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Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

1514 - 1574

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Guidobaldo II della Rovere (2 April 1514 – 28 September 1574) was an Italian condottiero, who succeeded his father Francesco Maria I della Rovere as Duke of Urbino from 1538 until his death in 1574. He was a member of the House of La Rovere. Guidobaldo was an important patron of the arts in general, and of Titian in particular, commissioning his own portrait, and buying Titian's Venus of Urbino. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino is the 574th most popular nobleman (down from 545th in 2019), the 2,044th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,047th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Italian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 574 out of 1,415. Before him are Sara Forbes Bonetta, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Alan III, Duke of Brittany, Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, and William, Duke of Brunswick. After him are Nikola Jurišić, Leopoldo de' Medici, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, and Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 6. Before him are Andreas Vesalius, Tahmasp I, John Knox, Georg Joachim Rheticus, and Philibert de l'Orme. After him are Claude Goudimel, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Thomas Culpeper, Hai Rui, Virgil Solis, and Baba Nobuharu. Among people deceased in 1574, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 13. Before him are Bartolomeo Eustachi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Maarten van Heemskerck, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, and Ebussuud Efendi. After him are Guru Amar Das, Louis of Nassau, Damião de Góis, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Joachim Camerarius, and Giovanni Battista Giraldi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 2,044 out of 5,161. Before him are Arduin of Ivrea (955), Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (-91), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Ignazio La Russa (1947), Paolo Veneziano (1300), and Luigi Rossi (1597). After him are Agnes of Montepulciano (1268), Renato Carosone (1920), Leopoldo de' Medici (1617), Thiago Alcântara (1991), Giovanna Garzoni (1600), and Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino ranks 58. Before him are Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy (1914), Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary (1261), Anna Sforza (1476), Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais (1757), Contessina de' Bardi (1390), and Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1851). After him are Leopoldo de' Medici (1617), Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona (1775), Francesco Maria II della Rovere (1549), Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria (1747), Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este (1824), and Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785).

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