Federico III da Montefeltro

Petroia 1422- Ferrara 1482
Federico is the illegitimate
son of Guidantonio di
Montefeltro, lord of Urbino
he lived in Venice as a
hostage. Nel 1437 he
married Gentile
Brancaleoni. In 1444, his
half-brother Oddantonio
was assassinated in a
conspiracy. Federico
whose probably
participation in the plot
has never been
established, seized the city
of Urbino
A Patron of Art and Literature
Federico da Montefeltro, also known
as
III da Montefeltro (June
•7, Federico
1422 - September 10, 1482), was
one of the most successful condottieri
of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of
Urbino from 1444 (as Duke from 1474)
until his death. In Urbino 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 great
humanistic court in one of the great
architectural gems of the early
Renaissance, the Ducal Palace of
Urbino
Federico was born in 1422 in the
municipal district of Gubbio,
son of Elisabetta degli
Accomandugi e Guidantonio da
Montefeltro. In 1482 he was
called to command the army of
Ferrara in the Salt war against
Venice, but he was struck by
fever and died in Ferrara. He
was buried in the church of San
Bernardino in Urbino.
Federico da Montefeltro
THE MARRIAGE
Federico married his second wife Battista Sforza
(daughter of Alessandro Sforza) in Pesaro in 1460.
She died at the age of 25 and she was the first to
be buried in the family mausoleum.
The Montefeltro territory lies at the Northern
end of the Province of Pesaro - Urbino, and
borders with Emilia Romagna region.
Pesaro
Personal belongings
of Federico
The coin
A Book
Of Federico
His suit of
armour
URBINO history
The Roman town of Urvinum
Mataurense became an important
strategic stronghold in the Gothic
wars of the 6th century. Around 1200
it came into possession of the House
of Montefeltro, but Urbino’s
population rebelled and formed
alliance with the indipendent
commune of Rimini. Shortly after
the Montefeltro noblemen took
control once and held it until 1508.
Federico created this jewel of a
renaissance city which remains little
changed from the days when the
Duke set up his court here.
THE STUDIOLO OF FEDERICO
The studiolo of the Ducal Palace of Urbino is one of the most
mature of a learning environment in its purest form.Its
beautifully executed intarsia work is the single most famous
example of the Italian craft of inlay.
THE DUCAL PALACE
The construction of the Ducal Palace was begun for Duke
Federico da Montefeltro around the mid-fifteenth century by
the Florentine Maso di Bartolomeo. The new construction
included the pre-existing Palace of the Jole. Luciano
Laurana, an architect from Dalmatia, designed the façade,
the famous courtyard and the great entrance staircase.
THE DUCAL PALACE OF
URBINO