Chapter 2 No.2

Examples of these ideas in the dynasties of Urbino 22

1160. The early Counts of Montefeltro are invested with Urbino 22

1371. Invited to Cagli 22

1384. Received at Gubbio 22

1433. Acquired Casteldurante 23

1445. Purchased Fossombrone 23

1474. Sinigaglia given to the della Rovere 23

1513. They obtained Pesaro and Gradara 23

Statistics of the state so composed 23

1160-1631. Its dynastic changes 24

Early genealogy of the Montefeltri 24

1160-1815. The Counts of Carpegna 25

1154. Antonio, first Count of Montefeltro 25

1216. Buonconte, first Count of Urbino 25

1268. Count Guido the Elder, his prowess 26

1282. Takes Forlì by stratagem 27

1289. Excommunicated as a Ghibelline 27

1296. Abdicates and becomes a friar 28

1294. Abdication of Celestine V. 28

" Succeeded by Boniface VIII. 28

1296. His feuds with the Colonna 29

" He recalls Count Guido to the world 30

" Dante's confession of the Count 30

" How far consistent with fact 32

" The Count's piety attested by Boniface 33

1298. Sept. 27. His death at Assisi 34

1300. The struggles of his successors 35

1377. Antonio Count of Urbino 36

1384. Extends his sway over Gubbio, Cagli, and Cantiano 37

1390. His mild government and literary tastes 37

1404. May 9. His death announced to the authorities of Siena by his son 38

" His children 39

" His daughter Battista, wife of Galeazzo Malatesta, Lord of Pesaro 39

" Her literary acquirements 40

" Battista takes the veil 40

" Misfortunes of her daughter Elisabetta 41