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   May 24, 2024 · Caterina Sforza was an Italian noblewoman who ruled the cities of Forlì and Imola (now in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy) during the late 15th century. During her lifetime she became famous for her cunning, audacity, and extreme brutality as a warrior and a ruler. Her actions

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   Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan. Mother. Lucrezia Landriani. 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 .

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   Jul 20, 2023 · How far would you go to taunt an enemy? According to popular legend, Italian aristocrat Caterina Sforza (1463–1509) was willing to risk both her reputation and her children’s lives to spite her foes in war, making this a story truly suitable for the ultraviolent era of the Italian Renaissance.

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   Jun 20, 2022 · The conspirators handed over the children and left Caterina Sforza as the ruler of Imola and Forli for good. At only 25 years old, Sforza became a woman ruling alone. And she ruthlessly stamped out dissent. She tracked down her husband’s killers and hanged them. Sforza chose to act like the men who ruled around her.

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   Jan 18, 2024 · Caterina and Girolamo Riario weren’t just partners in marriage; they were a formidable duo that produced a brood of children, turning their household into a spectacle that could rival any royal ...

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   Like these women, Caterina Sforza wore armor and played a military role, but she was no rescuer or saint; Sforza fought for her own purposes. She commanded enormous respect and was even feared by the soldiers for her insistence on iron discipline, cruelly enforced.

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   Was Caterina Sforza a good aristocrat?

   • According to popular legend, Italian aristocrat Caterina Sforza (1463–1509) was willing to risk both her reputation and her children’s lives to spite her foes in war, making this a story truly suitable for the ultraviolent era of the Italian Renaissance. The extraordinary characters of the era weren’t limited to the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel.

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   Who is Caterina Sforza?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Caterina Sforza (born 1462/63, Milan [Italy]—died May 28, 1509, Florence) Italian noblewoman who ruled the cities of Forlì and Imola (now in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy) during the late 15th century.

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   What did Caterina Sforza say to her enemies?

   • Unknown/Wikimedia Commons A depiction of Caterina Sforza’s fortress, the Rocca Di Ravaldino, in Forli. While the conspirators held her children hostage, they pressured Sforza to surrender. Instead, she mounted the walls and called down to her enemies, “Do it, if you want to: hang them even in front of me.

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   What happened to Caterina Sforza?

   • But then, tragedy struck the Sforza family in December 1476. Assassins cut down the duke, leaving behind an infant as his only legitimate heir. Eager to remove Caterina from the power struggle between family members, Caterina’s stepmother sent her to Imola to marry the pope’s nephew. She was now fourteen years old.

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9. www.caterinasforza.it › en › historyHistory of Caterina | Caterina Sforza

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   Caterina. In the Sforza Castle of Milan…. Caterina was educated by her fatherly grand-mother Lady Bianca Maria Visconti in the lively and refined court with major poets and writers of the Italian Renaissance, she was used to spend the summertime in the Sforza estates of Pavia. She learned about her glorious family ancestors who were skilled ...