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They rose to importance during the Italian Renaissance , supplying two Pope s:

The dynasty ended in 1626 , when Pope Urban VIII incorporated Urbino into the Papal Dominions , the gift of the weary last Della Rovere duke, Francesco Maria II., in retirement after the assassination of his heir, Francesco Ubaldo.


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# Leonardo (Beltramo) of Savona
## Francesco della Rovere (1414-1484), Pope Sixtus IV
## Raffaelo della Rovere
### Leonardo Della Rovere
### Giuliano della Rovere, (1443-1513), Pope Julius II
### Giovanni della Rovere (died 1501 ), duke of Urbino
#### Francesco Maria I. della Rovere ( 1490 - 1538 ), duke of Urbino
##### Guidobaldo della Rovere ( 1517 - 1574 ), duke of Urbino
###### Francesco Maria II. Della Rovere ( 1549 - 1631 ), duke from 1574 to 1621 , and again briefly in 1623 , gives Urbino to the pope in 1626
####### Francesco Ubaldo della Rovere (1605-1625), duke of Urbino
######## Vittoria della Rovere ( 1622 - 1694 )
##### Giulio della Rovere (died 1578 ), Cardinal
###### Ippolito della Rovere (illegitimate, died 1620 ), marchgrave of San Lorenzo
####### Livia della Rovere, marries Francesco Maria II. della Rovere
####### Giulio della Rovere (died 1636 )
##### Giulia della Rovere (died 1563 )