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Federico lost his nasal bridge and his right eye in a tournament. Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG (7 June 1422 – 10 September 1482), was one of the most successful mercenary captains ( condottieri) of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino from 1444 (as Duke from 1474) until his death.
His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Filippo Maria Visconti is the 3,484th most popular politician (down from 3,428th in 2019), the 1,100th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,120th in 2019) and the 241st most popular Italian Politician. Filippo Maria Visconti was the Duke of Milan ...
He was born in Mantua, the third son of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este. At the age of sixteen, he was sent to the court of Spain as a page to the future emperor Charles V, to whom Ferrante remained faithful for his whole life. In 1527 he took part in the Sack of Rome and attended Charles' triumphant coronation at Bologna in 1530: at ...
Turin–Milan Hours. The Turin–Milan Hours (or Milan–Turin hours, Turin Hours etc.) is a partially destroyed illuminated manuscript, which despite its name is not strictly a book of hours. It is of exceptional quality and importance, with a very complicated history both during and after its production. It contains several miniatures of ...
Gian Maria Visconti (or Giovanni Maria; 7 September 1388 – 16 May 1412) was the second Visconti Duke of Milan, the son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Caterina Visconti. He was known to be cruel and was eventually assassinated. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gian Maria Visconti has received more than 70,632 ...
His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Ludovico Sforza is the 29th most popular nobleman (up from 38th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 230th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Nobleman. Ludovico Sforza was the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.
Cesare as a boy, painted by Pinturicchio. Like many aspects of Cesare Borgia's life, the date of his birth is a subject of dispute. He was born in Subiaco in Lazio, Italy in either 1475 or 1476, the illegitimate son of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i de Borja, usually known as "Rodrigo Borgia", later Pope Alexander VI, and his Italian mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei, about whom information is sparse.
