• Oddantonio da Montefeltro is elevated to duke by Pope Eugene IV
1443
• The duchy is annexed to the Papal States
1625
Preceded by
Succeeded by
County of Urbino
Papal States
Today part of
Italy
Banner of Arms of the Duchy of Urbino
The Duchy of Urbino was an independent duchy in early modern central Italy, corresponding to the northern half of the modern region of Marche. It was directly annexed by the Papal States in 1625.
It was bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Republic of Florence in the west and the Papal States in the south. In 1523 the capital was moved from Urbino to Pesaro. After the short rule by Cesare Borgia in 1502–08, the dukedom went to the della Rovere papal family, who held it until 1625, when Pope Urban VIII annexed it to the Papal States as Legazione del Ducato di Urbino (later Legazione di Urbino).
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