Filippo Alfonso Gonzaga

Filippo Alfonso Gonzaga (13 April 1700 – 13 December 1728) was an Italian nobleman who was Count of Novellara and Bagnolo from Count of Novellara and Bagnolo until his death.

Biography Filippo Alfonso was born on 13 April 1700 in Novellara. He was the third child of Camillo III Gonzaga and Matilda d'Este.

In 1702, after the battle of Santa Vittoria, Father Camillo hosted the King of Spain, Philip V, in his territory. The Spanish sovereign, during his stay in Novellara, baptized Filippo Alfonso; on this occasion Camillo III Gonzaga and Filippo Alfonso Gonzaga were named Grandees of Spain of the first class.

Having contracted tuberculosis at a young age, he succeeded his father in August 1727. Among the first measures he undertook were some public building and restoration work in Novellara and the reorganization of the county's small armed contingent.

Seriously ill, in August 1728, it was decided to transfer him to Massa, where his sister Ricciarda, wife of Alderano I Cybo-Malaspina, Duke of Massa and Carrara, lived.

He died on December 13, 1728.

With his death, the House of Gonzaga of Novellara and Bagnolo became extinct, since the marriage between the count and the marchioness Eleonora Tanara was never consummated.

The County was administered until 1737 by her sister Ricciarda, when, for services rendered during the War of the Polish Succession, it was assigned to Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio.