Carlo Gonzaga (died 1478), Lord of Sabbioneta, was an Italian Guelph nobleman of the Mantuan House of Gonzaga who rose to the position of Captain of the People in the Ambrosian Republic of Milan, and eventually ruled practically as an autocrat. He was the younger son of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga and Paola Malatesta, as well as a friend of the humanist writer Francesco Filelfo. His brother was the famous Ludovico II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, and became a rival of his for Mantua and in the field of battle.
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