{{expand}} Image:Tizian_063.jpg.]] '''Federico II of Gonzaga''' (May_17, 1500 – August_28, 1540), Marquis of Mantua, was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1519 to his death. ==Biography== He was a son of his predecessor Francesco_II_Gonzaga,_Marquess_of_Mantua and Isabella_d'Este. In 1530, he was granted the ducal title, whereby their dynasty became Dukes of Mantua. Federico built the Palazzo_Te, as his summer palace, in the neighbourhood of Mantua. ==Family and issue== He married Margaret_Palaeologina in 1531. She was a daughter of William_IX_Palaeologus,_Marquis_of_Montferrat and the marriage brought the Marquessate of Monferrato into the Gonzaga family's possession after the extinction of the legitimate male line of the Palaeologus family. They were parents to seven children: *Eleonora Gonzaga. *Anna Gonzaga. *Francesco_III_Gonzaga,_Marquess_of_Mantua (March_10, 1532 - February_22, 1550). *Isabella Gonzaga. Married Francesco Fernando of Avalos. *Guglielmo_I_of_Gonzaga (April_24, 1538 - August_14, 1587). *Louis_Gonzaga,_Duke_of_Nevers (October_22, 1539 - October_23, 1595). Father of Carlo_I,_Duke_of_Mantua. *Federico, Cardinal Gonzaga (1540 - February_21, 1565).
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