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170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua

170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua

Released Tuesday, 18th June 2024
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170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua

170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua

170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua

170 - The Gonzaga of Mantua Mantua

Tuesday, 18th June 2024
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Having met Francesco II Gonzaga, at the battle of Fornovo, we take some time to go back and have a look at the beautiful city of Mantua from its legendary origins, surrounded by lakes created by the tears of a prophetess, through the period of our heroine, Matilda of Tuscany, countess of Canossa, to see the arrival and rise of the Corradi of Gonzaga. They would take over control of the city of Mantua and set up a county, and then a Marquisate that would put them in third place as the longest lasting dynasty in Italy

On the way, they will have to battle with the greedy Visconti of Milan, and have arguments with famous painter Andrea Mantegna who refused to make the ugly Gonzaga good looking and had issues with apples.

We will also answer the question of what happened to King Charles the eighth of Franc's porn collection.

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