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  1. 978-0-520-91345-5. History, European Studies. Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Althou...

  2. May 4, 2020 · In the Spring of 1459, the teenage Galeazzo Maria Sforza (heir to the Duchy of Milan) was present in Florence, being one of the members of a dignified retinue that would escort Pope Pius II onwards from Tuscany to Mantua.

  3. Jan 24, 2020 · Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who became the second member of the Sforza family to take the title Duke of Milan, was born on this day in 1444 in Fermo, in what is now the Marche region. Sforza was an effective ruler but is often remembered as a tyrant with a cruel streak. He ruled Milan for just 10 years before he was assassinated in 1476.

  4. Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.

  5. Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Although his reign ended tragically only ten years later, the young prince's court was a dynamic community where arts, policy making, and the panoply of state were integrated with the rhythms ...

  6. Dec 5, 2008 · Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), fifth Duke of Milan, set out when he acceded to power in 1466 to style himself as one of the most glorious of rulers and to make his court (in the words of the contemporary chronicler Bernardino Corio) one of ‘the most splendid in the universe’.

  7. Overview. Galeazzo Maria Sforza. (1444—1476) Quick Reference. (1444–76), Second Sforza duke of Milan, the son of Francesco Sforza and Maria Bianca Visconti. In 1466 he was in France fighting in support of King Louis XI against the ... From: Sforza, Galeazzo Maria in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance »

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