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Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

1490 - 1538

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Francesco Maria I della Rovere (25 March 1490 – 20 October 1538) was an Italian condottiero, who was Duke of Urbino from 1508 to 1516 and, after retaking the throne from Lorenzo II de' Medici, from 1521 to 1538. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino is the 4,771st most popular politician (up from 5,638th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,591st in 2019) and the 319th most popular Italian Politician.

Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, was most famous for his patronage of the arts. He was a patron of the arts in the Renaissance, commissioning works by Raphael, Titian, and Giulio Romano.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 4,771 out of 19,576Before him are Jangsu of Goguryeo, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Habibullah Khan, and Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano. After him are Aşub Sultan, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Diodotus Tryphon, Mihnea cel Rău, and Elizabeth Tudor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 10Before him are Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Vittoria Colonna, Huáscar, Olaus Magnus, Albert of Brandenburg, and Florian Geyer. After him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Properzia de' Rossi, Ebussuud Efendi, Françoise d'Alençon, Galvarino, and Nikola Jurišić. Among people deceased in 1538, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 6Before him are Hatice Sultan, Albrecht Altdorfer, Diego de Almagro, Askia Mohammad I, and Andrea Gritti. After him are Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Elena Glinskaya, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, Érard de la Marck, and Estêvão Gomes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 1,356 out of 5,161Before him are Naevius Sutorius Macro (-21), Eleanor of Anjou (1289), Armando Diaz (1861), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), and Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596). After him are Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804), Andrea Amati (1505), Cima da Conegliano (1459), Teobaldo Boccapecci (1100), Matteo Bandello (1484), and Alessandro Moreschi (1858).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 319Before him are Julia Flavia (64), Giovanni Gronchi (1887), Amintore Fanfani (1908), Dion of Syracuse (-409), Naevius Sutorius Macro (-21), and Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596). After him are Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804), Radagaisus (400), Julia (-190), Authari (540), Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466), and Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1591).