I. Antonio, Lord of Monte Copiolo

II. Montefeltrino, made Count of Montefeltro in 1154

III. Buonconte, Count of TADDEO Montefeltro and of Urbino, d. 1216

V. Guido II, Vecchio, Count of Montefeltro and Urbino, d. 1298 m. Costanza

VI. Federigo, BUONCONTE Count of Montefeltro and Urbino, d. 1322

GUIDONE VII. Nolfo, Count of Montefeltro and Urbino VII. or VIII. Federigo Novello SPERANZA

VIII. Antonio, C. of Montefeltro NOLFO GUIDO GALEAZZO ANNA and Urbino, d. 1404 m. Gabrielli (1378) m. Giovanna Gonzaga

IX. Guidantonio, C. of Montefeltro and Urbino, d. 1442 ANNA BATTISTA d. 1447 m. a) Renegarda, d. of Galeazzo Malatesta of Rimini, d. 1423 m. Galeazzo Malatesta, Lord of Pesaro b) Caterina, d. of Lorenzo Colonna, d. 1438

X. Federigo (illeg.), Duke of Urbino, AURA (illeg.) X. Oddantonio, BIANCA VIOLANTE AGNESINA SUEVA b. 1422, d. 1482 (1437) m. Bernardino Duke of Urbino, m. Guidantonio m. Domenico m. Alessandro m. Alessandro m. a) Gentile, d. of Bartolomeo Brancaleone Ubaldini della Carda d. 1444 Manfredi, of Malatesta Novello Gonzaga of Sforza of of Mercatello Durante, d. 1457 Faenza of Cesena, d. 1465 Castiglione Pesaro b) Battista, d. of Alessandro Sforza of Pesaro, OTTAVIANO b. 1446, d. 1472 (1460)

BUONCONTE (illeg.) ANTONIO (illeg.) BERNARDINO (illeg.) AGOSTINO FREGOSO (illeg.) d. 1458 m. Emilia Pia da Carpi d. 1458 m. Gentile of Sta. Agata

XI. Guidobaldo I, Duke of Urbino, ELISABETTA b. 1461 GIOVANNA AGNESINA COSTANZA VIOLANTE CHIARA b. 1472, d. 1508 m. Roberto Malatesta m. Giovanni Della m. Fabrizio m. Antonello m. Galeotto m. Elisabetta, d. of Federigo, Marq. of Rimini, Rovere of Sinigaglia, Colonna, Lord Sanseverino, Malatesta of Mantua, d. 1526 (1489) d. 1482 (1475) Prefect of Rome (1474) of Marino (1474) Prince of Salerno

The Della Rovere ASCANIO COLONNA, VITTORIA COLONNA, Dukes of Urbino Claimant of Urbino, Marchioness of Pescara in 1522–1530

Soon the idealistic young courtier, much given to Platonic relationships, formed a Genealogy 9.6 Montefeltro remarkable and pure idolization of the virgin duchess, an obsession that continued until Counts and Dukes of Urbino Pope Leo X de’Medici captured the state, deposing Duke Francesco della Rovere and giving Urbino to his nephew Giuliano de’Medici (1479–1516). Castiglione was now unem- ployed and disconsolate. He returned to his family estates in Mantua, where he married a very young girl, and this relationship proved to have been more than Platonic, since a daughter was born to them. Tragically, the young Countess Castiglione died in childbirth. Castiglione, again shattered, entered the Church, becoming a bishop. He also continued

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