Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere (5 April 1533 – 3 September 1578), was an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church and a member of the della Rovere family.
Della Rovere was the second son of Francesco Maria I della Rovere and Eleonora GonzagaIan Verstegen, Patronage and dynasty: the rise of the della Rovere in Renaissance Italy (Truman State University Press, 2007) and the younger brother of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.
Della Rovere was elevated to cardinal in 1548 at the age of 13.George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes (McFarland, 2004), .
He had two illegitimate sons: IppolitoIppolito's daughter Lucrezia della Rovere married Marcantonio Lante (1566 - 1643) and had issue including Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. and Giuliano. Both were later legitimised, as were their children, by Pope Pius V in 1572. Ippolito was made Marchese di San Lorenzo.
Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Giovanni Oliva, Archbishop of Chieti (1568); and Alessandro Mazza, Bishop of Fossombrone (1569).David M. Cheney. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. "Giulio Cardinal della Rovere". Retrieved 28 August 2017.
References and notes
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