Ferrante III Gonzaga

Ferrante III Gonzaga (4 April 1618 – 11 January 1678), was a Duke of Guastalla.

On 25 June 1647, Ferrante married Princess Margherita d'Este (1619-1692), daughter of Duke Alfonso III d'Este of Modena.

[1] They had: When Ferrante died without surviving male heirs, the Duchy of Guastalla became officially a part of the Duchy of Milan.

It was ruled by his daughter Anna's husband, Ferdinando Carlo of Mantua from 1678 to 1692.

Due to Austrian intervention, the Duchy then passed to his daughter Maria's husband, Vincenzo Gonzaga.