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      • Muzio Attendolo Sforza (born May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy]—died Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara) was a soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan.
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  3. Apr 8, 2024 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza (born May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy]—died Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara) was a soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan.

  4. Muzio Attendolo Sforza (28 May 1369 – 4 January 1424), was an Italian condottiero. Founder of the Sforza dynasty, he led a Bolognese-Florentine army at the Battle of Casalecchio . He was the father of Francesco Sforza, who ruled Milan for 16 years.

  5. History. The first son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Francesco I Sforza, married Bianca Maria (1425–1468) in 1441. [1] [2] [3] She was the daughter and only heir of the last Duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti. [2] He thus acquired the title of Duke of Milan (1450–1466), ruled Milan for 16 years, and made the Sforzas the heirs of the house ...

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    • Milan: Francesco II (1535), Pesaro: Galeazzo Sforza (1512)
  6. Apr 28, 2024 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza, born on 28 May 1369 and passing on 4 January 1424, stands as a prominent figure in Italian history as a distinguished condottiero. He is credited with laying the foundation of the renowned Sforza dynasty.

  7. Muzio Attendolo Sforza (28 May 1369 – 4 January 1424), was an Italian condottiero. Founder of the Sforza dynasty, he led a Bolognese-Florentine army at the Battle of Casalecchio. He was the father of Francesco Sforza, who ruled Milan for 16 years. Giacomuzzo was born in 1369 in Cotignola (Romagna) to a rich family of rural nobility, son of Giovanni Attendolo (d. 1385/1386)[1] and Elisa ...

  8. Muzio Attendolo, its founder; b. in the village of Cotignola in the Romagna, 1369; d. 1424, in the river Pescara, attempting to save the life of a page. As a boy he joined a band of mercenaries and later served under the condottiere Alberico da Barbiano, who gave him the name of Sforza, adopted by his descendants.

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