House of Montefeltro
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The House of Montefeltro is a historical Italian family who ruled Urbino and Gubbio and became Dukes of Urbino in 1443. The family extinguished in the male line in 1508 and the duchy was inherited by
Portrait of Federico III da Montefeltro, by Piero della Francesca
San Leo on the rock Mons Feretrius (Montefeltro)
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino
Federico da Montefeltro
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Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG, was one of the most successful mercenary captains of the Italian Renaissance. He became the lord of Urbino in 1444, and ruled the
House of Montefeltro
…da Montone with varying fortune. His son, Oddo Antonio, was assassinated after only a few months in power. The Urbinese then offered the lordship to Federico III (1444–1482), the illegitimate son of Guidantonio, a pupil of Vittorino da Feltre's school and a lover of art. Under him Urbino became a cultural center…
Federico da Montefeltro and His Son Guidobaldo (c. 1475), by Justus van Gent or (and) Pedro Berruguete
Federico Montefeltro with humanist writer Cristoforo Landino, in an example of Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting, 15th century
Battista Sforza, the second wife of Federico. Portrait by Piero della Francesca