Background
He was born at the Castle of Issogne into the noble family of the Madruzzo, various members of which were also prince-bishops of Trento.
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He was born at the Castle of Issogne into the noble family of the Madruzzo, various members of which were also prince-bishops of Trento.
Later he moved to Perugia where he studied law. In 1626 he took the vows. After obtaining the throne in Trento, he had to face a period of crisis caused by the Thirty Years" War and by the tense relations between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Papacy.
During his rule he was able to obtain a wider degree of freedom from the House of Habsburg.
In 1631 he ominously fled the city, which had been struck by plague. Madruzzo attracted further criticism for his relationship with a noblewoman, Claudia Particella.
He repeatedly asked for a papal dispensation in order to be able her to marry her. He died suddenly at Trento in December 1658.