Giuliano della Rovere

Timeline

1. 1443–1471Albisola · LiguriaDella Rovere came from a Ligurian noble family; his uncle Francesco della Rovere later became Pope Sixtus IV, and the family's influence supported his rapid rise within the papal court.
2. 1471–1503Rome · Papal StatesRaised to cardinal by his uncle Sixtus IV in 1471, he remained active in papal politics under Innocent VIII and Alexander VI, fiercely opposing the Borgia family and briefly taking refuge in France.
3. 1492–1500Italian Peninsula · Italian PeninsulaAfter the Borgia's election as pope in 1492, conflicts with della Rovere intensified; he allied with French forces against the papacy and lived in exile in France from 1494 to 1495, still maneuvering in Italian politics and the papal succession race at the century's end.