Giulio della Rovere
Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (born April 5, 1533 in Urbino , † September 3, 1578 in Fossombrone ) was an Italian cardinal , owner of several dioceses and archbishoprics and Duke of Sora .
Life
Giulio Feltrio della Rovere was the youngest son of Francesco Maria I della Roveres , Duke of Urbino , for a career in the church. Pope Paul III appointed the 14-year-old cardinal in pectore in July 1547 , but in April 1548 he was introduced to his office and received as the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli , in the same year he was elected Bishop of Urbino and Recanati. In the next few years he served as papal legate in Urbino and Perugia and took part in the conclaves of 1555 ( Marcellus II. And Paul IV. ), 1559 ( Pius IV. ) And 1565 ( Pius V ).
In March 1566 he became Archbishop of Ravenna , in the same year he was ordained priest - although cardinal and bishop for almost two decades . In the year of his death in 1578, he became Archbishop of Urbino and so took up his first ecclesiastical office again. He died in Fossombrone in the Marche region and is buried in the Santa Chiara monastery in Urbino .
progeny
With Leonora of Ferrara, Giulio Feltrio had several natural children who were legitimized by a papal bull in 1572:
- Ippolito della Rovere (* 1554 in Castelleone, † 1620 in Rome), Margrave of San Lorenzo in Campo, married to Isabella Vitelli from the Orsini family . The two had several children:
- Livia della Rovere (born December 16, 1583 in San Lorenzo in Campo; † July 6, 1641 in Castelleone) married her cousin, Duke Francesco Maria II della Rovere, who was 36 years her senior in 1599 . She was the last Duchess of Urbino.
- Giulio della Rovere (* 1587 in San Lorenzo in Campo, † 1636 in Rome)
- Lucrezia della Rovere (* 1589 in Urbino; † February 18, 1652 in Rome), married to Marcantonio Lante , Duke of Bomarzo. They founded the Lante Montefeltro della Rovere family, which still exists today
- Giuliano della Rovere (* 1559, † 1621 in Rome) became a cleric. He established a Fideikommiss in favor of his niece Lucrezia and her descendants, combined with the privilege of using the surname Montefeltro della Rovere.
Web links
- Della Rovere, Giulio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 6, 2016.
- Entry on Giulio della Rovere on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 6, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Della Rovere, Giulio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Della Rovere, Giulio Feltrio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal, owner of several bishoprics and archbishopric and Duke of Sora |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1533 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Urbino |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1578 |
| Place of death | Fossombrone |