Vittoria Farnese, Duchess of Urbino

Vittoria Farnese
Portrait by Giacomo Vighi, 1566
Duchess consort of Urbino
Tenure26 January 1548 – 28 September 1574
Born10 August 1519
Valentano, Macerata, Lazio, Italy
Died13 December 1602(1602-12-13) (aged 83)
Pesaro, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy
Burial
Church of the Convent of the Sisters of Corpus Christi, Pesaro
Spouse
(m. 1548⁠–⁠1574)
; his death
IssueFrancesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
Isabella della Rovere, Princess of Bisignano
Lavinia della Rovere, Marchioness del Vasto
Others six
HouseFarnese (by birth)
della Rovere (by marriage)
FatherPier Luigi Farnese
MotherGerolama Orsini

Vittoria Farnese, also known as Vittoria, Princess of Parma (Italian: Vittoria, Principessa di Parma), and by her married name Vittoria Farnese della Rovere[1] (10 August 1519 – 13 December 1602), was an Italian noblewoman, Duchess consort of Urbino from 1548 until 1574 by marriage to Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.

  1. ^ Laura Battiferra and Her Literary Circle: An Anthology: A Bilingual Edition. Translated by Victoria Kirkham. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-22-603924-4.