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Vittoria della Rovere

Vittoria della Rovere
Vittoria della Rovere after Justus Sustermans, Chambéry ; musée des beaux-arts.jpg
Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany
Tenure 26 September 1633 – 23 May 1670
Born (1622-02-07)7 February 1622
Ducal Palace of Pesaro, Urbino
Died 5 March 1694(1694-03-05) (aged 72)
Ducal Palace of Pisa, Tuscany
Spouse Ferdinando II de' Medici
Issue Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Francesco Maria, Duke of Rovere
Full name
Vittoria della Rovere
House House of Medici
House of della Rovere
Father Federico Ubaldo della Rovere
Mother Claudia de' Medici
Full name
Vittoria della Rovere

Vittoria della Rovere (7 February 1622 – 5 March 1694) was Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the wife of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. She gave her husband four children, two of whom would survive infancy: the future Cosimo III, Tuscany's longest-reigning monarch, and Francesco Maria, a prince of the Church. At the death of her grandfather Francesco Maria della Rovere, she inherited the Duchies of Rovere and Montefeltro, which reverted to her second son, Francesco Maria, at her death. She was later entrusted with the care of her three grandchildren. Her marriage brought a wealth of treasures to the House of Medici, which can today be seen in the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Rovere was the only child of Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, son of the then incumbent Duke of Urbino, Francesco Maria. Her mother was Claudia de' Medici, a sister of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duchess of Mantua. As an infant it was expected that she would inherit her grandfather's Duchy of Urbino, but Pope Urban VIII convinced Francesco Maria to resign it to the Papacy. The duchy was eventually annexed to the Papal States by Pope Urban VIII. Instead, she received the Rovere allodial possessions, the Duchies of Rovere and Montefeltro, and art collection which became her property in 1631 aged nine.


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