Duchy of Urbino
The Duchy of Urbino was a sovereign state in the Marche region of Italy.
history
The first rulers of Urbino were the Montefeltro . Emperor Friedrich II appointed her Count of Urbino in 1213. The first Duke of Urbino was Oddantonio da Montefeltro who received the title from Pope Eugene IV in 1443 .
The Duchy stretched in the area around the capital Urbino in the north of brands and bordered on the east by the Adriatic Sea , to the west Tuscany and the south by the Papal States . In 1523 the capital was moved to Pesaro .
After the Montefeltro, the duchy was briefly occupied by Cesare Borgia and then passed by inheritance to the papal family Della Rovere in 1508 , who held it until 1625 or 1631, except for a break by Lorenzo di Piero de 'Medici . After the death of the last Della Rovere, Francesco Maria II , the duchy fell to the Papal States and shared its history up to the Risorgimento .
List of the Counts and Dukes of Urbino
Montefeltro, Count of Urbino
- 1234–1241: Buonconte da Montefeltro
- 1241–1255: Montefeltrino da Montefeltro
- 1255–1285: Guido da Montefeltro († 1298)
- 1285–1304: under papal rule
- 1296-1322: Federico I da Montefeltro
- 1322–1360: Guido II, Galasso and Nolfo da Montefeltro
- 1322–1324: under papal rule
- 1360–1363: Federico II da Montefeltro
- 1363-1404: Antonio da Montefeltro
- 1369–1375: under papal rule
- 1404–1443: Guidantonio da Montefeltro
Montefeltro, Dukes of Urbino
- 1443–1444: Oddantonio da Montefeltro , first Duke of Urbino
- 1444–1482: Federico da Montefeltro
- 1482–1508: Guidobaldo da Montefeltro
- 1502–1506: Occupation by Cesare Borgia
Rovere, dukes of Urbino
- 1508–1516: Francesco Maria I della Rovere
- 1516–1519: Lorenzo di Piero de 'Medici , then until 1521 under papal administration
- 1521–1538: Francesco Maria I della Rovere
- 1538–1574: Guidobaldo II. Della Rovere
- 1574–1631: Francesco Maria II. Della Rovere
Urbino part of the Papal States
- from 1625: administration by the Papal States
- 1631: Pope Urban VIII. Annexation by the Papal States
