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He sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal [[Jules Mazarin]], the factual Regent of France, and they became part of [[France]]. |
He sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal [[Jules Mazarin]], the factual Regent of France, and they became part of [[France]]. |
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Charles II married on November 7, 1649 [[Isabella Clara, Archduchess of Austria|Isabella Clara of Austria]] (August 12, 1629 – February 24, 1665), a daughter of [[Leopold V, Archduke of Austria]].<br> |
Charles II married on November 7, 1649 [[Isabella Clara, Archduchess of Austria|Isabella Clara of Austria]] (August 12, 1629 – February 24, 1665), a daughter of [[Leopold V, Archduke of Austria]], and thus into the imperial family.<br> The marriage was an act of diplomacy and they had only one child, his successor [[Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat]] (1652–1708). The relationship between husband and wife effectively ended, and Charles continued a relationship with a noblewoman Margherita della Rovere, and may also have had affairs with men including the [[castrato]] [[Atto Melani]]<ref>Roger Freitas,The Eroticism of Emasculation: Confronting the Baroque Body of the Castrato, The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 20, No. 2. (Spring, 2003), pp. 196-249.</ref> |
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Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (October 3, 1629 – August 14, 1665) was the son of Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers (+ 1631) of Rethel, Nevers, Mantua and Montferrat and Maria Gonzaga. He followed his grandfather Charles I, Duke of Mantua in 1637 as rulers of these lands, the first 10 years under regency of his mother Maria Gonzaga.
He sold the Duchies of Nevers and Rethel in 1659 to Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the factual Regent of France, and they became part of France.
Charles II married on November 7, 1649 Isabella Clara of Austria (August 12, 1629 – February 24, 1665), a daughter of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and thus into the imperial family.
The marriage was an act of diplomacy and they had only one child, his successor Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708). The relationship between husband and wife effectively ended, and Charles continued a relationship with a noblewoman Margherita della Rovere, and may also have had affairs with men including the castrato Atto Melani[1]
- ^ Roger Freitas,The Eroticism of Emasculation: Confronting the Baroque Body of the Castrato, The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 20, No. 2. (Spring, 2003), pp. 196-249.