Eleonora of Austria (1534–1594)

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Eleonora of Austria (1534–1594)

Duchess of Mantua. Name variations: Eleonora Gonzaga. Born on November 2, 1534, in Vienna; died on August 5, 1594, in Mantua; daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman emperor (r. 1558–1564), and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547); sister of Elizabeth of Habsburg (d. 1545), Catherine of Habsburg (1533–1572), and Maximilian II (1527–1576), Holy Roman emperor (r. 1564–1576); married Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538–1587), 3rd duke of Mantua (r.1550–1587), duke of Monferrato, in 1561; children: Vincenzo I (1562–1612), 4th duke of Mantua (r. 1587–1612); Margherita Gonzaga (1564–1618); Anna Caterina Gonzaga (1566–1621). The deeply religious Eleonora of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman emperor, married Guglielmo Gonzaga and had three children.

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