Census • Person • Charles Gonzaga
aka: Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
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1580, May 6 1600-1637 1637, Sep 22
Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1627 until his death. He was also Charles III Duke of Nevers and Rethel, as well as Prince of Arches. In 1600, as duke of Rethel, he founded, in Nevers, the Order of the Yellow Ribbon, soon forbidden by the King, due to its peculiar character. In 1606, he decided the foundation of Charleville and the Principality of Arches.
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06/19/1631 - Treaty of Cherasco: Charles Gonzaga becomes duke of Mantua
The Treaty of Cherasco (1631)
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