Giuseppe Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
Giuseppe Gonzaga (20 March 1690 – 16 August 1746) was the last Duke of Guastalla.
He was the second son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and Maria Vittoria Gonzaga, and was mentally handicapped.
When his elder brother Duke Antonio Ferrante died in an accident in 1729, Giuseppe was the only remaining male member of the Gonzaga family, so he became Duke.
Giuseppe would probably never have married, but when he became Duke a marriage was arranged in 1731 with the sixteen-year-old Eleonore von Holstein (1715–1760), daughter of Duke Leopold of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg, and granddaughter of Karolina of Legnica-Brieg. The marriage remained childless.
During the War of Polish Succession the Duchy was occupied by the French for four years, between 1734 and 1738.
When Giuseppe Gonzaga died in 1746, Italy was again a theater of war in the War of Austrian Succession, and the Duchy was annexed by Austria.
Two years later, in the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle, Guastalla was ceded to the Spanish, together with the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, with which it was merged.
Ancestors of Giuseppe Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
16. Cesare I Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla
8. Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (=#24)
17. Camilla Borromeo
4. Andrea Gonzaga, Count of San Paolo
18. Giannettino Doria
9. Vittoria Doria (=#25)
19. Ginetta Centurione
2. Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
10. ?, Marquis de Fusara
5. Laura Crispano
1. Giuseppe Gonzaga
24. Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (=#8)
12. Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
25. Vittoria Doria (=#9)
6. Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
26. Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano
13. Isabella Orsini
27. Flavia Damasceni-Peretti
3. Maria Vittoria Gonzaga
28. Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena
14. Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena
29. Virginia de' Medici
7. Margarete d'Este
30. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
15. Isabella of Savoy
31. Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain
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Antonio Ferrante Duke of Guastalla
To Austria and then finally to the Duchy of Parma (1748)
House of Gonzaga
Generations start from Francesco I Gonzaga
1st Generation
Margarita, Margravine of Modena
Ludovico III, Marquis of Mantua
Guido, Lord of Novellara
2nd Generation
Federico I, Marquess of Mantua
Gianfrancesco, Count of Sabbioneta
Rudolfo
Barbara, Duchess of Württemberg
Lodovico
Paola, Countess of Gorizia
Giacomo, Lord of Novellara
Clara, Countess of Montpensier
Francesco II, Marquess of Mantua
Elisabetta, Duchess of Urbino
Maddelena, Lady of Pesaro
Giovanni Francesco, Lord of Novellara
Eleonora, Duchess of Urbino
Federico II, Duke of Mantua
Ippolita Gonzaga
Ferrante I, Count of Guastalla
Gianpietro, Count of Novellara
Francesco III, Duke of Mantua
Isabella, Marchioness of Pescara
Guglielmo, Duke of Mantua
Louis, Duke of Nevers
Federico, Cardinal Gonzaga
Cesare, Duke of Amalfi
Ippolita, Duchess of Mondragone
Francesco, Cardinal Gonzaga
Andrea, marquis of Specchia and Alessano
Gian Vicenzo, Cardinal Gonzaga
Ottavio, Lord of Cercemaggiore
Alessandro, Count of Novellara
Vincenzo, Duke of Mantua
Margherita, Duchess of Modena
Anne Juliana, Archduchess of Austria
Catherine, Duchess of Longueville
Marie Henriette, Duchess of Mayenne
Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Ferrante II, Duke of Guastalla
Alfonso II, Count of Novellara
Francesco IV, Duke of Mantua
Ferdinando, Duke of Mantua
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine
Vincenzo II, Duke of Mantua
Eleonora, Holy Roman Empress
François, Duke of Rethel
Charles, Duke of Nevers
Ferdinand, Duke of Mayenne
Marie Louise, Queen of Poland
Anne, Countess Palatine of Simmern
Cesare II, Duke of Guastalla
Vincenzo, Viceroy of Sicily
Andrea, Count of San Paolo
Isabella, Marquise of Gazzuolo
Camillo II, Count of Novellara
Maria, Duchess of Montferrat
Vincenzo, Duke of Guastalla
Ferrante III, Duke of Guastalla
Vespasiano Vincenzo, Viceroy of Valencia
Camillo III, Count of Novellara
Ferdinando Carlo, Duke of Mantua
Eleonora Luisa, Duchess of Rovere
Antonio Ferrante, Duke of Guastalla
Giuseppe, Duke of Guastalla
Anna Isabella, Duchess of Mantua
Maria Vittoria, Duchess of Guastalla
Ricciarda, Duchess of Massa
Filippo Alfonso, Count of Novellara
Dukes of Guastalla
Ferrante II (1621-1630)
Cesare II (1630-1632)
Ferrante III (1632–1678)
Vincenzo (1692-1714)
Antonio Ferrante (1714–1729)
Giuseppe (1729–1746)