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Muzio Attendolo Sforza. Muzio Attendolo Sforza (28 May 1369 – 4 January 1424), was an Italian condottiero. Founder of the Sforza dynasty, he led a Bolognese-Florentine army at the Battle of Casalecchio . He was the father of Francesco Sforza, who ruled Milan for 16 years.
SFORZA. Northern Italian noble family. Muzio Attendolo, its founder; b. in the village of Cotignola in the Romagna, 1369; d. 1424, in the river Pescara, attempting to save the life of a page.
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Apr 28, 2024 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza, born on 28 May 1369 and passing on 4 January 1424, stands as a prominent figure in Italian history as a distinguished condottiero. He is credited with laying the foundation of the renowned Sforza dynasty.
The Sforzas were an Italian Renaissance family that ruled Milan for almost a century. The family was originally named Attendolo. The founder of the dynasty, Muzio Attendolo,…
Article History. Galeazzo Maria Sforza, tempera on panel by Piero Pollaiolo, c. 1480; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (more) Sforza Family, Italian family, first named Attendoli, that produced two famous soldiers of fortune and founded a dynasty that ruled Milan for almost a century.
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Jan 8, 2007 · English: Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369-1424) in a miniature. The pages' tabards display Attendolo Ancient in quarters 2 and 3, and possibly Papal States (pre 1808) in quarters 1 and 4. Sforza drowned trying to save one of his pages during the fording of the Pescara River.
An Italian family that rose to prominence in the 15th and 16th centuries. Muzio Attendolo (1369–1424) was one of the most powerful condottieri of the period (his assumed name Sforza means “force”).
