Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine

Margherita Gonzaga
Margherita Gonzaga
	Portrait by Frans Pourbus the younger, 1606.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Duchess consort of Lorraine
Tenure	14 May 1608 – 31 July 1624
Born	2 October 1591; Mantua
Died	7 February 1632 (aged 40); Nancy
Spouse	Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (m. 1606; died 1624)
Issue	Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine; Claude, Duchess of Lorraine;
House	Gonzaga
Father	Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
Mother	Eleonora de' Medici

Margherita Gonzaga (2 October 1591 – 7 February 1632) was Duchess of Lorraine from 1606 until 1624 by marriage to Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. She was an agent of Pro-French and anti-Protestant policy in Lorraine, and is most known for her support of her daughter Nicole's right to the Duchy of Lorraine. She also claimed her right to the Duchy of Montferrat during the Mantuan war of succession.