Giulio della Rovere
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- Not to be confused with Giuliano della Rovere, who became Pope Julius II.
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Coat of Arms of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere.
Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (5 April 1533 – 3 September 1578) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal of the della Rovere family.
Della Rovere was the second son of Francesco Maria I della Rovere and Eleonora Gonzaga[1] and the younger brother of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.
As a young boy, Della Rovere was nominated for a position as Cardinal and was officially elevated to Cardinal in 1548 at only 13 years of age.[2] Nevertheless, he later had two illegitimate sons Ippolito[3] and Giuliano. Both were later legitimised, as were their children, by Pope Pius V in 1572 and Ippolito was made Marchese di San Lorenzo.
References and notes
- ↑ Patronage and dynasty: the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy by Ian Verstegen (Truman State University Press, 2007)
- ↑ Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes by George L. Williams (McFarland, 2004)
- ↑ Note: Ippolito's daughter Lucrezia della Rovere married Marcantonio Lante (1566 - 1643) and had issue including Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere.
