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On the vault are cartouches bearing inscriptions that record, in chronological order, the marriage (1493-94) of Ludovico il Moro’s niece, Bianca Maria Sforza, to the Emperor Maximilian, the investiture of Ludovico as duke (1495) and, lastly, his journey (1496) with Beatrice to request help from Maximilian in the war against Charles VIII. The ...
Married at two and widowed at ten, Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), like all aristocratic women, was a dynastic asset. This portrait was probably made around the time of her second marriage, to the Holy Roman emperor, Maximilian I.
marriage of Gian Galeazzo’ sister, Bianca Maria Sforza, t o the now widowed Maximilian I, making him imperial kin. Given V alois-Habsburg rivalry this marked the duchy of Milan as a greater F ...
Mother. Bianca Maria Visconti. Ippolita Maria Sforza (18 April 1445 – 20 August 1488) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of the Duke of Calabria, who later reigned as King Alfonso II of Naples. Ippolita was a very intelligent and cultured young ...
Bianca Maria Sforza married when she was not even two years old, to her first cousin – Philibert of Savoy. He was 8 years old at that time and was the son of her uncle (mother’s brother). It is interesting that Bianca Maria Sforza was left a widow at the age of 10, since her husband died when he was only 17.
Bianca Maria Visconti in a portrait by Bonifacio Bembo, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Francesco's coat of arms encircled with the garter.. 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.
In 1499/1500 he conquered it and drove the Sforza regent Lodovico il Moro into exile. This brought him into a potential conflict with Maximilian, who on 16 March 1494 had married Bianca Maria Sforza, a daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan. However, Maximilian was unable to hinder the French from taking over Milan.[9]
