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Galeazzo Maria Sforza, tempera on panel by Piero Pollaiolo, c. 1480; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Sforza Family, Italian family, first named Attendoli, that produced two famous soldiers of fortune and founded a dynasty that ruled Milan for almost a century.
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.
Jun 20, 2021 · Ruler who never truly held power. Gian Galeazzo Sforza was too. young to inherit his father's title. Gian Galeazzo Sforza, the third member of the Sforza family to have the title Duke of Milan, was born on this day in 1469 in Abbiategrasso, a town in the Po Valley about 22km (14 miles) north of Milan. He was the sixth Duke of Milan in all, the ...
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Gian Galeazzo, 1476–1494; Ludovico, 1494–1499; Massimiliano, 1513–1515; Francesco II, 1521–1535; Sforza rulers of Pesaro and Gradara. Alessandro, 1445–1473; Costanzo I, 1473–1483; Giovanni, 1483–1500 and 1503–1510; Costanzo II, 1510–1512; Galeazzo , 1512; Sforza family tree A family tree of the House of Sforza
NameRelationship To The House Of SforzaFounder of the House of SforzaSon of Muzio Attendolo, first Sforza ...Wife of Francesco I SforzaSon of Francesco I Sforza and Bianca ...Gian Galeazzo Sforza (20 June 1469 – 21 October 1494), also known as Giovan Galeazzo Sforza, was the sixth Duke of Milan.
Overview. Gian Galeazzo Sforza. (1469—1494) Quick Reference. (1469–94), Third Sforza duke of Milan, the son of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, whom he succeeded at the age of 7 under the regency of his mother Bona of Savoy, who ... From: Sforza, Gian Galeazzo in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance »
Feb 2, 2023 · Isabella's marriage in 1489 to her first cousin, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, was intended to reinforce the existing political and military alliance between the Aragonese rulers of Naples and the Sforza of Milan. 22 The anticipated benefits of these familial relations failed to materialise because the effective government of Milan ...
