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The family also held the seigniory of Pesaro, starting with Muzio Attendolo's second son, Alessandro (1409–1473). The Sforza held Pesaro until 1512, after the death of Costanzo II Sforza . [5]
Aug 13, 2022 · Alessandro Sforza(21 October 1409 – 3 April 1473) was an Italian condottieroand lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforzafamily. He was born in Cotignola in 1409, an illegitimate son of the famous condottiero Muzio Attendolo Sforza.
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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. The Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the Romagna (near Ravenna) who first assumed the name Sforza (“Force”) with the founder of the.
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Alessandro Sforza (21 October 1409 – 3 April 1473) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family. Biography. He was born in Cotignola in 1409, an illegitimate son of the famous condottiero Muzio Attendolo Sforza.
Alessandro had five children, among which Battista Sforza who became the wife of Federico di Urbino Duke of Montefeltro and whose portrait by Piero della Francesca is presently displayed in the Uffizi. Another noteworthy member of the family was Giovanni (1466- 1510) who married several times.
The Sforza Cesarini family, which still resides in the homonymous Roman palace, descends from the Sforza family which for many generations, precisely from 1450 to 1535, occupied the Signoria of Milan.
Scholars. The Sforzas were an Italian Renaissance family that ruled Milan for almost a century. The family was originally named Attendolo. The founder of the dynasty, Muzio Attendolo, changed his family name to Sforza, meaning “force.” The Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the region called Romagna in north-central Italy (near Ravenna ).
