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Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.
Caterina Sforza (born 1462/63, Milan [Italy]—died May 28, 1509, Florence) Italian noblewoman who ruled the cities of Forlì and Imola (now in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy) during the late 15th century. During her lifetime she became famous for her cunning, audacity, and extreme brutality as a warrior and a ruler.
Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Fermo, 14 o 24 gennaio 1444 – Milano, 26 dicembre 1476) fu duca di Milano dal 1466 al 1476, anno in cui fu assassinato nei pressi della chiesa di Santo Stefano per mano di alcuni nobili.
Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466. Though traditionally characterized as despotic, extravagant, and dissolute, Galeazzo Maria was apparently a capable ruler who took an active interest in agriculture, constructed canals for irrigation and transportation, introduced the cultivation of rice ...
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History, European Studies. Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Althou...
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.
son Galeazzo Maria Sforza married Bona of Savoy, mistress Lucrezia Landriani. daughter Bianca Maria (1472–1510), second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. son Gian Galeazzo (1469–1494), married his cousin Isabella of Naples. son Francesco (II), nominally duke under the regency of Ludovico Maria.
