Duchy of Urbino


The Duchy of Urbino was a fief of the Holy See in central-northern Italy.
The first lords of Urbino were the House of Montefeltro, who obtained the title of counts from Emperor Frederick II in 1213. The first Duke was Oddantonio, who received the title from Pope Eugene IV in 1443. The duchy's territories occupied approximately the northern part of the modern region of Marche: they were bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Republic of Florence in the west and by the Papal States southwards.
In 1523 the capital was moved to Pesaro. After the short rule by Cesare Borgia in 1502–08, the dukedom went to the della Rovere papal family, who held it until 1625, when Pope Urban VIII annexed it to the Papal States as Papal legate.

List of rulers of Urbino

Lords until 1213, counts thereafter until 1443, thereafter dukes.
NameBirthReignDeathConsort
Antonio I da Montefeltroc.1184
Montefeltrano I da Montefeltroc.11841202
Bonconte I da Montefeltro 1202 1242
Montefeltrano II da Montefeltro 12421255
Guido da Montefeltro 12551285
Papal control 12851296
Federico I da Montefeltro 12961322
Papal control 13221324
Guido II da Montefeltro 13241360
Galasso da Montefeltro 1324 1360
Nolfo da Montefeltro13241360
Federico II da Montefeltro 1364–1370?1370?Teodora Gonzaga
Antonio II da Montefeltro13481363–140429 April 1404Agnesina dei Prefetti di Vico
Guidantonio da Montefeltro13771403–1443February 1443Ringarda Malatesta; Caterina Colonna
Oddantonio da Montefeltro
created Duke		14281443–144422 July 1444Isotta d'Este
Federico III da Montefeltro7 June 14221444–148210 September 1482Gentile Brancaleoni; Battista Sforza
Guidobaldo da Montefeltro17 January 14721482–150210 April 1508Elisabetta Gonzaga
Cesare Borgia 1502–1503 Charlotte of Albret, Lady of Châlus
Guidobaldo da Montefeltro17 January 14721503–150810 April 1508Elisabetta Gonzaga
Francesco Maria I della Rovere22 March 14901508–151620 October 1538Eleonora Gonzaga
Lorenzo II de' Medici12 September 14921516–15194 May 1519Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne
Francesco Maria I della Rovere22 March 14901521–153820 October 1538Eleonora Gonzaga
Guidobaldo II della Rovere2 April 15141538–157428 September 1574Giulia da Varano; Vittoria Farnese
Francesco Maria II della Rovere10 February 15491574–162123 April 1631Lucrezia d'Este; Livia della Rovere
Federico Ubaldo della Rovere16 May 16051621–162328 June 1623Claudia de' Medici
Francesco Maria II della Rovere10 February 15491623–162523 April 1631Livia della Rovere