BURIAL CHURCHES OF SOVEREIGNS OF MANTUA
FROM A TO Z

BOZZOLO (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST PETER (AUGUSTINIAN NUNS)
(Bozzolo, Piazza Don Primo Mazzolari):
Princess ISABELLA Gonzaga (+1630), consort of Duke Vincent II

BURGOS (SPAIN)
BURIED IN THE CISTERCIAN MONASTERY OF LAS HUELGAS (Burgos, Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas, Calle de Compases de Huelgas):

Duchess MARGARET OF SAVOY (+1655), wife of Duke Francis IV

FLORENCE (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE BASILICA OF ST LAWRENCE
(Firenze, Basilica di San Lorenzo, Piazza di San Lorenzo):

Duchess CATHERINE DE' MEDICI (+1629), consort of Duke Ferdinand I

GRAZIE DI CURTATONE (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE SANCTUARY OF SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE (Grazie di Curtatone, Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie, Piazzale Santuario):

Duke CHARLES II (+1665).
The tomb has not been preserved.

MANTUA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE BASILICA OF SANT’ANDREA
(Mantova, Basilica di Sant’Andrea, Piazza Andrea Mantegna):

01. Duke VINCENT I (+1612).
The tomb has not been preserved.
02. Duchess ELEANOR DE' MEDICI (+1611), consort of Duke Vincent I.
The tomb has not been preserved.

MANTUA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL OF ST PETER (Mantova, La cattedrale di San Pietro apostolo, Cappella dell’Incoronata, Piazza Sordello):

Duchess ELEANOR OF AUSTRIA (+1594), wife of Duke William I

MANTUA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF SANT’ORSOLA
(Mantova, Chiesa di Sant’Orsola, Corso Vittorio Emanuele):

Duchess ISABELLA CLARA OF AUSTRIA (+1685), consort of Duke Charles II.

MANTUA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST MAURICE
(Mantova, Chiesa di San Maurizio, Via Chiassi):

01. Duke VINCENT II (+1627)
02. Duchess ANNA ISABELLA (+1703), consort of Duke Ferdinand Charles

MANTUA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF SANTA PAOLA
(Mantova, Chiesa di Santa Paola, Piazza dei Mille):

Duchess MARGARET OF MONTFERRAT (+1566), consort of Duke Frederick II.
The tomb has not been preserved.

MANTUA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE PALATINE BASILICA OF SANTA BARBARA (Mantova, Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara, Piazza Santa Barbara):

1. Duke FREDERICK II (+1540)
2. Duke FRANCIS III (+1550)
3. Duke WILLIAM I (+1587)
4. Duke FRANCIS IV (+1612)
5. Duke FERDINAND I (+1626)
6. Duke CHARLES I (+1637)
7. Duke FERDINAND CHARLES (+1708).

None of the tombs has been preserved.


PARIS (FRANCE)
BURIED IN THE CONVENT OF THE DOMINICANS or JACOBINS (Paris, Couvent des Dominicains ou Jacobins):

Duchess SUZANNE HENRIETTE OF LORRAINE (+1710), consort of Duke Ferdinand Charles.

The convent was demolished in the past.

ST FLORIAN (AUSTRIA)
BURIED IN ST FLORIAN ABBEY (Abtei St Florian, Stiftstr.):

Duchess CATHERINE OF HABSBURG (+1572), consort of Duke Francis III

LIST OF SOVEREIGNS OF MANTUA 1530-1708

MARQUESATE OF MANTUA UNTIL 1530:
HOUSE OF GONZAGA (Casa Gonzaga)
1519-1530: FREDERICK II (Federico II; Duke from 1530)

DUCHY OF MANTUA 1530-1708:
HOUSE OF GONZAGA (Casa Gonzaga)
1530-1540: FREDERICK II (Federico II)
Born in 1500 in Mantua.
Father: Marquis Francis II of Mantua. Mother: Marchioness Isabella d'Este.
Married in 1531 in Mantua MARGARET of Montferrat (*1510 Casale,+1566 Mantua).
His issue who reigned:
-FRANCIS III (*1533,+1550),
-WILLIAM I (*1538,+1587).
Died in 1540 at Marmirolo near Mantua.
Buried firstly in the Church of S. Paola in Mantua, later reburied in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His consort Duchess Margaret of Montferrat was buried in the Church of S. Paola in Mantua (no tomb).

1540-1550: FRANCIS III (Francesco III)
Born in 1533 in Mantua.
Father: Duke Frederick II of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Margaret of Montferrat.
Married in 1549 in Mantua Archduchess CATHERINE of Habsburg (*1533 Vienna,+1572 Linz), later Queen of Poland.
Died in 1550 near Mantua.
Buried firstly in the Church of S. Paola in Mantua, later reburied in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His consort Archduchess Catherine of Habsburg was buried in St Florian Abbey in Austria.

1550-1587: WILLIAM I (Guglielmo I)
Born in 1538 in Mantua.
Father: Duke Frederick II of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Margaret of Montferrat.
Married in 1561 in Mantua Archduchess ELEANOR of Austria (*1534 Innsbruck,+1594 Mantua).
His issue who reigned:
-VINCENT I (*1562,+1612),
-Margaret (*1564,+1618; Duchess of Modena).
Died in 1587 in Goito.
Buried in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His consort Archduchess Eleanor of Austria was firstly buried in the Holy Trinity Church in Mantua. In 1855 she was reburied in the Cathedral of Mantua.

1587-1612: VINCENT I (Vincenzo I)
Born in 1562 in Mantua.
Father: Duke William I of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Eleanor of Austria.
Married firstly in 1581 Princess Margaret of Parma (*1567,+1643). Marriage was annulled in 1582.
Married secondly in 1584 Princess ELEANOR de' Medici of Tuscany (*1566,+1611).
His issue who reigned:
-FRANCIS IV (*1586,+1612),
-FERDINAND I (*1587,+1626),
-VINCENT II (*1594,+1627),
-Eleanor (*1598,+1655; Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary).
Died in 1612 in Mantua.
Buried with his second consort Duchess Eleanor de' Medici in the Basilica of Sant'Andrea in Mantua (no tomb).

1612: FRANCIS IV (Francesco IV)
Born in 1586 in Mantua.
Father: Duke Vincent I of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Eleanor de Medici.
Married in 1608 in Turin Princess MARGARET of Savoy (*1589 Turin,+1655 Miranda).
Died in 1612 in Mantua.
Buried in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His consort Duchess Margaret of Savoy was buried in the Cistercian Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain.

1612-1626: FERDINAND I (Ferdinando I)
Born in 1587 in Mantua.
Father: Duke Vincent I of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Eleanor de Medici.
Married firstly and morganatically in 1616 Camilla Faá di Bruno (*c. 1599,+1662). Divorced in 1616.
Married secondly in 1617 Princess CATHERINE de' Medici of Tuscany (*1593 Florence,+1629 Siena).
Died in 1626 in Mantua.
Buried in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His second consort Duchess Catherine de' Medici was buried in the Basilica of St Lawrence in Florence.

1626-1627: VINCENT II (Vincenzo II)
Born in 1594 in Mantua.
Father: Duke Vincent I of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Eleanor de Medici.
Married in 1616 Princess ISABELLA Gonzaga (*1576,+1630 Bozzolo).
Died in 1627 in Mantua.
Buried in the Church of St Maurice in Mantua. His consort Duchess Isabella was buried in the Church of St Peter (Monastery of Augustinian Nuns) in Bozzolo.

HOUSE OF GONZAGA-NEVERS (Casa Gonzaga-Nevers)
1627-1637: CHARLES I (Carlo I)
Born in 1580 in Paris.
Father: Duke Louis I of Gonzaga-Nevers. Mother: Duchess Henriette of Cleves.
Married in 1599 Catherine of Lorraine (*1585,+1618).
His issue who reigned:
-Louisa Maria (*1611,+1667; Queen of Poland).
Died in 1637 in Mantua.
Buried in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His consort Catherine of Lorraine was buried in the Cathedral of St Cyr at Nevers, France.

1637-1665: CHARLES II (Carlo II)
Born in 1629 in Mantua.
Father: Duke Charles of Nevers. Mother: Duchess Maria Gonzaga.
Married in 1649 Archduchess ISABELLA CLARA of Austria (*1629 Innsbruck,+1685 Mantua).
His issue who reigned:
-FERDINAND CHARLES (*1652,+1708).
Died in 1665 in Mantua.
He was buried in the Sanctuary of Santa Maria at Grazie di Curtatone near Mantua (no tomb).
His consort Duchess Isabella Clara was buried in the Church of S. Orsola in Mantua.

1665-1708: FERDINAND CHARLES (Ferdinando Carlo)
Born in 1652 at Revere.
Father: Duke Charles II of Mantua. Mother: Duchess Isabella Clara of Austria.
Married firstly in 1671 Princess ANNA ISABELLA Gonzaga (*1655 Guastalla,+1703 Mantua).
Married secondly in 1704 in Tortona Princess SUZANNE HENRIETTE of Lorraine-Elboeuf (*1686,+1710).
Deposed in 1708.
Died in 1708 in Padua.
He was buried in the Basilica of St Barbara in Mantua (no tomb).
His first consort Duchess Anna Isabella was buried in the church of St Maurice in Mantua.
His second consort Duchess Suzanne Henriette was buried in the Convent of the Dominicans in Paris (demolished).

1708: MANTUA ANNEXED TO AUSTRIA.

TOMBS OF SOVEREIGNS OF MANTUA

The tomb of Duchess CATHERINE OF HABSBURG, consort of Duke Francis III, in St Florian Abbey (Austria)

Theepitaph to Duchess ELEANOR OF AUSTRIA, consort of Duke William I, in the Cathedral of St Peter in Mantua (Italy)

The tomb of Duchess MARGARET OF SAVOY, consort of Duke Francis IV, in the Cistercian Monastery of Las Huelgas, Burgos (Spain)

The tomb of Duchess CATHERINE DE' MEDICI, consort of Duke Ferdinand I, in the Basilica of St Lawrence in Florence (Italy)

01. The tomb of Duke VINCENT II in the Church of St Maurice in Mantua (Italy).
02. The tomb of Duchess ISABELLA, consort of Duke Vincent II, in the Church of St Peter in Bozzolo (Italy).

The epitaph to Duchess ISABELLA CLARA OF AUSTRIA, consort of Duke Charles II, in the Church of S. Orsola in Mantua (Italy)