Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

Timeline

1. 1472–1481Urbino · MarcheGuidobaldo was born into the humanist court of Urbino under Federico's rule, received a classical education from childhood, grew up in an environment of scholarship and art fostered by his father, and was regarded as the natural heir to the ducal title.
2. 1481–1490Urbino · MarcheAfter Federico's death in 1482, the ten-year-old Guidobaldo succeeded, with government conducted by regents and privy councillors. In the 1480s the Urbino court continued its scholarly library and artistic patronage traditions, maintained diplomatic contacts with Florence, Milan, and the papacy, and stood at Europe's forefront amid the late fifteenth-century reorganization of global trade and politics.