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Map of Italy in 1494. Insert shows the Duchy of Milan ruled by the Visconti family and inherited by the Sforzas.
Map of Italy in 1494. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Insert shows the Duchy of Milan ruled by the Visconti family and inherited by the Sforzas. The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1394 to 1797 Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages.

Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1394 to 1797

The dynasty was founded by Muzio Attendolo, called Sforza (from sforzare, to exert or force, 1369-1424) a condottiero from Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples. Muzio Attendolo Sforza ( May 28, 1369 - January 4, 1424) was an Italian Condottiero. Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna. Angevin (ˈændʒəvɪn ( French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Andegavinus from Andegavia Anjou, France) is the name applied Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the He was the most successful dynast of the condottieri.

His son Francesco I Sforza ruled Milan for the first half of the Renaissance era, acquiring the title of Duke of Milan from the extinct Visconti family in 1447. Francesco I Sforza ( July 23, 1401 - March 8, 1466) was an Italian Condottiero, the founder of the Sforza dynasty in The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. While there were many good rulers in the family, there were also a number of despots, many of which were mentally unstable.

The family also held the seigniory of Pesaro, starting from Muzio Attendolo's second son, Alessandro (1409-1473). Pesaro is a town and Comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. Alessandro Sforza ( October 21, 1409 - April 1473 was an Italian Condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza The Sforza held Pesaro until 1519, with the death of Galeazzo. Muzio's third son, Bosio (1411-1476), founded the branch of Santa Fiora, who held the title of count of Cotignola; the Sforza ruled the small county of Santa Fiora in southern Tuscany until 1624. Santa Fiora is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Grosseto, in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 110 km southeast Cotignola is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km southeast The County of Santa Fiora was a small historical state of southern Tuscany, in central Italy. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Members of this family also held important ecclesiastical and political position in the Papal States, and moved to Rome in 1674.

The Sforza would later join with the Borgia Family, through the arranged marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni (the illegitimate son of Costanzo I of Pesaro[1]). Arranged marriage (also called prearranged marriage) is a Marriage arranged by someone other than the persons getting married curtailing or avoiding the process This article is about the historical person For the biographical opera see Lucrezia Borgia (opera. Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona ( 1466 - July 27, 1510) was an Italian Condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until Costanzo I of Sforza (July 1447 - July 4, 1483) was an Italian Condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara.

Ludovico Sforza (also known as Ludovico il Moro, famous also for taking Leonardo da Vinci at his service) was defeated in 1500 by the French army of Louis XII of France - see also Italian Wars. Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan ( Ludovico il Moro, "The Moor" July 27, 1452 &ndash May 27, 1508) a member Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Louis XII ( June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) called "the Father of the People" (Le Père du Peuple was the thirty-fifth king

After the French were driven out by Imperial Swiss troops Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico, became Duke of Milan, until the French returned under Francis I of France and imprisoned him. Maximilian (Massimiliano Sforza (1493 - 1530 was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family the son of Lodovico Sforza. The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547

Contents

Sforza rulers of Duchy of Milan

Coat of arms of the House of Sforza
Coat of arms of the House of Sforza

Sforza rulers of Pesaro and Gradara

Sforza family tree

Giacomo (Muzio) Attendolo, nicknamed Sforza
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+-Francesco I (1401-1466), married Bianca Maria Visconti, daughter of Filippo Maria, 1450-66
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| +-Galeazzo Maria (1443–1476), 1466-76
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| | +-Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) (Model for Mona Lisa?)
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| | +-Bianca Maria (1472–1510), second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I
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| | +-Gian Galeazzo(1469-1494), married Isabella of Naples, 1476-94
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| |   +-Francesco (II), nominally duke under the regency of Ludovico Maria
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| |   +-Bona (1494-1557), second wife of king Sigismund I of Poland
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| +-Ascanio (1444-1505), Cardinal 
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| +-Ippolita Maria (1446-1484), married king of Alfonso II d'Aragon of Naples
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| +-Ludovico il Moro (the Moor) (1451–1508) 1494-1500
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|   +-Ercole Massimiliano (1493-1530), 1512–15
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|   +-Francesco II (III) Maria (), 1521–35
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|   +-Giovanni Paolo I (1497-1535), marquess of Caravaggio
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+-Alessandro, first lord of Pesaro
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| +-Costanzo I
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|   + Galeazzo, last Sforza ruler of Pesaro
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|   +-Giovanni (1466-1510), first husband of Lucrezia Borgia
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|     +-Costanzo II (Giovanni Maria)
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+-Bosio (count of Cotignola, lord of Castell'Arquato)

Other members

House of Sforza in popular culture

See also

External links

The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. Pesaro is a town and Comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. Gradara is a town and commune in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the region of Marche in central Italy.
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