Maximilian (Massimiliano) Sforza (1493 - 1530) was Duke of Milan of the Sforza family, 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 Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. Ludovico Sforza Duke of Milan ( Ludovico il Moro, "The Moor" July 27, 1452 &ndash May 27, 1508) a member He ruled between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500-1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. Louis XII ( June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) called "the Father of the People" (Le Père du Peuple was the thirty-fifth king 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 He was imprisoned by the returning French following their victory at the Battle of Marignano. The Battle of Marignano was a battle fought during the phase of the Italian Wars (1494&ndash1559 called the War of the League of Cambrai, that took place on
Maximilian Sforza's ancestors in three generations
| Muzio Sforza | |||||||||
| Francesco I Sforza | |||||||||
| Lucia da Torsano | |||||||||
| Ludovico Sforza | |||||||||
| Filippo Maria Visconti | |||||||||
| Bianca Maria Visconti | |||||||||
| Agnese del Maino | |||||||||
| Maximilian Sforza | |||||||||
| Niccolò III d'Este | |||||||||
| Ercole d'Este I | |||||||||
| Ricciarda da Saluzzo | |||||||||
| Beatrice d'Este | |||||||||
| Ferdinand I of Naples | |||||||||
| Leonora of Naples | |||||||||
| Isabella of Taranto | |||||||||
| Preceded by Louis XII of France | Duke of Milan 1512–1515 | Succeeded by Francis I of France |