Duchy of Urbino

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The Duchy of Urbino is a former sovereign state of northern Italy.

The first lords of Urbino were the Montefeltro, who obtained the title of counts by Emperor Frederick II in 1213. The first Duke was Oddantonio, who received the title by Pope Eugene IV in 1443. The duchy's territories occupied grossly the northern part of the modern region of Marche: they were bordered by the Adriatic Sea at east, the Republic of Florence at west and by the Papal States southwards.

In 1523 the capital was moved to Pesaro. After the short rule by Cesare Borgia in 1502-08, the dukedom went to the Della Rovere papal family, who held it until 1625, when Pope Eugene IV annexed to the Papal States as Legazione del Ducato di Urbino (later Legazione di Urbino).

1 List of lords and Dukes of Urbino
2 See also
3 Sources

[edit] List of lords and Dukes of Urbino

[edit] Montefeltro, counts of Urbino

1234-1241 : Buonconte da Montefeltro
1241-1255: Montefeltrino da Montefeltro
1255-1285: Guido da Montefeltro (died 1298)
1285-1304: Papal rule
1296-1322: Federico I da Montefeltro
1322-1360: Guido II, Galasso and Nolfo da Montefeltro
- 1322-1324: Papal rule
1360-1363: Federico II da Montefeltro
1363-1404: Antonio da Montefeltro
- 1369-1375: Papal rule
1404-1443: Guidantonio da Montefeltro

[edit] Montefeltro, Dukes of Urbino

1443-1444: Oddantonio da Montefeltro, first Duke of Urbino
1444-1482: Federico III da Montefeltro
1482-1508: Guidobaldo da Montefeltro
- 1502-1506: Cesare Borgia has effective control

[edit] della Rovere, Dukes of Urbino

1508-1516: Francesco Maria I della Rovere
1516-1519: Lorenzo II de' Medici (part of 1517, Francesco Maria I della Rovere restored)
1508-1516: Francesco Maria I della Rovere
1539-1574: Guidobaldo II della Rovere
1574-1621: Francesco Maria II della Rovere (died 1631, resigned authority in 1624)
1621-1623: Federico Ubaldo della Rovere
1623-1631: Francesco Maria II della Rovere
- 1625-: to the Papal States