Giulia della Rovere (1531,

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– 4 April 1563, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman. A portrait of her by

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survives in the

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in Florence.

Life

She was the daughter of

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and Eleonora Gonzaga. On 3 January 1549 she married

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, an illegitimate son of

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, and of Laura Dianti. They had three children:Welf 10
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(8 October 1552 – 11 December 1628); married

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; *

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(14 November 1560 – 4 September 1578), married his cousin

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; * Eleonora (

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, 1561–

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, 1637); married the composer

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rovere, Giulia della 1531 births 1563 deaths Giulia House of Gonzaga House of Este 16th-century Italian women Mothers of Italian monarchs