Elisabetta Gonzaga

Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga (c. 1504), attributed to Raphael

Elisabetta Gonzaga (1471–1526) was a noblewoman of the Italian Renaissance, the Duchess of Urbino by marriage to Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro. Because her husband was impotent, Elisabetta never had children of her own, but adopted her husband's nephew and heir, Francesco Maria I della Rovere. She was renowned for her cultured and virtuous life.[1]

  1. ^ Englander 1990, p. 77.