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Maximilian Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He was installed as a ruler of Milan in 1512 after the capture of Milan by the Holy League, supported by a Swiss militia led by Jakob Meyer zum Hasen.
- 16 June 1512 – 11 October 1515
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Maximilian Maria Sforza was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He was installed as a ruler of Milan in 1512 after the capture of Milan by the Holy League, supported by a Swiss militia led by Jakob Meyer zum Hasen.
After Imperial German troops drove out the French, Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico, became Duke of Milan (1512–1515) until the French returned under Francis I of France and imprisoned him. In 1521 Charles V drove out the French and restored the younger son of Ludovico, Francesco II Sforza to the duchy.
- Milan: Francesco II (1535), Pesaro: Galeazzo Sforza (1512)
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Jun 3, 2022 · It was finally decided that Maximilian Sforza, the eldest son of the former duke Ludovico Sforza, would reign as a puppet. The Confederation would support him in exchange for 40,000 ducats annually, the possession of Domodossola, Lugano, and Locarno, and exemption from tolls.
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 Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bianca Maria Sforza (5 April 1472 – 31 December 1510) was Queen of Germany and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire as the third spouse of Maximilian I. She was the eldest legitimate daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan by his second wife, Bona of Savoy.
Jan 24, 2018 · Bianca Maria Sforza, around the time of her marriage to Maximilian, by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. Last week I explored the life of Mary of Burgundy, beloved first wife of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. This week I’m turning my attention to his second wife, Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-1510).
