Aloisio Gonzaga

Aloisio Gonzaga was an Italian condottiero.

Early life

Usually known as Aloisio, other sources call him Aluigi, Loysio, Luigi or Luigi Alessandro. He was the sixth son of another condottiero, Rodolfo Gonzaga and his wife Caterina Pico.

The lord of Castel Goffredo, Castiglione and Solferino, he was the founder of two cadet branches of the House of Gonzaga known as the "Castel Goffredo, Castiglione and Solferino Gonzagas" and "Castel Goffredo Gonzagas"; both branches went extinct in 1593. He backed the Holy Roman Empire and its leader Charles V; Charles visited him at his residence in 1543.
He was one of the most important figures in the history of Castel Goffredo. He made it capital of his small Marquisate of Castel Goffredo and produced most of its town planning.

He was married to Caterina Anguissola and had three sons:

Alfonso, second Marquis of Castel Goffredo; married in 1568 to Ippolita Maggi
* Caterina di Gonzaga-Castelgoffredo; married Carlo Emanuele Teodore Trivulzio, Conte di Melzo
** Ippolita Trivulzio; married Honoré II, Prince of Monaco
Ferrante, first Marquis of Castiglione; married Marta Tana di Santena da Chieri ; had issue
Orazio, Marquis of Solferino.