Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga (Venice, 21 September 1861 – Rome, 24 March 1938) was an Italian general from the House of Gonzaga, decorated with the rank of officer in the Military Order of Savoy, with two gold medals, three silver and two bronze medals to military valor and the cross to the merit of war.

Returning to Italy as the head of the second corps during the First World War he organized the troops for the front under command of the general Pietro Frugoni.

After the necessary training period, he fought on Mount Vodice, an Austrian stronghold garrisoned and supplied with galleries and trenches, obtaining the first gold medal for military valor, granted to him in the field by King Vittorio Emanuele III.

He participated in the battle of Caporetto on 24 October 1917, blocking the enemy advance on the Natisone, but was seriously injured in one knee and in the right hand by the explosion of a grenade, losing three fingers.

In Florence, he committed himself to building a monument in honor of the "Italian mother" which was completed in 1926 and placed in a chapel of the church of Santa Croce.

After a little over a year, he retired upon reaching the age limit, but after a month, in consideration of his merits, he was recalled into service by the King who assigned him an office in the Ministry of War.