As compensation to the last sovereign duke, the title only could be continued by Francesco Maria II, and after his death by his heir, Federico Ubaldo.

Vittoria, last descendant of the della Rovere family ( she was the only child of Federico Ubaldo ), married Ferdinando II de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

es: Federico Augusto II de Sajonia

it: Federico Augusto II di Sassonia

She served as the regent of Mantua during the absence of her husband, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and the minority of her son, Federico, Duke of Mantua.

it: Federico II di Brandeburgo

The University of Naples Federico II was founded by Frederick II in the city, the oldest state university in the world, making Naples the intellectual centre of the kingdom.

The world's first professorship in political economy was established in 1754 at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy ( then capital city of the Kingdom of Naples ); the Neapolitan philosopher Antonio Genovesi was the first tenured professor ; in 1763 Joseph von Sonnenfels was appointed a Political Economy chair at the University of Vienna, Austria.

The first Duke of Mantua was Federico II Gonzaga, who acquired the title from Emperor Charles V in 1530.

es: Federico II Hohenstaufen

it: Federico II del Sacro Romano Impero

tl: Federico II, Banal na Emperador ng Roma

In the beginning Assisi fell under the rule of Perugia and later under several despots, such as the soldier of fortune Biordo Michelotti, Gian Galeazzo Visconti and his successor Francesco I Sforza, dukes of Milan, Jacopo Piccinino and Federico II da Montefeltro, lord of Urbino.

Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle, one of the four mythological paintings commissioned by Federico II Gonzaga, is a proto-Baroque work due to its depiction of movement, drama, and diagonal compositional arrangement. Aside from his religious output, Correggio conceived a now-famous set of paintings depicting the Loves of Jupiter as described in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

The voluptuous series was commissioned by Federico II Gonzaga of Mantua, probably to decorate his private Ovid Room in the Palazzo Te.

* G. Cattaneo, Federico II di Svevia ( Rome, 1992 )

es: Federico II de Sicilia

Category: University of Naples Federico II alumni

Category: University of Naples Federico II alumni

Category: University of Naples Federico II alumni

# Federico II, Duke of Mantua, born 1500, died 1540.

In 1433, Gianfrancesco I assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua, and in 1530 Federico II ( 1500 – 1540 ) received the title of Duke of Mantua.

A cadet branch of the Mantua Gonzagas became Dukes of Nevers and Rethel in France when Luigi ( Louis ) di Gonzaga, a younger son of Duke Federico II and Margherita Paleologa, married the heiress.

*** daughter Battista, married Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino

The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope — Urbino formed part of the Papal States — and who died the year before Raphael was born.

* Piero della Francesca ( Diptych of Duke Federico da Montefeltro and Duchess Battista Sforza of Urbino )

Federico II of Gonzaga ( May 17, 1500 – August 28, 1540 ) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua ( first as Marquis, later as Duke ) from 1519 until his death.

It revealed that Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, a renowned humanist and condottiere for the Papacy, was deeply embroiled in the conspiracy and had committed himself to position 600 troops outside Florence, waiting for the moment.

From the fifteenth century hence, most condottieri were landless Italian nobles who had chosen the profession of arms as livelihood ; the most famous of such mercenary captains was the son of Caterina Sforza, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, from Forlì, known as The Last Condottiere ; his son was Cosimo I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ; besides noblemen, princes also fought as condottieri, given the sizable income to their estates, notably Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, and Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino ; despite war-time inflation, soldier ’ s pay was high:

The first Accademia dei Lincei was founded in 1603 by Federico Cesi, an aristocrat from Umbria ( the son of Duke of Acquasparta and a member of an important family from Rome ) who was passionately interested in natural history-particularly botany.

The most famous member of the Montefeltro was Federico III ( or II ), Duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482, a very successful condottiere, a skillful diplomat and an enthusiastic patron of art and literature.

* Federico III da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, medieval condottiere and patron of the arts.

In 1474, Sixtus IV sent his nephew, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere ( later Julius II ); after fruitless negotiations he laid siege to the city, but Vitelli did not surrender until he learned that the command of the army had been given to Duke Federico III da Montefeltro.

An early reference to the pocket watch is in a letter in November 1462 from the Italian clockmaker Bartholomew Manfredi to the Marchese di Mantova Federico Gonzaga, where he offers him a " pocket clock " better than that belonging to the Duke of Modena.

Francesco della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, by Federico Barocci d. 1612, Urbino ( Uffizi )

These magnificent rooms, once furnished to complement the ducal court of the Gonzaga family, saw many of the most illustrious figures of their era entertained such as the Emperor Charles V, who, when visiting in 1530, elevated his host Federico II of Gonzaga from Marquess to Duke of Mantua.

Ferdinando's daughter, Claudia ( 1604 – 1648 ) married Federico Ubaldo, Duke of Urbino, whilst another daughter was Maria Maddalena de ' Medici.

# REDIRECT Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

In 1620, she married Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, the only son of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.

He was the second son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina of Montferrat.

After the death of her husband, Isabella ruled Mantua as regent for her son, Federico.

Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts.

The ten years that followed were not happy ones for Mantegna and Mantua: his character grew irritable, his son Bernardino died, as well as the marquis Ludovico, his wife Barbara and his successor Federico ( who had declared Mantegna cavaliere, " knight " ).

Gonzaga was born in Mantua, the son of Marquess Federico I Gonzaga.

Smaller courts brought Renaissance patronage to lesser cities, which developed their characteristic arts: Ferrara, Mantua under the Gonzaga, Urbino under Federico da Montefeltro.

His mother was Clara Gonzaga ( 1 July 1464-2 June 1503 ), a daughter of Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, and Margaret of Bavaria.

Vasari tells how Baldassare Castiglione was delegated by Federico Gonzaga to procure Giulio to execute paintings and architectural and engineering projects for the duchy of Mantua.

The installation of the prudish Fleming Adrian VI (" la tedesca tigna " in Pietro's words ) instead encouraged Aretino to seek new patrons away from Rome, mainly with Federico II Gonzaga in Mantua, and with the condottiero Giovanni de ' Medici (" Giovanni delle Bande Nere ").

Palazzo del Te is a square building, constructed 1524-1534 for Federico II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.

During the 16th century, Henry VIII purchased a number of Barbary horses from Federico Gonzaga of Mantua, importing seven mares and a stallion.

The original edition was created by the engraver Marcantonio Raimondi, basing his sixteen images of sexual positions on, according to the traditional view, a series of erotic paintings that Giulio Romano was doing as a commission for Federico II Gonzaga ’ s new Palazzo Te in Mantua.