Giulia della Rovere
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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.[citation needed]
Life
[edit | edit source]Guilia was the daughter of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino and Eleonora Gonzaga.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] They had three children:[citation needed]
- 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.