Margherita Malatesta | |
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| Consort of the ruler of Mantua | |
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| Reign | 1393-1399 |
| Predecessor | Agnese Visconti |
| Successor | Paola Malatesta |
| Born | 1370 |
| Died | February 28, 1399 Mantua |
| Buried | Church of San Francesco (Mantua) |
| Noble family | House of Malatesta |
| Spouse(s) | Francesco I Gonzaga |
| Issue | Gianfrancesco Susanna |
| Father | Galeotto I Malatesta |
| Mother | Elisabetta da Varano |
Margherita Malatesta of the House of Malatesta (1370 – 28 February 1399) was the wife of Francesco I Gonzaga of the powerful House of Gonzaga, the ruler of Mantua in the north of the Italian peninsula, whom she married in 1393.[1] She acted as regent during the absence of her spouse in 1398-1399.[2]
- ^ Robert Tavernor (1998). On Alberti and the Art of Building. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 125.
- ^ Lazzarini Is. "Gonzaga, Francesco". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani — Volume 57 (2001) (in Italian). www.treccani.it. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 8 May 2017.