A report on War of the Mantuan Succession
Related conflict of the Thirty Years' War, caused by the death in December 1627 of Vincenzo II, last male heir in the direct line of the House of Gonzaga and ruler of the duchies of Mantua and Montferrat.
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Thirty Years' War
11 linksOne of the most destructive wars in European history.
One of the most destructive wars in European history.
Related conflicts include the Eighty Years' War, the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Franco-Spanish War, and the Portuguese Restoration War.
Mantua
4 linksCity and comune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
City and comune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
The War of the Mantuan Succession broke out, and in 1630 an Imperial army of 36,000 mercenaries under Matthias Gallas and Johann von Aldringen besieged and sacked Mantua, bringing the plague with them.
Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
4 linksDuke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1627 until his death.
Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1627 until his death.
This led to the War of the Mantuan Succession.
House of Gonzaga
4 linksItalian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 .
Italian princely family that ruled Mantua in Lombardy, Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708 .
The Gonzaga-Nevers later came to rule Mantua again when Louis's son Charles (Carlo) inherited Mantua and Montferrat, triggering the War of the Mantuan Succession.
Cardinal Richelieu
5 linksFrench clergyman and statesman.
French clergyman and statesman.
This peace quickly broke down after tensions due to the War of the Mantuan Succession.
Matthias Gallas
4 linksAustrian professional soldier during the Thirty Years' War.
Austrian professional soldier during the Thirty Years' War.
He distinguished himself in the first half of the war in service of the Catholic League, in the War of the Mantuan Succession, and as one of Albrecht von Wallenstein's Generals.
Casale Monferrato
0 linksTown in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria.
Town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria.
In the 17th century Casale was heavily involved in the War of the Mantuan Succession and besieged by French and Spanish troops.
Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
1 linksCount of Guastalla and, from 1621, Duke of Guastalla.
Count of Guastalla and, from 1621, Duke of Guastalla.
Ferrante played a part in the War of the Mantuan Succession when, as a distant Gonzaga cousin, he claimed the Duchy of Mantua after the extinction of the senior male branch of the House of Gonzaga in December 1627.
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1635)
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Gonzalo Andrés Domingo Fernández de Córdoba (31 December 1585 – 16 February 1635) was one of the main Spanish military leaders during the Eighty Years' War,[?] Thirty Years' War, and the War of the Mantuan Succession.
Habsburg Spain
2 linksContemporary historiographical term referred to the Spain of the 16th and 17th centuries when it was ruled by kings from the House of Habsburg (also associated with its role in the history of Central and Eastern Europe).
Contemporary historiographical term referred to the Spain of the 16th and 17th centuries when it was ruled by kings from the House of Habsburg (also associated with its role in the history of Central and Eastern Europe).
Olivares, who had backed certain tax measures in Spain pending the completion of the war, was further blamed for a fruitless war in Italy, the War of the Mantuan Succession.