| No. | Lived | Ruled |
Ruler name and relations Partners' names and relations |
| 010 | - | 1234-1241 |
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| 020 | - | 1241-1255 |
s(010); Count of Urbino, created by Emperor Frederick II; |
| 030 | -1298 | 1255-1285 |
s(020); † 1298; Count of Urbino, first period; |
| 040 | - | 1285-1304 |
Johannes XXII was pope from 1316 to 1334. The principality governed by the Papal States. In some intermediate periods ruled by Guido I; |
| 035 | -1298 | 1292-1296 |
s(020); † 1298; Count of Urbino, second period; |
| 050 | - | 1296-1322 |
s(030); |
| 055 | - | 1323-1341 |
s(050); |
| 060 | -1364 | 1322-1359 |
s(050); † 1364; |
| 070 | - | 1322-1324 |
Johannes XXII was pope from 1316 to 1334. The principality governed by the Papal States. Area governed from the Papal States. |
| 080 | - | 1359-1364 |
Innocent VI was pope from 1352 to 1362. Area governed from the Papal States. |
| 090 | - | 1360-1363 |
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| 100 | -1404 |
1363- or 1373-1404 |
gs(060) or s Federico Paolo Novello da Montefeltro † 1370, and Teodora Gonzaga; Antonio died 1404; Count of Urbino from 1363 or from 1373; Prince of Gubbio from 1384; Agnesina de Prefetti, m; † c. 1410; d. Giovanni of Vico; children : 1. Battista, * 1375; † 1420 or 1427; m 1391 Galeazzo Malatesta of Pesaro; † 1446; 2. Guidantonio (120); * 1378; † 1443-02-21; |
| 110 | - | 1369-1375 |
Innocent VI was pope from 1352 to 1362 and succeeded by: Urban V who was pope from 1362 to 1370. Area governed from the Papal States. |
| 120 | 1378-1443 | 1404-1443 |
s(100); * 1378; † 1443-02-21 or 1442; Count of Urbino from 1404; Rengarda Malatesta; m(1); d. Galeotto Roberto of Rimini; Caterina Colonna; m(2) 1424-01-23; † 1438; d. Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna of Cave; niece to Pope Martin V; children : 1. Agnesina; * 1425; † 1522; m(1) 1451 Guidantonio Manfredi of Imola and Faenza; m(2) Allesandro Gonzaga of Medole; † 1466; s. Gianfrancesco I of Mantova; ·Olsen, 1971: Urbino has: Agnesia married (1) Allesandro and another daughter, Bianca, married Guidantonio Manfred. 2. Oddantonio (130); * 1427; † 1444; 3. Violante; * 1430; † 1493; m 1446 Domenico Novello Malatesta of Cesena, † 1465; she entered a convent in Ferrara after husband's death; 4. Sveva; * 1432; † 1478; m 1448 Alessandro Sforza of Pesaro, * 1409, † 1473; marriage anulled 1457; she entered a convent as Maria Serafina and became Abbess of Santa Chiara Convent in Pesaro; Guidantonio had illegitimate issues: 5. Pietro; * c.1410; † 1479; Became a Benedictine monk and abbot-bishop of Castel Durante from 1456; 6. Aura; * c.1415; † 1475; m 1432 Count Ubaldino degli Ubaldini of Apecchio = U. della Corda, † 1457; they got: a) Ottaviano Ubaldinini, † c. 1498; m Angela Orsini; 7. Federico II Maria (140); * 1422; † 1482; |
| 130 | 1427-1444 | 1443-1444 |
s(120); * 1427; † 1444-07-21 assassinated; Count of Urbino to 1443; Raised to Duchy by Pope Eugenius IV in 1443; First Duke of Urbino from 1442; Isotta d'Este; * 1425; m 1444-03-10; † 1456; illeg. d. Nicole III Lord of Ferrara; |
| 140 | 1422-1482 | 1444-1482 |
s(120) by Ludovica degli Ubaldini; * 1422-06-07; † 1482-09-10 of malaria; Count of Urbino and Gubbio to 1474-08-22; Duke of Urbino from 1474-08-23 appointed by Pope Sixtus IV; Count of Mercatello from 1443 through his dowry; Enlarged the area of the principality three times it former size. Knighted by Emperor Sigismund; Federico began 1450 to enlarge and build his palace. 1468 he called in architect Luciano Laurana and later also architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Gentile Brancaleoni of Massa Trabaria, Countess of Mercatello s. Metauro; m(1) 1437 or 1440 arranged during his childhood; † 1457 or 1459; Batista / Battista Sforza; * 1447; m(2) 1459 or 1460-02-10; † 1472-07-06; d Alesandro Sforza; children : 1. Aura, died young, no further data known. 2. Girolama, † 1482; 3. Giovanna; * 1463; † 1514; m 1474 or 1484 Duke Giovanni della Rovere of Sora and Acre; * 1457 or 1458; † 1501; they got: a) Maria Giovanna; * 1486; † 1538; m(1) 1497 Lord Venanzioda Varano of Camerino; † 1502; m(2) 1508 Galeazzo Riario della Rovere Sforza of Bologna; b) Girolamo; * 1487; † 1492; c) Beatrice; * 1488; † 1505; nun in Rome; d) Francesco Maria della Rovere (170); * 1490; † 1538; e) Federico; * 1491; † 1494; f) Costanza; * 1492; † 1507; nun in Rome; 4. Elisabetta; * 1464; † 1510; m 1479 Lord Roberto Malatesta of Rimini; * 1441; † 1482; 5. Costanza; * 1466; † 1518; m 1483 Prince Antonello di Sanseverino of Salerno; * 1458; † 1499; 6. Chiara; * 1468; † 1521; became a nun in Urbino; 7. Agnesina = Agnese; * 1470; † 1506; m 1488 Prince and Duke Fabrizio Colonna of Marsi and Palliano; * 1460; † 1520-03-15; 8. Guidobaldo I (150); * 1472-01-24; † 1508-04-11; Further four illegitimate children mentioned - all born before his second marriage: -4. Buonconte; * ca. 1442; † 1458 in the plague year; -3. Antonio; † 1500; m Emilia Pio; d. Count Marco II of Carpi and Sassuolo; -2. Elisabetta; * 1445; † 1503; m 1462 Roberto di san Severino, Count of Cajazzo; -1. Gentile; * 1448; † 1513 or 1529; m(1) 1463 Carlo Malatesta, Count of Chiaruggiolo etc.; m(2) 1469 Agostino Fregoso of Voltaggio; |
| 150 | 1472-1508 | 1482-1508 |
s(150); * 1472-01-24; † 1508-04-11; Duke of Urbino and Gubbio from 1482 when he was ten! 1494 King Charles VIII of France invaded Italy; 1499 Second invasion from France. Elisabetta Gonzaga; * 1471; m 1488 or 1489-02-11; † 1526; d. Marquis Federico of Mantua and Margaret of Bavaria; no children he was impotent caused by the gout; Adopted 1502 nephew Francesco Maria della Rovere (170) = (140-1-d); |
| 160 | - | 1502-1503 |
s. of Pope Alexander VI; Cesare took in 1500 Pesaro and Rimini; Urbino area controlled by Cesare Borgia from 1502-06-21; The famous library in the Urbino Palace was taken to Rome and is today incorporated in the Vatican Libraray. From 1502-10-18 to 1502-12-08 Guidobaldo was restored in Urbino; |
| 170 | 1490-1538 | 1508-1516 |
s(140-1), nephew of (150) and nephew of Pope Julius II; * 1490-03-22; † 1538-10-20; Duke of Urbino, first period, from 1508 to 1516; 1511-05-24 The Duke murdered Archbishop Francesco Alidosi of Bologna in Ravenna; 1515 King Francois I of France invaded Italy; 1516 Deposed by Pope Leo X; Eleanora Gonzaga; * 1493; m 1509; † 1543 or 1550; a niece of Elisabeth Gonzaga, wife of (150); children : 1. Guidobaldo II (200); * 1514; † 1574; 2. Giovanni; * 1515; † 1518; 3. Giovanni; * 1516; † 1518; 4. Caterina; * 1518; † 1520; 5. Beatrice; * 1520; † 1522; 6. Francesco Maria; * 1523; † 1525; 7. Ippolita; * 1525; † 1561; m 1531 Prince Antonio d'Aragona; * 1499; † 1553; 8. Maria; * 1527; † 1528; 9. Elisabetta; * 1529; † 1561; m 1552 Prince Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina; * 1529; † 1623; 10. Giulia Feltria; * 1531; † 1563; m 1549 Marquis Alfonso d'Este (illeg. son) of Duke of Ferrara; 11. Giulio Feltrio; * 1533; † 1598; Archbishop of Ravenna and Urbino, Cardinal in Rome; with 2 illeg. sons: a) Ippolito, m. Isabella Vitelli; b) Guiliano; 12. Violante; * 1535; † 1538; 13. Federico; |
| 180 | 1492-1519 | 1516-1519 |
s(Medici 060); * 1492-09-09; † 1519-05-04; a nephew of Pope Leo X; Ruler of Florence from 1503 to 1515; Duke of Urbino from 1516 to 1519; During a period in 1517 Francesco Maria I (170) was restored; Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne = Maddalena; * 1495; † 1519-04-28; m 1518-05-02; children : 1. Caterina (Medici 080); |
| 190 | 1490-1538 | 1521-1538 |
s(140-1); * 1490-03-22; † 1538-10-20; Duke of Urbino in his second period; Family: see above (170); |
| 200 | 1514-1574 | 1539-1574 |
s(170); * 1514-04-02; † 1574-09-28; Duke of Urbino from 1539; Giulia da Varano; * 1523 or 1524; m(1) 1534 or 1535-10-12; † 1547-02-00; d. Duke Giovanni Maria of Camerino; child : 1. Virginia; * 1544; † 1571; m(1) 1561 Prince Federico Borromeo, Duke of Camerino;* 1535; † 1562; m(2) 1564 Prince Ferdinando Orsini, Duke of Gravina; * 1538; † 1589; Vittoria, Princess of Farnese; * 1519 or 1521; m(2) 1548; † 1602; d. Duke Pier Luigi of Parma and Piacenza; children : 2. Francesco Maria II (210); * 1549; † 1631; 3. Giovanni Pietro; * 1551; † 1554; 4. Eleonora; * 1552; † 1553; 5. Costanza; * 1553; † 1553; 6. Isabella; * 1554; † 1619; m 1565 or 1574 Prince Niccolo Berardino di Sanseverino; * 1598; † 1606; 7. Alessandro; * 1556; † 1556; 8. Federico; * 1557; † 1560; 9. Lavinia Feltria; * 1558-01-16; † 1632-06-07; m(1) Giacomo Buoncompagni; m(2) 1575 Alfonso Felice II of Vasto and Pescara; *1556; † 1619; 10. Vittoria; *1561; † 1566; |
| 210 | 1549-1631 | 1574-1621 |
s(200) * 1549-02-20; † 1631-04-18 or -28; Duke of Urbino, first period, from 1574 to he resigned in 1624; Lucrezia d'Este, Princess of Ferrara; * 1535; m(1) 1570-05-18; anulled 1578; † 1597 or 1598-02-15; Livia della Rovere; m(2) 1599-04-26; † 1585; child : 1. Federico Ubaldo (220), * 1605-05-16; † 1623-06-28; |
| 220 | 1605-1623 | 1621-1623 |
s(210); * 1605-05-16; † 1623-06-28; Duke of Urbino from 1621; Claudia de Medici, Princess of Tuscany (Med. 087-9); * 1604-06-04; m 1621; † 1648-12-25; d. Ferdinando di Cosimo de Medici; 1. Vittoria Feltria; * 1622-02-07; † 1694-03-06; m 1633-09-26 Grand Duke Ferdinando II de Medici; * 1610-07-14; † 1670-05-23; she m(2) Archduke Leopold of Austria; |
| 230 | - | 1623-1631 |
s(200) * 1549-02-20; † 1631-04-18; Duke of Urbino, second period, from 1623; He ruled merely of name after his son died in 1623, and the fate of the Duchy was set: the Vatican took it! For family: se above (210); |
| 240 | - | 1625-1861 |
Pope Urban VIII annexed the Duchy of Urbino and it stayed within the Papal States to Italy's unification in 1861; |
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