Giulia della Rovere
Giulia della Rovere (1531, Casteldurante – 4 April 1563, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman. A portrait of her by Titian survives in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
Life
Guilia was the daughter of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino and Eleonora Gonzaga. On 3 January 1549 she married Alfonso d'Este[1], an illegitimate son of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and of Laura Dianti. They had three children:
- Cesare, Duke of Modena (8 October 1552 – 11 December 1628); married Virginia de' Medici[2]
- Alfonsino (14 November 1560 – 4 September 1578), married his cousin Marfisa d'Este
- Eleonora (Ferrara, 1561–Naples, 1637); married the composer Carlo Gesualdo.
References
- ^ Verstegen, Ian (9 February 2013). Patronage and Dynasty: The Rise of the Della Rovere in Renaissance Italy.
- ^ Stras, Laurie (16 January 2012). "The Ricreationi per monache of Suor Annalena Aldobrandini". Renaissance Studies. 26 (1): 34–59. doi:10.1111/j.1477-4658.2011.00789.x. ISSN 0269-1213.