Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Duke of Sabbioneta was an Italian nobleman, diplomat, writer, military engineer and condottiero. He is remembered as a patron of the arts and the founder of Sabbioneta, a town in Lombardy designed according to the Renaissance principles of the "ideal city".
- Occupation
- condottiero, diplomat, architect, military personnel
- Position held
- Monarch of Italy
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- December 6, 1531
- Died
- February 26, 1591