Rodolfo Gonzaga
Rodolfo Gonzaga was an Italian condottiero. He was the son of Ludovico III Gonzaga and Barbara of Brandenburg.
He died at the Battle of Fornovo, where he commanded a contingent of men fighting against King Charles VIII of France.
Family
Rodolfo first married Antonia Malatesta on 11 January 1481. The marriage remained childless.Rodolfo married secondly Caterina Pico in 1484. With Caterina he had six children:
- Paola Gonzaga, married 1501 Gian Niccolò Trivulzio, Count of Musocco, son of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
- Gianfrancesco Gonzaga, Lord of Luzzara, married Laura Pallavicino, daughter of Galeazzo Pallavicino Marchese of Busseto
- Lucrezia Gonzaga
- Barbara Gonzaga
- Giulia Gonzaga, nun in Mantua
- Luigi Alessandro Gonzaga Marquis of Castiglione, Castel Goffredo and Solferino, married 1540 Caterina Anguissola, daughter of Gian Giacomo Anguissola, Count di Piacenza