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- In an attempt to save one of his pages during the fording of the Pescara River, Sforza drowned and his body was swept away by the waters.
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Apr 8, 2024 · May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy] Died: Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara (aged 54) House / Dynasty: Sforza family. Muzio Attendolo Sforza (born May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy]—died Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara) was a soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan.
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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.
Braccio was master of Perugia in 1416 and briefly controlled the city of Rome. He was killed laying siege to Aquila on behalf of Ladislas, king of Naples. Alberico da Barbiano (1344–1409) Angelo Broglio da Lavello (1350 or 1370–1421), known as Tartaglia, long-standing rival of Muzio Sforza.
Apr 28, 2024 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza clashes with the latter; the two condottieri wound each other. Having fallen to the ground, they continue the fight on foot. June: 100 lances: Emilia: Muzio Attendolo Sforza participates in the battle of Casalecchio di Reno where he commands, alongside Fuzzolino Tedesco, the first line consisting of 2,000 horses.
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. As a boy he joined a band of mercenaries and later served under the condottiere Alberico da Barbiano, who gave him the name of Sforza, adopted by his ...
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”). His illegitimate son Francesco (1401–66) was also a successful condottiere, whose armies were involved in a three-way war with the Milanese ...
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. Giacomuzzo was born in 1369 in Cotignola (Romagna) to a rich family of rural nobility, son of Giovanni Attendolo (d. 1385/1386)[1] and Elisa ...
