ABSTRACT

After the Montefeltro dynasty’s demise in 1508, the Della Rovere family assumed power in the geo-strategically and culturally important Duchy of Urbino. The first dynasty of papal nephews able to preserve successfully the territory conferred by their family popes beyond the pontifical term, they became a model for upcoming papal families. As ‘new princes’, they needed to legitimise their new rank and membership of princely society, and also to establish for their subjects the lawful circumstances of their succession. In 1504, Pope Julius II della Rovere had urged the childless Guidobaldo da Montefeltro to adopt their joint nephew, Francesco Maria della Rovere, son of Guidobaldo’s sister, Giovanna da Montefeltro, and the Pope’s brother, Giovanni della Rovere. This article reviews the basis of this adoption in Roman and Canon law, and shows how it affected contemporaries’ belief in the legitimacy of the Della Rovere’s succession and was used prominently in the dynasty’s self-fashioning.

摘要

1508年蒙特费尔特罗（Montefeltro）王朝灭亡后，德拉罗韦（Della Rovere）家族在乌尔比诺公国在地理战略和文化上很重要。教皇外ne的第一个王朝能够成功保留其家族教宗授予的领土，超过了教宗的任期，因此成为了即将到来的教皇家庭的典范。作为“新王子”，他们需要使自己的新等级和王子社会成员身份合法化，还需要为其臣民确定其继承的合法条件。1504年，教皇朱利叶斯二世·德拉罗韦尔敦促没有孩子的吉多巴尔多·达·蒙特费尔特罗收养他们的联合侄子，吉多巴尔多妹妹吉奥凡娜·达·蒙特弗洛特罗的儿子弗朗切斯科·玛丽亚·德拉·罗弗里和教皇的兄弟乔凡尼·德拉罗弗。本文介绍了罗马法和佳能法采用这种方法的基础，