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Federico da Montefeltro

Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG (7 June 1422 – 10 September 1482), was one of the most successful mercenary captains (condottieri) of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino from 1444 (as Duke from 1474) until his death. A renowned intellectual humanist and civil leader in Urbino on top of his impeccable reputation for martial skill and honour, he commissioned the construction of a great library, perhaps the largest of Italy after the Vatican, with his own team of scribes in his scriptorium, and assembled around him a large humanistic court in the Ducal Palace, Urbino, designed by Luciano Laurana and Francesco di Giorgio Martini.

For the earlier ruler of Urbino, see Federico II da Montefeltro.

Federico da Montefeltro

22 July 1444 – 10 September 1482

(1422-06-07)7 June 1422
Castello di Petroia, Gubbio, Papal States

10 September 1482(1482-09-10) (aged 60)
Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara

(m. 1437⁠–⁠1457)
(m. 1460; died 1472)

Costanza di Montefeltro (December 1460 – February 1461)
Giovanna di Montefeltro (1462–1514)
Isabetta di Montefeltro (c. 1464 – 1521)
Costanza di Montefeltro (1466–1518)
Violanta di Montefeltro
Agnese di Montefeltro (1470–1522)
Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (1472–1508)

Guidantonio da Montefeltro, or possibly Bernardino Ubaldini della Carda

Wars in Lombardy

Dukes of Urbino

Condottieri

Antonio da Montefeltro

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

Holy Conversation (Piero della Francesca)

Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza

Bible of Federico da Montefeltro

Renaissance in Urbino

(1860). The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.

Burckhardt, Jacob

Franceschini, Gino (1970). I Montefeltro. Varese.{{}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

cite book

Rendina, Claudio (1994). I capitani di ventura. Netwon Compton, Rome.

(2021). The Light of Italy: The Life and Times of Frederico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. London: Head of Zeus.

Stevenson, Jane

Tommasoli, Walter (1978). La vita di Federico da Montefeltro. Urbino.{{}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

cite book

(2020). "Re-Awakening Mercury's Cithara: A closer Look at Federico's Cetra". Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography. 45 (1–2): 25–51. ISSN 1522-7464.

Young, Crawford

Capsule biography

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Federico da Montefeltro (see index)

The Gubbio Studiolo and its conservation, volumes 1 & 2