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Federico da Montefeltro

1422–1482 · 15th century

Federico da Montefeltro was lord of Urbino from 1444 and its first duke from 1474, and one of the most successful condottieri of Renaissance Italy. Fighting for Florence, the papacy and Naples, he sacked Volterra for Florence in 1472. He built the Ducal Palace of Urbino and a famous library, making his court a centre of humanist culture.

Federico da Montefeltro
Image: Piero della Francesca · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Commune of VolterraDuchy of Urbino

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Federico da Montefeltro. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/federico-da-montefeltro
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