Federico Ubaldo

della Rovere The House of Della Rovere (; literally "of the oak tree") was a powerful Italian noble family. It had humble origins in Savona, in Liguria, and acquired power and influence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere p ...

(16 May 1605 – 28 June 1623) was

Duke of Urbino The Duchy of Urbino () was an independent duchy in early modern central Italy, corresponding to the northern half of the modern region of Marche. It was directly annexed by the Papal States in 1631. It was bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the ea ...

from 1621 to 1623. He was father of Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany.

Biography

His father Francesco Maria II della Rovere was popularly urged to remarry after the death of his first wife in 1598, with the marriage producing no heirs. In 1599, he married his cousin

Livia della Rovere Livia della Rovere (16 December 1585 – 6 July 1641) was an Italian nobility, Italian noblewoman of the House of della Rovere and the last Duchess of Urbino (1599–1631). Life Born in Pesaro on 16 December 1585,

, granddaughter of Giulio della Rovere, with Federico Ubaldo being the product of said marriage. At the age of 16 he succeeded to the Duchy of Urbino on 3 November 1621. This same year, in order to produce an heir himself, he married

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, daughter of

Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (30 July 1549 – 17 February 1609) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, having succeeded his older brother Francesco I, who presumably died from malaria. Early life Ferdinando was the ...

and Christina of Lorraine. The following year, Claudia gave birth to a daughter Vittoria della Rovere. He was to be in the fold of

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upheld since Francesco Maria I della Rovere. In 1623, Federico died in Urbino. He was likely poisoned, but autopsy results claim that he died with an

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. The funeral took place on the following Sunday, 2 July, and was accompanied by the whole clergy. The confraternity and 125 high noblemen, all dressed in mourning, with a torch in their hands, the funeral procession went through the city, in front of the whole population of the city of Urbino. His father decided to allow his state to be subsumed into the

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. In 1626, Claudia de' Medici married Leopold V, Archduke of Austria. Their daughter married the

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in 1633 but her bloodline died out in 1743.

Issue

# Vittoria della Rovere (7 February 1622 – 5 March 1694) married

Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando II de' Medici (14 July 1610 – 23 May 1670) was Grand Duchy of Tuscany, grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II de' Medici and Archduchess Maria Mad ...

and had issue.

Sources

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