Raffaello della Rovere

Raffaello della Rovere, sometimes spelt as Raffaele,^[1][2] was born in Savona to Leonardo della Rovere (1390–1430) and Luchina Monteleoni (1391–1430). He came from a noble family.^[3] He married a woman of Greek origin named Teodora Manirolo in c. 1442. They had five children:

• Giuliano della Rovere (1443–1513), future Pope Julius II
• Giovanni della Rovere (1457–1501), Duke of Sora
• Bartolomeo della Rovere (1447–1496), Bishop of Massa and Ferrara
• Luchina (1451–1515), noblewoman, mother of Sisto Gara della Rovere