Description: Italian States, Urbino (Duchy). Francesco Maria II della Rovere AR Paolo. 1574-1624. FRANC M II VRBI DVX VI ETC, crowned della Rovere arms / AVXILIVM DE SANCTO, St. Francis kneeling to left receiving the stigmata, oak leaf below. Cavicchi 193; CNI 71. 2.77g, 28mm, 12h. From the Vitangelo Collection.Francesco Maria II della Rovere(20 February 1549 23 April 1631) was the lastDuke of Urbino. Francesco Maria II Francesco Maria II della Rovere, byFederico Barocci(1572) Duke of Urbino LordofPesaro.Born atPesaro, Francesco Maria was the son ofGuidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Count ofMontefeltroandVittoria Farnese, Princess ofParma. He was raised between 1565 and 1568 at the Royal court ofPhilip II of Spain. While there he met aSpanishgirl and informed his father of his intention to marry her .But his father would not allow it and demanded he return to Urbino. In 1570 Francesco Maria marriedLucrezia d'Este, a daughter ofErcole II d'Este. His father died only a few years later, in 1574, and Francesco Maria succeeded his father as Duke of Urbino. By 1580 the family estate was in crisis and Francesco Maria was forced to sell his family's titles theDuchy of SoraandArce for 100,000scuditoGiacomo Boncompagni. Francesco Maria's marriage, though, remained childless and Francesco Maria needed a male heir. Without one, his family's remaining titles would lapse on his death and his entire estate would be acquired, by default, by thePapal States. So in 1599, after the death of first wife Lucrezia, he married his cousinLivia della Rovere, 36 years his junior.On 16 May 1605 their long-expected and only childFederico Ubaldowas born. Federico UbaldomarriedClaudia de' Mediciin 1621 and was made Duke by his father. However, Federico died in 1623 from an epileptic attack, leaving only a daughter,Vittoria Della Rovere, wife ofFerdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; their child wasCosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; none of Cosimo III's children had heirs. The aging Francesco Maria took up the title of Duke again, but as there was no more hope for a male heir, he gave his Duchy toPope Urban VIIIin 1625. The Pope's nephewTaddeo Barberinitook control of the duchy which was annexed to thePapal Statesafter Francesco's death atUrbaniain 1631. The last member of the della Rovere family, Vittoria, inherited the Duke's art collection and had it transferred toFlorenceto theUffizi Gallery.
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Era: Medieval
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Region of Origin: Europe
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