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  2. Muzio’s illegitimate son Francesco Sforza, also a condottiere, became duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to the daughter of Duke Filippo Maria Visconti. Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466.

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  3. Other branches of the Sforza family founded by illegitimate sons of Muzio Attendolo were the Sforza di Santafiora, descended from Bosio; b. 1411; d. 1476; and the Sforza di Pesaro, going back to Alessandro; b. 1409; d.1473.

  4. Aug 13, 2022 · The Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the Romagna (near Ravenna) who first assumed the name Sforza (“Force”) with the founder of the dynasty, the condottiere Muzio Attendolo (1369–1424). Muzio’s illegitimate son Francesco Sforza, also a condottiere, became duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to the daughter of Duke Filippo ...

  5. The lineage began with Giovanni Paolo Sforza (d.1535), an illegitimate son of Ludovico il Moro and brother of Massimiliano. Also Giovanni Paolo, descendant of the homonymous founder of the family, must be remembered for the tribute he received from the royal order of Tosone.

  6. At the end of the fifteenth century, Francesco Sforza's granddaughter Caterina, an illegitimate daughter of his oldest son, Galeazza, married a member of the Medici family. One of their grandsons was Cosimo I de' Medici , who became the second Duke of Florence.

  7. Jun 5, 2021 · The legitimate son, Bosio, inherited his father’s properties in the Romagna and Tuscany, and was the progenitor of the line of the Sforza family that continues today. But it was Francesco, his illegitimate half-brother, who really made the family’s name synonymous with Renaissance magnificence.

  8. The historical roots of the Sforza family, which probably originated in Dacia, are found in Cotignola (Ravenna) where Muzio Attendolo (1369-1424) was born and whose nickname “Sforza”, subsequently, substituted the original surname of the family.