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In short, Isabella d'Este (active with cards in 1512) became grandmother to Louis or Ludovico or Luigi Gonzaga (active with cards 1559) and this became grandfather to the young woman, which ordered the Tarot rules in 1637.Francesco II, Marchese di Mantova (1484-1519), *Mantova 10.8.1466, +Mantova 29.3.1519; m.Mantova 12.2.1490 Isabella d'Este (*18.5.1474 +13.2.1539); they had issue:
A1. Federico II, Marchese di Mantova (1519-30), 1st Duca di Mantova (1530-40), Marchese del Monferrato (1533-40), *Mantova 17.5.1500, +Marmirolo 28.6.1540; m.Mantova 3.10./16.11.1531 Margherita Palaiologina (*11.8.1510 +28.12.1566), heiress of Montferrat
B1. Francesco III, Duca di Mantova, Marchese del Monferrato (1540-50), *Mantova 10.3.1533, +Mantova 22.2.1550; m.27.10.1549 Katharina von Habsburg (*15.9.1533 +28.2.1572)
B2. Guglielmo I, Duca di Mantova (1550-87), Marchese del Monferrato (1550-74), 1st Duca del Monferrato (1574-87), *Mantova 24.4.1538, +Goito/Bozzolo 14.8.1587; m.Mantova 26.4.1561 Eleonora von Habsburg (*2.11.1534 +5.8.1594)
C1. Vincenzo I, Duca di Mantova, Duca del Monferrato (1587-1612), *Mantova 21.9.1562, +Mantova 9.2.1612; 1m: Piacenza 2.3.1581 (annuled 26.5.1583) Margherita Farnese, dau.of Alessandro I Duca di Parma e Piacenza by Maria Infanta of Portugal (*Parma 7.11.1567, +Piacenza 13.4.1643); 2m: Mantova 29.4.1584 Eleonora de Medici (*1.3.1566, +9.9.1611)
D1. [2m.] Francesco IV, Duca di Mantova e del Monferrato (18.2.-22.12.1612), *Mantova 7.5.1586, +Mantova 22.12.1612; m.Torino 19.2.1608 Margherita di Savoia (*28.4.1589 +26.6.1655)
E1. Maria, *Mantova 29.7.1609, +there 14.8.1660; m.Mantova 25.12.1627 Carlo II Gonzaga Duca di Rethel e Nevers (*1609 +14.8.1631)
E2. Ludovico, *Mantova 27.6.1611, +there 3.8.1612
E3. Eleonora, *Mantova 12.9.1612, +there 13.9.1612
D2. [2m.] Ferdinando I, Cardinal (1605-15), renounced, Duca di Mantova, Duca del Monferrato (1612-26), *Mantova 26.4.1587, +there 29.10.1626; m.17.2.1617 Caterina de Medici (*2.5.1593 +17.4.1629)
E1. [by Camilla Faa di Bruno (*Casale 1589, +1662), morganatic marriage (secretly) in Mantova 1615 (reputiated 1616), child illegitimate] Francesco Giacinto, *Mantova 4.12.1616, +1630
D3. [2m.] Guglielmo Dominico Lungaspada, *Mantova 4.8.1589, +13.5.1591
D4. [2m.] Margherita, *Mantova 2.10.1591, +Nancy 7.2.1632; m.Nancy 26.4.1606 Duc Henri II de Lorraine (*8.11.1563 +31.7.1624)
D5. [2m.] Vincenzo II, *Mantova 8.2.1594, +there 26.12.1627, Cardinal (1615-17), renounced, Duca di Mantova, Duca del Monferrato (1626-27); m.1617 Isabella Gonzaga, dau.of Ferdinando Gonzaga, Signore di San Martino by Isabella Gonzaga dei Conti di Novellara (*1576 +1627), widow by Ferrante Gonzaga Marchese di Gazzuolo
D6. [2m.] Eleonora, *Mantova 23.9.1598, +Vienna 27.6.1655; m.Innsbruck 4.2.1622 Emperor Ferdinand II von Habsburg (*9.7.1578, +15.2.1637)
D7. [natural possibly by Agnese de Argotta Marchesa di Grana] Francesco, Bp of Nola, *1588/89
D8. [natural by Agnese de Argotta Marchesa di Grana] Silvio, *1592, +Mantova IX./XII.1612
D9. [natural by Felicita Guerrieri] Francesca, *ca 1593, +?
C2. Margherita, *Mantova 27.5.1564, +there 6.1.1618; m.Ferrara 24.2.1579 Alfonso II d'Este, Duca di Ferrara, Modena e Reggio (*28.11.1533 +27.10.1597)
C3. Anna Caterina, *Mantova 17/27.1.1566, +Innsbruck 3.8.1621; m.Innsbruck 14.5.1582 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Graf von Tirol (*14.6.1529 +24.6.1595)
B3. Luigi, Duc de Nevers et Rethel, *22.10.1539, +23.10.1595; m.4.3.1565 Henriette de La Marck, heiress of Nevers et Rethel (*31.10.1542, +24.6.1601)
C1. Caterina, *21.1.1568, +Paris 1.12.1629, bur there; m.Paris 1588 Henri I d'Orleans, 8th Duc de Longueville (*1568, +k.a.Amiens 8.4.1595)
C2. Maria Enrichetta, *3.9.1571, +3.8.1614; m.Soissons II.1599 Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Mayenne et Aguillon (*Digione 20.12.1578, +Montauban 7.9.1621)
C3. Federico, *11.3.1573, +22.4.1574
C4. Francesco, *17.9.1576, +13.6.1580
C5. Carlo I, *Paris 6.5.1580, +Mantova 20.9.1637, Duc de Nevers et Rethel (1595-1637), Duca di Mantova, Duca del Monferrato (1627-37), Duca de Mayenne 1621; m.Paris 1.2.1599 Caterine de Lorraine-Mayenne, dau.of Carlo Duca di Mayenne by Enrichetta di Savoia Marchesa di Villars (*1585, +Paris 18.3.1618)
D1. Francesco, Duc de Rethel, *1606, +Charleville 1622
D2. Carlo II, Duc de Nevers et Rethel (1627-31), Duc de Mayenne et d'Aiguillon, Marquis de Villars, Comte du Maine, Comte de Tende et de Sommerive, *1609, +Cavriana 14.8.1631; m.Mantova 25.12.1627 Maria Gonzaga (*29.7.1609 +14.8.1660)
E1. Eleonora, *Mantova 18.11.1628, +Vienna 6.12.1686; m.Wiener Neustadt 30.4.1651 Emperor Ferdinand III von Habsburg (*Graz 13.7.1608, +Vienna 2.4.1657)
E2. Carlo II, Duca di Mantova, Duca del Monferrato (1637-65), *Mantova 31.10.1629, +there 14.8.1665; m.7.11.1649 Isabella Klara of Austria, dau.of Leopold of Tyrol (*12.8.1629 +31.10.1685)
F1. Ferdinando Carlo I (Carlo III), Duca di Mantova, Duca del Monferrato (1665-1708), Duca di Guastalla (1678-92)+(1702-04), Duc de Nevers, Duc de Rethel -as Carlo IV, *Mantova 31.8.1652, +in exile Verona 5.7.1708; 1m: 1670 Anna Caterina Gonzaga (*1655, +11.8.1703); 2m: 8.11.1704 Suzanne Henriette de Lorraine (*1.2.1686 +19.12.1710)
G1. [natural] Giovanni, *26.7.1671, +27.10.1743; m.Charlotte Isabelle de Combarel du Gibanel (*6.1.1686, +?)
H1. Filippo, *1709, +1778; m.Css Rosalia Batthyány (? dau.of Count Adam Batthyány de Németh-Újvár by Css Eleonora Maddalena von Strattman)
I1. Eleonora
I2. Elisabetta, *1755
H2. a daughter
H3. a daughter
G2. [natural] Giovanna, a nun, *1686, +1749
G3. [natural] Clara, a nun, *1686, +1748
G4. [natural] Carlo, *1692, +1771
G5. [natural] Isabella, a nun, *1694, +?
G6. [natural] Maria Elisabetta, *1695, +?, a nun
D3. Ferdinando, Duc de Mayenne et d'Aiguillon, Marquis de Villars, Comte du Maine, Comte de Tende, Comte de Sommerive, *1610, +25.5.1632
D4. Ludovica Maria, *Paris 18.8.1611, +Warsaw 10.5.1667; 1m: 10.3.1645 Ladislav IV Vasa, King of Poland (*5.5.1595 +10.5.1648); 2m: 29.5.1649 Jan Kazimierz II Vasa, King of Poland (*22.5.1609 +16.12.1672)
D5. Benedetta, *1614, +Mantova 30.9.1637
D6. Anna Maria, *Paris 1616, +there 6.7.1684; 1m: (separated) Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise (+1664); 2m: Paris 24.5.1645 Eduard von Wittelsbach, Count Palatine of Rhine (*5.9.1625, +Paris 13.3.1653)
B4. Federico, Cardinal, Bp of Mantova 1563, *Mantova 1540, +there 21.2.1565
B5. Eleonora, *and +1535
B6. Anna, *and +1536
B7. Isabella, principessa di Mantova, *Mantova 18.4.1537, +Vasto X.1579; m.XII.1566 don Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona Principe di Francavilla, Principe di Montesarchio, Marchese del Vasto e Conte di Monte Odorisio (*Ischia VIII.1531, +Palermo 13.7.1571)
B8. [natural] Alessandro, legitimated
C1.-C4. 2 sons and 2 daughters
A2. Ercole, Bp of Mantova 1521, Cardinal 1527, *Mantova 22.11.1505, +Trento 2.3.1563
B1. [natural] Giulio Cesare
A3. Ferdinando I, Viceroy of Sicily (1535-46), Viceroy of Milano (1546-55), 1st Conte di Guastalla (1539-57), imperial general in Flanders, *Mantova 28.1.1507, +Bruxelles 15.11.1557; m.1529 donna Isabella di Capua (+Napoli 17.9.1559), heiress and dau.of don Ferdinando Duke of Termoli and Prince of Molfetta and Ariano
B1. Cesare I, 2nd Conte di Guastalla, Principe of Molfetta (1557-75), Duca di Amalfi, Marchese di Pomponesco e Ortiano, Duca di Termoli, Governor of Benevento (1558-66), *1530, +Milano 17.2.1575; m.1560 Camilla Borromeo (+6.9.1582)
C1. Ferdinando II, Marchese di Guastalla, Amalfi e Termoli, Principe di Molfetta, 1st Duca di Guastalla 1621, *1563, +5.8.1630; m.1587 Donna Vittoria Doria (*1569 +1618)
D1. Cesare II, 2nd Duca di Guastalla 1630, *Mantova 1592, +Guastalla 26.2.1632; m.1612 donna Isabella Orsini (*ca 1598 +1623), dau.of Paolo Orsini by Fulvia Peretti
E1. Ferdinando III, 3rd Duca di Guastalla 1632, *Mantova 4.4.1618, +Guastalla 11.1.1678; m.1647 Margherita d'Este (*1619, +12.11.1692)
F1. Anna ISABELLA I, Duchesa di Guastalla 1678, deposed from his cousin Vincenzo I Gonzaga, *Guastalla 12.2.1655, +Mantova 18.1./11.8.1703; m.Ferdinando Carlo IV Gonzaga, Duca di Mantova (*31.8.1652 +5.7.1708)
F2. Maria-Victoria, *Guastalla 1659, +there 5.9.1707; m.1679 Vicente Gonzaga
E2. Vespasiano/Vincenzo, Viceroy of Valencia, *8.9.1621, +3.5.1687; m.1646 María Inés Manrique de Lara (+18.8.1679), daughter and heiress of Manuel 9th Count of Prades de Nava by dona Luisa Enriquez
F1. Maria Luigia di Gonzaga-Lara, *17.4.1649, +3.9.1721/4.9.1729; m.10.11.1675 Thomas de la Cerda, 3rd Marques de la Lacuna de Camero Vejo (*24.12.1638, +22.4.1692)
F2. Maria Josefa; m.1690 don Antonio Caspar Pimentel Banoso de Ribera 4th Marques de Malpica
F3. Isabella, +young
F4. Diego, +young
D2. Vincenzo, Viceroy of Sicily 1677, *1602, +23.11.1694
D3. Andrea, Conte di San Paolo in the kingdom of Napoli, +1686; m.Laura Crespano
E1. Giovanni, Conte di San Paolo; m.donna Ippolita Cavaniglia
E2. Vincenzo I, Conte di San Paolo, Duca di Guastalla (1692-1702)+(1706-14), Principe di Sabbioneta e Bozzolo (1703-14), *1634, +Guastalla 27.4.1714; 1m: Porzia Guidi, dau.of Nicola Marquis of Bagno and Montebello by Teodora Gonzaga of Guastalla; 2m: 1679 Maria Vittoria Gonzaga di Guastalla (*1659, +5.9.1707)
F1. [2m.] Antonio Ferdinando, Duca di Guastalla, Principe di Sabbioneta e Bozzolo 1714, *Guastalla 6.12.1687, +burned alive in an accident in Guastalla 19.4.1729; m.29.7.1727 Teodora of Hessen-Darmstadt (*Vienna 6.2.1709, +Parma 23.1.1784)
F2. [2m.] Giuseppe Maria, Duca di Guastalla, Principe di Sabbioneta e Bozzolo 1729, an idiot, *Guastalla 20.4.1690, +Guastalla 16.8.1746; m.Lilienfeld 29.4.1731 Dss Eleonora von Schleswig-Holstein-Sondenburg (*18.2.1715, +18.4.1760)
F3. [2m.] Isabella, *III.1689, +Guastalla 1726
F4. [2m.] Antonia, *1685, +1687
F5. [2m.] Eleonora, *Guastalla 13.11.1686, +Bologna 16.3.1742; m.Florence 14.7.1709 Francesco Maria Medici (*12.11.1660 +3.2.1711)
D4. Zenobia, *1588, +1618; m.1607 don Giovanni Tagliavia d'Aragona Duke of Terranova
D5. Teodora; m.Nicola Guidi Marquis of Montebello and Bagno (*1583 +1663)
D6. Vittoria, +young
D7. Isabella, +young
D8. Artemisia, +young
D9. Francesco, +young
D10. Filippo, +young
D11. Giannettino, +16.4.1649
C2. Margherita, *1562, +1618; m.Vespasieno Gonzaga-Sabionette
C3. Scipione, Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem, +1593
C4. [natural] Ippolita; m.Alfonsino Cauzzio Gonzaga, son of Sigismondo by Renata d'Este
B2. Ippolita, *1531, +1563; m.Fabrizio Colonna (*1525 +1551)
B3. Francesco, Cardinal and Protonotario Apostolico from 26.2.1561, Archbishop of Cosenza 1562, Bp of Mantova 1565, *1538, +Roma 6.1.1566
B4. Gian Vicente, Priore in Barletta of SMOM, Cardinal 21.2.1576, +Roma 23.12.1591
B5. Ottavio, chivalry general in Milano, +1583; 1m: Isabella da Correggio, dau.of Manfredo Count of Correggio by Lucrezia d'Este from Marquis of San Martino in Rio, widow of Giberto Pio lord of Sassuolo; 2m: IX.1575 Cecilia Medici from marquess of Marignano (*1552/53 +17.9.1616)
C1. [2m.] Ercole, +1603
C2. [2m.] Gian Ottavio; m.Antonia Carafa
D1. Ottavio, +1617
C3. [natural] Francesco, Knight of Malta
B6. Filipppo, +young
B7. Anna, +young
B8. Ippolita; 1m: don Fabrizio Colonna ereditary prince of Paliano (*1532 +VIII.1551); 2m: N Carafa Duke of Mondragone
B9. Andrea, +1586 marquis of Specchio and Alessano
B10. Geronima, +young
B11. Maria, +young
B12. [natural] Lucia; m."cavaliere" de Negri
A4. Eleonora, *Mantova 31.12.1493, +Urbino 1550; m.1507 Francesco Maria I della Rovere Duca di Urbino (*22.3.1490 +21.10.1538)
A5. Margherita, *Mantova 13.7.1496, +there 22.9.1496
A6. Livia, *1501, +I.1508
A7. Ippolita, a nun a Mantova, *13.11.1503, +16.3.1570
A8. Paola, a franciscan nun at Mantova, *VIII.1508, +1569
A9. [natural] Teodora, legitimated
A10. [natural] Margherita, legitimated
Analysing the French Tarot documents of 16th century, one gets, that the early notes are mostly insecure and often more Italian than French notes. A radical change happens since 1574, when Henry III became king, then we get a lot of French notes. It was Louis or Ludovico or Luigi Gonzaga, who accompanied the fresh king of Poland on his flight of this job through ITALY in 1574 to France. Louis had much influence on him. The French court took then up Italian customs. This promoted the Tarocchi fashion in France.
This journey through Italy in 1574 likely had a greater importance on the development, once for the general political development, but especially also for Tarot in France.
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That's the modern distribution of French Tarot Clubs. Dark green is much (till 15), white is no Tarot Club in the region. Dark green appears massive in the specific region, which earlier belonged to Burgundy (near to Nevers), but also North, near to Belgium.