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4 days ago · In The Virgin and Child with Four Saints and Twelve Devotees, by (unknown) Master of the Pala Sforzesca, circa 1490, Gian Galeazzo Sforza is shown in prayer facing his wife, Isabella of Aragon ...
5 days ago · From the descriptions of the wedding of Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Isabella d’Aragona we can deduce that, starting from the castle, the procession’s route ended at the contrada degli Orefici on the southern side of the Broletto square (Gritti 2020a: 52–53, n45–47).
May 23, 2024 · House / Dynasty: Sforza family. Role In: Italian Wars. Ludovico Sforza (born July 27, 1452, Vigevano, Pavia, duchy of Milan [Italy]—died May 27, 1508, Loches, Toubrenne, France) was an Italian Renaissance regent (1480–94) and duke of Milan (1494–98), a ruthless prince and diplomatist and a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists.
May 24, 2024 · Caterina Sforza was the granddaughter of Francesco Sforza, a condottiere (mercenary leader) who assumed the title of duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to the daughter of the duke Filippo Maria Visconti. Caterina’s father was Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), Francesco’s eldest son, who succeeded his father as ruler of Milan in 1466.
5 days ago · 1489. March 10. Potenze Estere. Francia. Milan Archives. 379. Bartolommeo Chalco, Ducal Secretary, to Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan. The King of England on the 10th February took St. Omer; 3,500 English entered the gates at the third hour of the night shouting “Burgundy and England.”
6 days ago · Milan. Archives. 466. Stephanus Taberna to Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. The King of England has ordered his ambassador resident here to give the obedience to the pope, and accordingly he was admitted to-day in the public Consistory by his Holiness and made his speech. Rome, the 14th December, 1492.
May 7, 2024 · Charles then meets with Ludovico il Moro, then the real duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Sforza, who then dies a week after the meeting, saying goodbye to his dogs and horses at his deathbed. Then it is to Florence, where the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Piero, after sitting on the fence for a while, rolls over and gives Charles more than ...
