A man from this family attracted pilgrims by annually displaying the Relic of the Holy Blood, which a later member of this house featured on coins celebrating his son's marriage to Barbara of Brandenburg.
A ghetto founded by this house was sacked by German mercenaries, who likely killed the composer Salomone Rossi and his sister Madame Europa. A man from this family attracted pilgrims by annually displaying the Relic of the Holy Blood, which a later member of this house featured on coins celebrating his son's marriage to Barbara of Brandenburg. St. Aloysius was a member of this house who gave up his inheritance to treat Roman plague victims. Elisabetta of this family married Guidobaldo I of Urbino and was depicted as an ideal duchess in Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier. Charles, Duke of Nevers, gained one of this family's possessions after a war ended when Cardinal Mazarin rode between the opposing armies. Isabella d'Este married Francesco of this house, with whom she commissioned Giulio Romano to design the Palazzo Te. For 10 points, name this house that ruled Mantua.
A ghetto founded by this house was sacked by German mercenaries, who likely killed the composer Salomone Rossi and his sister Madame Europa.
House of Gonzaga