Paternal Family Tree: Gonzaga
Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua were married. She by marriage Duchess Mantua. She the daughter of William IX Marquis of Montferrat and Anne Valois Marchioness of Montferrat. He the son of Francesco Gonzaga II Marquess of Mantua and Isabella Este.
Before 17th May 1500 [his father] Francesco Gonzaga II Marquess of Mantua [aged 33] and [his mother] Isabella Este [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara [aged 68]. He the son of Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua and Margaret Wittelsbach.
On 17th May 1500 Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua was born to Francesco Gonzaga II Marquess of Mantua [aged 33] and Isabella Este [aged 25].
On 29th March 1519 [his father] Francesco Gonzaga II Marquess of Mantua [aged 52] died. Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 18] succeeded II Marquess Mantua.
Around 1529. Titian [aged 41]. Portrait of Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 28].
On 25th March 1530 Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 29] was created II Duke Mantua.
On 10th March 1533 [his son] Francesco Gonzaga III Duke Mantua was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 32] and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua [aged 22]. He married 22nd October 1549 his fifth cousin Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Poland, daughter of Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and Anne Jagiellon.
On 24th April 1538 [his son] William Gonzaga I Duke Mantua was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 37] and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua [aged 27]. He married his fifth cousin Eleanor of Austria Duchess Mantua, daughter of Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor and Anne Jagiellon, and had issue.
On 13th February 1539 [his mother] Isabella Este [aged 64] died.
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On 22nd October 1539 [his son] Louis Gonzaga Duke Nevers was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 39] and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua [aged 29].
On 28th August 1540 Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua [aged 40] died. His son Francesco [aged 7] succeeded III Duke Mantua.
[his daughter] Anna Gonzaga was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua.
[his daughter] Isabella Gonzaga was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua.
[his daughter] Eleonora Gonzaga was born to Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina Duchess Mantua.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 9 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gianfrancesco I Marquess of Mantua
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ludovico III Marquis of Mantua
Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara of Brandenburg Marquise of Mantua
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
father: Francesco Gonzaga II Marquess of Mantua 7 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria 3 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Meinhard Gorizia VI Count Gorizia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Gorizia Duchess Bavaria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 5 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mastino II della Scala
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala
Great x 4 Grandmother: Taddea da Carrara
Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Great x 2 Grandfather: Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Guelph 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto I Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William II of Berg 6 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margarete of Berg 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of the Palatinate 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Federico Gonzaga II Duke Mantua 8 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aldobrandino Este II Marquis of Ferrara 14 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Obizzo Este III Marquis of Ferrara 15 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alberto Este Marquis of Ferrara 16 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 1 Grandfather: Niccolò Este III Marquis of Ferrara 17 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandfather: Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara 18 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
mother: Isabella Este 19 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor