Giulia della Rovere
Italian noblewoman (1531–1563)
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Giulia della Rovere (1531, Casteldurante – 4 April 1563, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman.
Life
Guilia was the daughter of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino and Eleonora Gonzaga.[1] On 3 January 1549 she married Alfonso d'Este,[2] an illegitimate son of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and of Laura Dianti.[3] They had:
- Cesare, Duke of Modena (8 October 1552 – 11 December 1628); married Virginia de' Medici[4]
- Alfonsino (14 November 1560 – 4 September 1578), married his cousin Marfisa d'Este
- Eleonora (Ferrara, 1561–Naples, 1637); married the composer Carlo Gesualdo.