Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga
Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga was the reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga.
Early life
Antonio was the son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and his second wife Maria Vittoria Gonzaga. His sister was Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga, sister in law to Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Antonio succeeded his father in 1714.Personal life
Antonio was engaged to Princess Maria Karolina Sobieska, granddaughter of John III Sobieski but Maria Karolina refused and married Frédéric Maurice Casimir de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Turenne instead.Antonio married first with Margherita Cesarini. After death of his first wife in 1725, he was remarried on 23 February 1727 in Darmstadt to Theodora of Hesse-Darmstadt, the only daughter of Prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Marie Therese Ernestine of Croy-Havré. These marriages remained childless.