NOBLEMAN

Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers

1609 - 1631

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Charles II Gonzaga (22 October 1609 – 30 August 1631) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Mantua, and Catherine de Lorraine-Guise (also known as Catherine de Mayenne). He was the Duke of Nevers and Rethel, together with his father. In 1621, he succeeded his uncle Henri de Lorraine-Guise as Duke of Mayenne. In 1627 he married his cousin Maria Gonzaga, Marquise of Montferrat and heiress to the Duchy of Mantua. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers is the 356th most popular nobleman (down from 334th in 2019), the 1,578th most popular biography from France (up from 1,709th in 2019) and the 58th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers ranks 356 out of 1,415. Before him are Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Joanna Sophia of Bavaria, Prince Michael of Kent, Edmund Beaufort, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, and Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich. After him are William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Claude, Duke of Guise, and Princess Sophie of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers ranks 9. Before him are Frederick III of Denmark, Judith Leyster, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, and Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Kâtip Çelebi, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, and Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat. Among people deceased in 1631, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers ranks 8. Before him are John Donne, John Smith, Constance of Austria, Willem Janszoon, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria. After him are Federico Borromeo, Michael Maestlin, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Katō Yoshiaki, and Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers ranks 1,578 out of 6,770. Before him are Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Lolo Ferrari (1963), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), and Michel Serres (1930). After him are Georges Picquart (1854), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Victorinus (300), Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), and Jean Chapelain (1595).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers ranks 58. Before him are Adela of Normandy (1065), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), Fulk III, Count of Anjou (970), Hugh Magnus (1007), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645). After him are Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (1465), Claude, Duke of Guise (1496), Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909), William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953), and César, Duke of Vendôme (1594).

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