Guidantonio da Montefeltro

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Guidantonio da Montefeltro (* 1378 ; † February 21, 1443 ) was after the death of his father Antonio II. Da Montefeltro in 1404 "Signore d'Urbino". He belonged to the Da Montefeltro family .

Life

Pope Boniface IX appointed him three weeks after his father's death . against the payment of 12,000 guilders to the papal vicar. He fought as a condottiere for various Italian states. In 1409 he was Gran Connestabile of the Kingdom of Naples , in 1412 he fought for the antipope John XXIII. and was by Pope Gregory XII. banned. He took the opportunity to conquer Assisi . Relations with the Pope improved when the Bishop of Urbino was elected Pope as Martin V in 1417 . He made Guidantonio gonfaloniere and Duke of Spoleto in 1419 . In January 1424 he became military leader for Venice and in 1430 for Florence . After his death in 1443 he was buried in the Church of San Donato in Urbino. His son Oddantonio followed him as lord of Urbino.

family

Guidantonio's first marriage to Rengarda Malatesta († 1423), daughter of Galeotto Roberto Malatesta , Lord of Rimini , remained childless.
He married on January 23, 1424 Caterina Colonna († 1438), daughter of Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna the brother of Pope Martin V. The marriage had four children.

  1. Agnesina (1425–1452) ⚭ (I) Guidantonio Manfredi, Lord of Imola and Faenza († 1448) ⚭ (II) Alessandro Gonzaga , Lord of Medole († 1466) son of Gianfrancesco I , Margrave of Mantua
  2. Oddantonio , Duke of Urbino (1427–1444) ⚭ 1443 Isotta d'Este (1425–1456), illegitimate daughter of Niccolò III. d'Este , Lord of Ferrara , Modena and Reggio
  3. Violante (1430–1493) ⚭ 1446 Domenico Malatesta Novello († 1465), Lord of Cesena
  4. Sveva (1432–1478), abbess of Santa Chiara in Pesaro (was beatified in 1754) ⚭ 1448 (annulled 1457) Alessandro Sforza (1409–1473), lord of Pesaro

Illegitimate descendants:

  1. Pietro (around 1410–1479), Benedictine monk, from 1456 Bishop of Casteldurante
  2. Aura (around 1405–1475) ⚭ 1432 Ubaldino degli Ubaldini, Count of Apecchio († 1457)
  3. Federico (1422–1482), Duke of Urbino ⚭ (I) 1440 Gentile Brancaleoni († 1459) ⚭ (II) 1460 Battista Sforza (1447–1472); Daughter of Alessandro Sforza , Lord of Pesaro

literature

  • Cecil Clough: Montefeltro . In: Volker Reinhardt (ed.): The great families of Italy . Kröner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-520-48501-X , p. 2360-371 .
  • Bernd Roeck , Andreas Tönnesmann: The nose of Italy . Wagenbach, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8031-2558-3 .

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predecessor Office successor
Antonio II da Montefeltro Count of Urbino
1403–1443 		Oddantonio da Montefeltro
personal data
SURNAME Montefeltro, Guidantonio da
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Urbino
DATE OF BIRTH 1378
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1443
Place of death Urbino