Francesco Maria I della Rovere (March 22, 1490 - October 20, 1538) was an Italian condottiero, who was Duke of Urbino from 1508 until 1538. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ... The Duchy of Urbino is a former soverign state of northern Italy. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ...

Portrait of Francesco Maria I della Rovere by Titian.

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Biography

He was born in Senigallia, the son of the Papal captain and lord of that city, Giovanni della Rovere, and of Giovanna da Montefeltro, daughter of Federico III da Montefeltro. He was also the nephew of Giuliano della Rovere, pope as Julius II from 1503. Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 3 m Area 115 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 43,899  - Density 359/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Senigalliesi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60019 Frazioni see list Patron St. ... Fedrico da Montefeltro painted by Piero della Francesca. ... Pope Julius II Julius II, né Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ...

His uncle Guidobaldo I of Urbino, who was heirless, called him at his court, and named him as heir of that dukedom in 1504 through the intercession of Julius II. In 1502 the della Rovere had lost the seigniory of Senigallia, occupied by Cesare Borgia, then the most powerful figure in the Marche: Francesco Maria and his mother were saved from the slaughter perpetrated by Borgia's troops by the then-land soldier Andrea Doria. When in 1508 Guidobaldo died, Francesco Maria became duke of Urbino; thanks to the support of his uncle Giuliano della Rovere, now pope as Julius II, he could also recover Senigallia after Borgia's death. Guidobaldo (Guido Ubaldo) da Montefeltro also known as Guidobaldo I (1472 – April 10, 1508) succeeded his father Federico da Montefeltro as Duke of Urbino in 1482. ... 1504 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cesare Borgia. ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Andrea Doria (November 30, 1466-November 25, 1560) was a Genoese condottiero and admiral. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Duchy of Urbino is a former soverign state of northern Italy. ... Pope Julius II Julius II, né Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ...

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 cardinal killed by his troops, a cruel action for which he was compared to Borgia himself. In 1513 he was created also lord of Pesaro. 1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of the Papal States. ... The Italian Wars, sometimes known as the Great Italian Wars, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, all the major states of western Europe (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, England, Scotland, the Republic of Venice, the Papal States, and most of the... Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ... Venice, (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy. ... 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly, between Reno River and Sàvena River. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. ...

However, the death of Julius II deprived him of his main political patron, and under the new pope, Leo X Medici, Pesaro was given to the latter's nephew, Lorenzo II de' Medici. In 1516 he was excommunicated and ousted from Urbino, which he tried unsuccesfully to recover the following year (see War of Urbino). He could return in his duchy only after Leo's death (1521). Pope Leo X Leo X, né Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici (December 11, 1475 - December 1, 1521), was the only pope who has bestowed his own name upon his age, and one of the few whose original extraction has corresponded in some measure with the splendour of the pontifical dignity. ... The Medici coat of arms The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. ... Lorenzo di Piero de Medici (September 9, 1492 - May 4, 1519), Duke of Urbino, grandson of Lorenzo the Magnificent; he was ruler of Florence from 1513 to his untimely death in 1519. ... The War of Urbino (1517) was a secondary episode of the Italian Wars. ...

della Rovere fought as capitano generale of the Republic of Venice in Lombardy during the Italian Wars of 1521 (1523-1525), but with the new Medici Pope, Clement VII, the della Rovere were increasingly marginalized. As supreme commander of the Holy League, his inaction against the Imperial invasion troops is generally listed as one of the cause of the Sack of Rome (1527). Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000 CE. The republic is in dark red, borders in light red. ... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po river valley. ... Combatants France, Republic of Venice Spain, Holy Roman Empire, England, Papal States Commanders Francis I of France â˜, Vicomte de Lautrec, Seigneur de Bonnivet â€ , Seigneur de Bayard â€  Charles V, Charles de Lannoy, Fernando dAvalos, Charles de Bourbon, Prospero Colonna The Italian War of 1521, sometimes known as the Four Years... For the antipope (1378-1394) see Antipope Clement VII. Pope Clement VII Clement VII, né Giulio di Giuliano de Medici (1478 – September 25, 1534) was pope from 1523 to 1534. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

He was a protagonist of the capture of Pavia in the late 1520s, and later fought for the Republic of Venice. Later 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. Church San Michele in Pavia The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio) on the Ticino river is a symbol of Pavia Pavìa (the ancient Ticinum) (population 71,000) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its... Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000 CE. The republic is in dark red, borders in light red. ... This article is about the Italian region. ...

He died in Pesaro, poisoned.

Sources

• Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Rome: Newton Compton.