Gonzaga was the daughter of
Francesco II Gonzaga,
Marquis of Mantua and
Isabella d'Este, daughter of
Ercole I d'Este,
Duke of Ferrara. In 1511, she was entrusted by her mother to the
Dominican monastery of San Vincenzo in Mantua. In 1518 Ippolita took her vows as Livia Hosanna,
Hosanna in honor of the Dominican tertiary Andreasi and friend of Isabella d'Este. She obtained significant aid for the convent from her brother
Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, who often visited her. A portrait of her as a youth may be present in a 1515 altarpiece by
Francesco Bonsignori preserved in the museum of the city of Mantua. She died in 1570 in Mantua. ==References==