Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (5 April 1533 – 3 September 1578) was an
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of the
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and a member of the
della Rovere
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family.
Della Rovere was the second son of
Francesco Maria I della Rovere
Francesco Maria I House of della Rovere, della Rovere (25 March 1490 – 20 October 1538) was an Italian condottiero, who was Duke of Urbino from 1508 to 1516 and, after retaking the throne from Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Lorenzo I ...
and
Eleonora Gonzaga and the younger brother of
Guidobaldo II della Rovere,
Duke of Urbino
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Della Rovere was elevated to cardinal in 1548 at the age of 13.
He had two illegitimate sons: Ippolito
[Ippolito's daughter Lucrezia della Rovere married Marcantonio Lante (1566 - 1643) and had issue including ]Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere
Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (15 June 1618 – 29 June 1688) was an Italian nobleman and Duke of Bomarzo.
Biography
Lante was the son of Marcantonio Lante (1566–1643) and his wife Lucrezia della Rovere. He was nephew to his f ...
. and Giuliano. Both were later legitimised, as were their children, by
Pope Pius V
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in 1572. Ippolito was made
Marchese di San Lorenzo.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the
principal consecrator
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of
Giovanni Oliva,
Archbishop of Chieti
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(1568); and
Alessandro Mazza,
Bishop of Fossombrone
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(1569).
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"Giulio Cardinal della Rovere"
Retrieved August 28, 2017.
References and notes
Sources
*Dennistoun, James (1851)
''Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino.'' Vol. III.London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1851, pp. 76-77.
*Sanfilippo, Matteo (1989)
"Della Rovere, Giulio Feltrio.". In: ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' Volume 37 (1989).
*Ligi, B. (1953). ''I vescovi e arcivescovi di Urbino.'' . Urbino 1953, pp. 145-52.
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1533 births
1578 deaths
16th-century Italian cardinals
Giulio
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