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Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (15 June 1618 – 29 June 1688) was an Italian nobleman and

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of Bomarzo.

Biography

Lante was the son of Marcantonio Lante (1566–1643) and his wife Lucrezia della Rovere. He was nephew to his father's brother, Cardinal Marcello Lante della Rovere. His brother, Lodovico Lante married Olimpia Cesi, daughter of Federico Cesi, Duke of Acquasparta. He purchased the Villa at Bagnaia and it became known as the Villa Lante. He made a number of significant improvements to the Villa and its gardens and commissioned Pietro da Cortona to paint the ''Allegory of War and Peace''. Many of Cortona's previous commissions had come from the

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family including

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and Francesco Barberini. Lante later became close to Francesco's nephew, Maffeo Barberini ( Prince of Palestrina) who spent some time in residence at the Villa Lante. Lante's plan had been to alter the villa with more baroque art and

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to move the estate away from the defensive military style with which it had first been built. Some of his plan was accomplished but the buildings remain a mix of architectural types. He also owned the Villa Lante al Gianicolo in Rome. Lante died 29 June 1688 in that city.

Family

On 11 February 1688 he married Maria Cristina d'Altemps, daughter of Pietro d'Altemps (Duke of Gallese and Marquis of Soriano) and (granddaughter of Giulio de' Medici). They had four children:Worldroots:
Lante *

Antonio Lante Montefeltro della Rovere Antonio Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1648 – 5 May 1716) was an Italian nobleman of the House of della Rovere and was Duke of Bomarzo and ''Prince of Belmonte''. Lante was the son of Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere and Maria Cristina ...

, (1648–1716) who inherited his father's titles and married ''Louise Angelique Charlotte de La Trémouille'', sister of Marie Anne de La Trémoille. * Marcello Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (born 1652) *Luigi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (born 1653) *Lavinia Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (born 1655) *Angela Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (born 1658)

References

1618 births 1688 deaths Nobility from Rome Montefeltro family Ippolito {{DEFAULTSORT:Della Rovere, Ippolito Lante Montefeltro