simmern 1616 edward of the palatinate louise princess of condé bénédicte , duchess of brunswick-lüneburg marie , princess of salm anne henriette , anne gonzague.jpg anne gonzaga

anne gonzaga

anne gonzaga -lrb- anne marie ; 1616 -- 6 july 1684 -rrb- was an italian french noblewoman and salonist .
the youngest daughter of charles gonzaga , duke of mantua and montferrat , and catherine de lorraine -lrb- herself daughter of charles , duke of mayenne -rrb- , anne was `` princess palatine '' as the wife of edward of the palatinate , a grandson of king james i of england and uncle to king george i of great britain .
she bore edward three children , all daughters .
had anne not converted edward to catholicism , the english throne might have passed to their descendants .
