Background
He was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de" Medici and inherited the duchy at the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on February 8, 1627.
He was the son of Duke Vincent I and Eleonora de" Medici and inherited the duchy at the death of his elder brother Ferdinand, receiving the imperial investiture on February 8, 1627.
He had also received a cardinalate on Ferdinando"s succession, but had dismissed it in 1616 to be able to marry his relative Isabella Gonzaga, daughter of Alfonso Gonzaga, Count of Novellara. The elder Charles was a cousin of his father. Vincent died on the marriage day of Mary and Charles.
This section requires cleanup Vincenzo II Gonzaga had no direct descent from the wife, but he had four sons natural legitimized.
Nobile had by Paola Scarpelli: Federico Gonzaga (1619-1630), Abbot of Lucledio. Nobile had by Luigia the said the"Spanish": Luigi Gonzaga (+1627), Infante.