Francesco Maria II della Rovere

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Francesco Maria II
Federico Ubaldo
Second reign28 June 1623 – 23 April 1631
PredecessorFederico Ubaldo
SuccessorNone
(Urbino was ceded to the Papal States)
Born20 February 1549
Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino
Died23 April 1631(1631-04-23) (aged 82)
Casteldurante, Duchy of Urbino
Spouse
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(m. 1570; died 1598)​
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(m. 1599)​
Della Rovere
FatherGuidobaldo II
MotherVittoria Farnese

Francesco Maria II della Rovere (20 February 1549 – 23 April 1631) was the last Duke of Urbino.

Biography

Born at

Lucrezia d'Este, a daughter of Ercole II d'Este
. His father died only a few years later, in 1574, and Francesco Maria succeeded his father as Duke of Urbino.

By 1580 the family estate was in crisis and Francesco Maria was forced to sell his family's titles – the

scudi to Giacomo Boncompagni
.

Francesco Maria's marriage, though, remained childless and Francesco Maria needed a male heir. Without one, his family's remaining titles would lapse on his death and his entire estate would be acquired, by default, by the Papal States.

So in 1599, after the death of first wife Lucrezia, he married his cousin Livia della Rovere, 36 years his junior.[a] On 16 May 1605 their long-expected and only child Federico Ubaldo was born.

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; none of Cosimo III's children had heirs.[1]

The aging Francesco Maria took up the title of Duke again, but as there was no more hope for a male heir, he gave his Duchy to

Uffizi Gallery.[1]

Marriages

  1. Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Renée of France
    .
  2. Livia della Rovere on 29 April 1599, daughter of Ippolito della Rovere and Isabella Vitelli dei Signori dell'Amatrice.

Issue

  1. Duke of Urbino and the father of Vittoria della Rovere
    .

Gallery

  • Francesco Maria with his father Guidobaldo II
    Francesco Maria with his father Guidobaldo II
  • Francesco Maria II, portrait by Federico Barocci
    Francesco Maria II, portrait by Federico Barocci
  • Francesco Maria II, portrait by Federico Barocci (workshop)
    Francesco Maria II, portrait by Federico Barocci (workshop)
  • Francesco Maria II, portrait by Federico Barocci (workshop), 1585 circa
    Francesco Maria II, portrait by Federico Barocci (workshop), 1585 circa
  • Bust of Francesco Maria II by Giovanni Bandini
    Bust of Francesco Maria II by Giovanni Bandini
  • Lucrezia d'Este, 1st wife
    Lucrezia d'Este, 1st wife
  • Livia della Rovere, 2nd wife
    Livia della Rovere, 2nd wife

References

Notes

  1. Giulio Feltrio della Rovere
    .

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Ranke, Leopold von (1901). History of the Popes: Their Church and State. Vol. III. Translated by Foster, Eliza. Wellesley College Library. New York, Colonial Press. pp. 5–8.
Preceded by
Duke of Urbino

1574–1625 		Extinct
Duke of Sora

1574–1580 		Succeeded by
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