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<p><b>Ferrante II Gonzaga</b> (1563 - 6 August 1630) was count and, from 1621, <a href="page.php?w=duke_of_Guastalla">duke of Guastalla</a>.</p>

<p>He was the son of <a href="page.php?w=Cesare_I_Gonzaga">Cesare I Gonzaga</a>, count of Guastalla and <a href="page.php?w=duke_of_Amalfi">duke of Amalfi</a>, and Donna Camilla <a href="page.php?w=House_of_Borromeo">Borromeo</a>. He succeeded his father in 1575. On 2 July 1621, the County of Guastalla was elevated to a duchy and Ferrante was subsequently deemed a duke.</p>

<p>In 1624 Emperor <a href="page.php?w=Ferdinand_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor">Ferdinand II</a></p><p>
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