Chi ha sposato Eleonora Gonzaga-Nevers?

Eleonora Maddalena Gonzaga-Nevers (Mantova, 18 novembre 1630 – Vienna, 6 dicembre 1686) era figlia di Carlo, duca di Nevers e Rethel (1609-1631), figlio del duca di Mantova Carlo I di Gonzaga-Nevers, e di Maria Gonzaga.

Soprannominata la Giovane (de: Jüngere) per distinguerla dalla sua zia omonima, era considerato una delle più educate e virtuose donne del suo tempo. Affascinata dalla poesia religiosa, fondò un'accademia letteraria e fu anche patrona delle opere musicali a teatro. Come Imperatrice del Sacro Romano Impero, promosse lo sviluppo della vita spirituale e culturale alla Corte Imperiale a Vienna. Pur essendo una fervente cattolica e benefattrice di diversi monasteri, ebbe un'attitudine tollerante nei riguardi del Protestantesimo.

Stabilì e fu Gran Maestra di due ordini cavallereschi femminili: l'Ordine degli Schiavi della Virtù (1662) e l'Ordine della Croce Stellata (1668).

Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657) was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.

Ferdinand ascended the throne at the beginning of the last decade of the Thirty Years' War and introduced lenient policies to depart from the old ideas of divine right held by his father, as he wished to end the war quickly. After military defeats and against a background of declining power, Ferdinand was compelled to abandon the political stances of his Habsburg predecessors in many respects to open the long road towards the much-delayed Peace of Westphalia. Although his authority as emperor was weakened after the war, his position in Bohemia, Hungary and Austria was stronger than that of his predecessors before 1618.

Ferdinand was the first Habsburg monarch to be recognised as a musical composer.