He was the second of the 11 sons/daughters of
Ferrante II Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Guastalla, (1563 – 5 August 1630), married in 1587 to Donna Vittoria
Doria dei Principi di Melfi, (1569–1618), daughter of
Genoese Admiral of the Spanish Fleet and Member of the Spanish Royal Council,
Giovanni Andrea Doria,
Prince of Melfi. Vicente's eldest brother was
Cesare II Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla. Another sister, Zenobia de Gonzaga y Doria, (*1588 – +1618) married in 1607 don Giovanni Tagliavia d'Aragona, Duke of Terranova, a title awarded to
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba in the year 1502, from a powerful Aragonese-Sicilian family, linked to the Princes of
Castelvetrano, a Sicilian town, located at 37°41′0″N 12°47′35″E. ==References==