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  1. Filippo Maria Sforza (Pavia, 22 dicembre 1449 – 1º ottobre 1492), conte di Corsica e Pavia, era il figlio secondogenito maschio del duca di Milano Francesco Sforza e di Bianca Maria Visconti. Prese il nome dal nonno materno Filippo Maria Visconti, ultimo duca visconteo di Milano.

  2. Muzio’s illegitimate son Francesco Sforza, also a condottiere, became duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to the daughter of Duke Filippo Maria Visconti. Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466.

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  3. Oct 15, 2022 · Birthplace: Cremona, Lombardy, Italy. Death: 1492 (43-44) Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Immediate Family: Son of Francesco I Sforza, duca di Milano and Bianca Maria Visconti. Husband of Costanza Sforza. Fiancé of Marie de Luxembourg, countess of Saint-Pol.

    • Cremona, Lombardy
    • Cremona, Lombardy, Italy
    • 1448
    • 1492 (43-44)Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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  5. She was the daughter and only heir of the last Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti. He thus acquired the title of Duke of Milan (1450–1466), ruled Milan for 16 years, and made the Sforzas the heirs of the house of Visconti.

  6. In 1447, when a Venetian army advanced on Milan, Filippo Maria appealed for help to his son-in-law the condottiere Francesco Sforza, husband of his only daughter Bianca Maria. Filippo Maria died suddenly, however, leaving the duchy to be contested between Sforza and King Alfonso V of Aragon, whom Filippo Maria had designated his heir.

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  7. Already in 1425 the Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti called Francesco to his service but it was not until 1431 that he had the fortune of having him stably at his service promising to donate his daughter, Bianca Maria, in marriage, as effectively he did in 1441.

  8. He died without heirs and his daughter, Bianca, married Francesco Sforza, one of the most powerful mercenary captains in Milan. After three years of trying to establish republican government, the Milanese asked Sforza to step in and restore order in 1450.