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When Francesco I Sforza died in 1466, he was succeeded by the dissolute Galeazzo Maria, elder brother of Lodovico. Galeazzo Maria ruled until his assassination in 1476, leaving his throne to his 7-year-old son, Gian Galeazzo, Lodovico's nephew.
Maria de' Medici (1540–1557) Possibly Maria de’ Medici with her younger brother Antonio in a posthumous portrait by Agnolo Bronzino. Maria de' Medici (April 3, 1540 – November 19, 1557) was the eldest child of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. She was a member of the famous Medici family.
Biography. Ottaviano Maria Sforza was born in Milan, Italy in 1475, the son of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza [3] [4] [5] and his mistress Lucia Marliani. On 27 October 1497, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Lodi. [2] [6] His title was more than pastoral and he used his position to secure funding and troops for ...
Francesco was succeeded by his eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 1444–76, a highly educated but dissolute and cruel man; he was a patron of the arts and employed the architect Bramante. He was assassinated in the Church of San Stefano at Milan by republican conspirators, but the popular uprising anticipated by the assassins did not materialize.
The Renaissance. Sforza, Caterina (1463–1509) Countess of the Italian domain of Forli and a formidable rival to the Borgia family, Caterina Sforza was the illegitimate daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza, a member of the ruling dynasty of Milan. At the age of ten she was engaged to Girolamo Riario, the nephew and reputed illegitimate son ...
Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni ( Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo ( English: / ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒəloʊ, ˌmɪk -/ [1] ), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, [2] and poet of the High Renaissance.
Jun 5, 2020 · Preceded by – Piero de Medici (the Gouty) – 1464 – 1469. Succeeded by – Piero de Medici (the Unfortunate) – 1492 – 1494. 1449 (1st January) Lorenzo de Medici was born to Piero de Medici and his wife Lucrezia Tornabuoni in Florence. He was the couple’s fourth child, his sisters Maria, Bianca and Lucrezia were born earlier.
