# Guido Ubaldo — The Prince character guide

> Guido Ubaldo in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Guido, Guido Ubaldo

**First appearance:** 0009-iii-concerning-mixed-principalities

## Who they are

Duke of Urbino, deposed by Cesare Borgia in 1502.

## In the story

### [XX: Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xx-are-fortresses-and-many-other-things-to-which-princes-often-resort-advantageous-or-hurtful)

Duke of Urbino who razed all fortresses in his province upon returning to his dominion, considering them a liability.

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