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| | Baldassare Castiglione |
 | | In 1504 he was attached to the court of Guidobaldo Malatesta, Duke of Urbino, and in 1506 he was sent by that prince on a mission to King Henry VII of England, who had before conferred on Federigo Malatesta, "the Good Duke", the most famous mercenary of his age, the order of the Garter. |
 | | Guidobaldo dying childless in 1508, the duchy of Urbino was given to Francesco Maria della Rovere, for whom Castiglione, envoy at the court of Pope Leo X (Medici), obtained the office of generalissimo of the Papal troops. |
 | | Charged with the arrangement of the dispute between Pope Clement VII (Medici) and Charles V, Castiglione crossed 1524 into Spain, where he was received with highest honors, being afterwards naturalized, and made Bishop of Avila. |
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