Gonzaga

Gonzaga is the name of an historical Italian family of rulers, for which, see below.

Several Catholic educational institutions have been named after the early Jesuit St. Aloysius Gonzaga:

• Gonzaga College High School is a Jesuit high school in Washington, DC
• Gonzaga Prepatory High School is a Jesuit high school in Spokane, Washington
• Gonzaga University is a Jesuit university located in Spokane, Washington
• Gonzaga is also the name of an exclusive fee-paying school in the Republic of Ireland which has educated many of the leading politicians, academics and businessmen of modern Ireland.
• Gonzaga is also the name of a high school in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was, for many years run by Jesuit brothers, but after the reform of catholic schools in the late 1990's, it is now non-denominational.

The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua from 1328 to 1708. In 1433 Gianfrancesco Gonzaga assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua and in 1530 Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua. In 1531 the family acquired the Duchy of Monferrato through marriage.

See Duchy of Mantua for a list of rulers.