Aloisio Gonzaga (20 April 1494 – 19 July 1549) was an Italian condottiero.

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Aloisio Gonzaga
Portrait of Aoisio Gonzaga, unknown 16th century artist, Ambras Collection, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Marquis of Castel Goffredo, Castiglione, Solferino
Reign	1511 – 1549
Predecessor	Ludovico Gonzaga (bishop of Mantua)
Successor	Alfonso Gonzaga
Born	(1494-04-20)20 April 1494 Luzzara
Died	19 July 1549(1549-07-19) (aged 55) Castel Goffredo
Spouse	Ginevra Rangoni, Caterina Anguissola
Issue	Alfonso Gonzaga, Ferrante de Gonzaga (1544–1586), Orazio Gonzaga
House	Gonzaga
Father	Rodolfo Gonzaga
Mother	Caterina Pico

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Usually known as Aloisio, other sources call him Aluigi, Loysio, Luigi or Luigi Alessandro. He was the sixth son of another condottiero, Rodolfo Gonzaga and his wife Caterina Pico.

The lord of Castel Goffredo, Castiglione and Solferino, he was the founder of two cadet branches of the House of Gonzaga known as the "Castel Goffredo, Castiglione and Solferino Gonzagas" and "Castel Goffredo Gonzagas".^[1][2] - both branches went extinct in 1593. He backed the Holy Roman Emperor and its leader Charles V - Charles visited him at his residence in 1543.

He was one of the most important figures in the history of Castel Goffredo. He made it capital of his small Marquisate of Castel Goffredo^[3][4] and produced most of its town planning.^[5][6]

He was married to Caterina Anguissola and had three sons:

• Alfonso (1541 – 1592), second Marquis of Castel Goffredo; married in 1568 to Ippolita Maggi
  • Caterina di Gonzaga-Castelgoffredo; married Carlo Emanuele Teodore Trivulzio, Conte di Melzo (d. 1605)
    • Ippolita Trivulzio; married Honoré II, Prince of Monaco
• Ferrante (1544 – 1586), first Marquis of Castiglione; married Marta Tana di Santena da Chieri (1550-1605); had issue
• Orazio (1545– 1587), Marquis of Solferino.