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Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga (9 December 1687 – 16 April 1729) was the reigning Duke of Guastalla and a member of the House of Gonzaga .

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13-914: Ferrante is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Italian nobility Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1687–1729) Don Ferrante (1423–1494), Ferdinand I, King of Naples Ferrante II of Naples (1469–1496), Ferdinand II, King of Naples Ferrante I Gonzaga (1507–1557), Italian condottiero (mercenary), Count of Guastalla Ferrante II Gonzaga , Duke of Guastalla (1563–1630) Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla (1618–1678) Given name Ferrante Aporti , Italian educator Ferrante Bacciocchi , Italian painter Ferrante Imperato (c. 1525 – c. 1615), apothecary of Naples Ferrante Pallavicino , Italian writer Surname Andrea Ferrante (born 1968), Italian composer Anne Agius Ferrante (1925–2023), Maltese politician Arthur Ferrante (1921–2009), of

26-556: A daughter named Marie Louise (mistress of her first cousin Charles Edward Stuart , the Jacobite pretender ) and a son named Godefroy who was the penultimate Duke of Bouillon. The marriage was not happy. The couple divorced and Charlotte moved to Silesia. Moving again, this time to Żółkiew , she spent her last years trying to protect her father's estates of which she was the heiress to from 1737. At her father's death, she inherited

39-550: A future Great Hetman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . She had wanted to marry him but her father would not allow the couple to elope. A depressed Charlotte wanted to leave the court and join a convent but Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (another first cousin), took it upon himself to find her a suitable husband. The candidate was found in form of Frédéric Casimir de La Tour d'Auvergne , son of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne and Marie Armande Victoire de La Trémouille . He

52-499: The Duchy was inherited by his younger brother Giuseppe Gonzaga . Maria Karolina Sobieska Maria Karolina Sobieska (25 November 1697 – 8 May 1740) was a Polish noblewoman , daughter of Jakub Ludwik Sobieski . Known as Marie Charlotte or only Charlotte , she was the Princess of Turenne and later Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. Charlotte was the last surviving member of

65-504: The House of Sobieski . Born to James Louis Sobieski and his wife Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg , she was the couple's third daughter. Her younger sister Clementina , married the Jacobite pretender James Francis Edward Stuart . Her paternal cousins included (children of her aunt Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska ) Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Clemens August of Bavaria , Archbishop of Cologne. Her maternal cousins included

78-768: The American Ferrante & Teicher piano duo Bruno Ferrante , Italian politician Damon Ferrante , American composer Elena Ferrante , Italian novelist Frank Ferrante , American actor Jack Ferrante , American football player Jeanne Ferrante , computer scientist Louis Ferrante , American writer Marco Ferrante , Italian football player Michael Ferrante , Australian football player Robert Ferrante , American news producer Russell Ferrante , American jazz pianist Ugo Ferrante , Italian football player See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Ferrante [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

91-581: The Duchy of Oława where she was born. Before her death, she designated her old lover, Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł, as her heir. A part of her library was transmitted into the famous Załuski Library which was succeeded by today's National Library of Poland . She was buried at the Church of Saint Kazimierz in Warsaw , Poland . Charlotte's heart was embalmed and placed in the parish church of Żółkiew. Her tombstone

104-496: The famous Elisabeth Farnese , the future John V of Portugal as well as his consort Maria Anna of Austria . Her childhood was spent in Silesia . She was asked for her hand by many an aristocrat including Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga , Duke of Guastalla . She, however, rejected him due to the duke's mental illness. Having travelled to Neuburg, her mother's birthplace, she embarked on an affair with Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł ,

117-514: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferrante&oldid=1152545556 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Antonio Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla He

130-639: The style of Highness . As such, prior to becoming Duchess of Bouillon, Charlotte was styled as Her Highness the Princess of Turenne. Frédéric Casimir died in Strassburg on 1 October 1723 leaving Charlotte a widow having been married for fourteen days. Seven months later, she married her dead husband's younger brother Charles Godefroy who was now prince de Turenne and heir to Bouillon . The new couple married on 2 April 1724 in Paris . The marriage produced two children;

143-506: Was remarried on 23 February 1727 in Darmstadt to Theodora of Hesse-Darmstadt (6 February 1706 – 23 January 1784), the only daughter of Prince Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt and his wife, Princess Marie Therese Ernestine of Croy-Havré (1673-1714). She was also granddaughter of Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt . These marriages remained childless. Antonio Ferrante was burned alive in an accident in his capital, Guastalla . After his death,

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156-554: Was the heir to the sovereign Duchy of Bouillon which the La Tour d'Auvergne's had ruled for over a century. As heir, he was styled the prince de Turenne . Charlotte married Frédéric Casimir by proxy on 25 August 1723 at Neuss (modern day Germany ). The couple met for the first time at Strassburg on 20 September and were married formally. At the French court, the House of La Tour d'Auvergne ranked as Foreign Princes . This entitled them to

169-598: Was the son of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla and his second wife, who was also his cousin, Maria Vittoria Gonzaga (1659-1707). His sister was Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga , sister in law to Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany . He succeeded his father in 1714. He was engaged to Princess Maria Karolina Sobieska , granddaughter of John III Sobieski but Maria Karolina (known as Charlotte) refused and married Frédéric Maurice Casimir de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Turenne instead. He married first with Margherita Cesarini (1695-1725). After death of his first wife, he

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