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Francesco I Sforza KG (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈpriːmo ˈsfɔrtsa]; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death.
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 of Visconti.
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Piero della Francesca ( / ˌpjɛəroʊ ˌdɛlə frænˈtʃɛskə /, [2] US also /- frɑːnˈ -/, [3] [4] Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ⓘ; né Piero di Benedetto; c. 1415 [1] – 12 October 1492) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance. To contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. [5]
Inaugurato nel 1451 da Sforza Secondo Sforza (nato nel 1433 e morto nel 1492/93), figlio naturale di Francesco I Sforza,a sua volta figlio naturale di Muzio Attendolo, Conte di Cotignola, si estinse nel 1679 con Alessandro III.
Download hi-res image TITLE Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece) AUTHOR Piero della Francesca DATE 1472 - 4 OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Tempera on panel DIMENSIONS cm 251 × 172 INVENTORY 180 ROOM XXIV Work on display
Francesco Sforza (Cigoli, 23 luglio 1401 – Milano, 8 marzo 1466) è stato il primo duca di Milano appartenente alla dinastia degli Sforza.. Valente condottiero di compagnia di ventura, per anni Francesco Sforza combatté al servizio dei vari principati italiani, dal Regno di Napoli allo Stato della Chiesa, per giungere infine alla corte del duca di Milano Filippo Maria Visconti.
When, in 1471, his sister Ippolyta asked a Franciscan friar holy man in Naples—perhaps Giovanni della Marca—to pray for Galeazzo Maria, the friar refused to do so, saying: "What do you want, madonna, that I pray to God for the Lord your brother, who fears God as much as that wall does?"
