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Giulia della Rovere
Giulia
della
Rovere
was an
Italian
noblewoman. A
portrait
of her by
Titian
survives in the
Palazzo Pitti
in
Florence
.
Life
She was
the daughter
of
Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
and
Eleonora Gonzaga
. On
3 January
1549
she married
Alfonso d'Este
, an
illegitimate son
of
Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
, and of
Laura Dianti
. They had three children:
Cesare ; married
Virginia de' Medici
;
Alfonsino, married his cousin
Marfisa d'Este
;
Eleonora ; married the composer
Carlo Gesualdo
.