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Girolamo Riario (1443 – 14 April 1488) was Lord of Imola (from 1473) and Forlì (from 1480). He served as Captain General of the Church under his uncle Pope Sixtus IV. He took part in the 1478 Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici, and was assassinated 10 years later by members of the Forlivese Orsi family. Born in Savona, Riario was the son of Paolo Riario and Bianca della Rovere. He was a ...
Database: Ottaviano Riario. Date of Birth: 1479. Profession: Count, Noble. Ottaviano entered the service of the Florentine Republic as a condottiero when he was 19, at the request of his mother, Caterina Sforza, who wanted to cement the amiable relations with Florence. He commanded 100 men form Forlì, but terminated his contract after only a ...
Her power rested on the pope's investiture of her son Ottaviano as the Riario heir of Forlì and Imola, and her marriage into another family could jeopardize that inheritance. During the same period, Caterina developed a correspondence with Girolamo Savonarola of Florence, a noted spiritual figure of the day; the artists Botticelli and ...
Jun 9, 2022 · About Girolamo Riario, signore di Imola e Forli. was Lord of Imola (from 1473) and Forlì (from 1480). He served as Captain General of the Church under his uncle Pope Sixtus IV. He took part in the 1478 Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici, and was assassinated 10 years later by members of the Forlivese Orsi family.
Caterina Sforza, reproduction of the medal about 1488. Caterina Sforza (1463 – 28 May 1509) was an Italian noblewoman, the Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, firstly with her husband Girolamo Riario, and after his death as a regent of her son Ottaviano .
Bishop Ottaviano Visconti-Riario (died 6 Oct 1523) Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania. Source(s): b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 335;
Apr 30, 2022 · August 31, 1479. Birth of Ottaviano Riario, signore di Imola. Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy. 1533. 1533. Age 53. Death of Ottaviano Riario, signore di Imola. Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Genealogy for Ottaviano Riario (1479 - 1533) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
