A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Gonzaga, Barba von
GONZAGA, BARBA VON,
Duchess of Wurtemburg, was the daughter of Louis the Third, Duke of Mantua. She married the Duke of Wurtemburg, Eberhard with the beard, in the year 1474. A devoted student herself, she became the patroness of learning and literary men in her husband's domain. Through her influence was the university of Zuliengen established. She died, 1505, mourned by her subjects, and by the whole literary world.