Caterina Anguissola

Caterina Anguissola Trivulzio (Piacenza, 1508 circa – Castel Goffredo, December 13, 1550) was an Italian noblewoman.

Portrait of Caterina Anguissola
Caterina Anguissola
PredecessorGinevra Rangoni
SuccessorIppolita Maggi
Born1508
Piacenza
Died13 December 1550
Castel Goffredo
BuriedChiesa di Santa Maria del Consorzio, Castel Goffredo
IssueAlfonso
Ferrante
Orazio
FatherGian Giacomo Anguissola
MotherAngela Radini Tedeschi

Biography

She was the daughter of Gian Giacomo Anguissola, of the line of Vigolzone, Count of Piacenza, and of Angela Radini Tedeschi.[1][2]

Widow of Count Andrea Borgo (or Burgo) of Cremona (1467-1533), Count of Castelleone,[3] in December 1540, she married Aloisio Gonzaga, Lord of Castel Goffredo. After his death in 1549, Caterina governed, through Giovanni Anguissola,[4] the marquisate of Castel Goffredo, until the investiture of her son Alfonso in 1565. Her beauty was exalted by humanist Lodovico Domenichi in his work La Nobiltà delle Donne.[5]

She died in Castel Goffredo in 1550[6] and was buried in the mausoleum of the Gonzaga family in Chiesa di Santa Maria del Consorzio.[7]

Issue

Aloisio and Caterina had three children:

Lineage

Bernardo Anguissola
Giovanni Carlo Anguissola
Sveva Sanseverino
Gian Giacomo Anguissola
Cristoforo II Torelli di Montechiarugolo
Caterina Torelli d'Aragona Visconti
Ippolita Sanseverino
Caterina Anguissola
Lazzaro I Radini Tedeschi
Daniele II Radini Tedeschi
Ermellina Grassi
Angela Radini Tedeschi
...
Caterina Panichi
...

References

  1. "Gonzaga 2". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  2. Sormani, Matteo Turconi (2015-12-03). Le grandi famiglie di Milano (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-541-8714-6.
  3. "Andrea Borgo, conte di Castelleone". geni_family_tree. 1467. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  4. Marocchi 1990, p. 214.
  5. Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. Gonzaga di Mantova, Torino, 1835.
  6. Marocchi 1990, p. 212.
  7. Historian Carlo Gozzi (Raccolta di documenti per la storia patria od Effemeridi storiche patrie, vol. 1) states that she died in Mantua and was buried in the monastery of Santa Paola.

Bibliography

  • Marocchi, Massimo (1990). I Gonzaga di Castiglione delle Stiviere. Vicende pubbliche e private del casato di San Luigi (in Italian). Verona.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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