Francesco Maria I della Rovere
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Francesco Maria I | |
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Giovanni della Rovere | |
Mother | Giovanna da Montefeltro |
Francesco Maria I
Biography
He was born in
His uncle
In 1508 he married
In 1509 he was appointed as capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Papal States, and subsequently fought in the Italian Wars against Ferrara and Venice. In 1511, after he had failed to conquer Bologna, he had the cardinal Francesco Alidosi killed by his troops, a cruel action for which he was compared to Borgia himself. In 1513 he was created also lord of Pesaro.
However, the death of Julius II deprived him of his main political patron, and under the new pope,
Della Rovere fought as
He was a protagonist of the capture of Pavia in the late 1520s[when?], and later[when?] fought for the Republic of Venice. Later[when?] he arranged the marriage of son Guidobaldo to Giulia da Varano (belonging to another former seigniory family of the region) to counter the Papal power in the Marche.
He died in Pesaro, poisoned. Some scholars suggest that
Issue
- Federico della Rovere (1511 – died aged two months).
- Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma) had issue (ancestors of Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina).
- Giovanna della Rovere (1515–1518).
- Giovanni della Rovere (1516–1518).
- Caterina della Rovere (1518–1520).
- Beatrice della Rovere (1521–1522).
- Francesco Maria della Rovere (1523–1525).
- Ippolita della Rovere (1525–1561), reportedly married Antonio of Aragon, Duke of Montalto.
- Maria della Rovere (1527–1528).
- Elisabetta della Rovere (1529 – 6 June 1561), married Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina, Marquis of Massa and had issue (ancestors of Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina).
- Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena).
- Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (1533–1578), became a cardinal then later had issue (illegitimate):Ippolito[5] and Giulio.
- Violante della Rovere (1535–1538).
References
- ^ James Dennistoun (1851). Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, illustrating the arms, arts, and literature of Italy, from 1440 to 1630. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 301.
- ISBN 978-1-107-00360-6.
- ^ The National Quarterly Review. Pudney & Russell. 4 June 1864. p. 133 – via Internet Archive.
Francesco della Rovere school of athens.
- ^ McGee, Arthur (1 September 2007). "The Elizabethan Hamlet". Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
- ^ Later legitimised and named Marchese di San Lorenzo. Ippolito's daughter Lucrezia married Marcantonio Lante and their son assumed the new extended surname as Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere
Sources
- Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Rome: Newton Compton.