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Biografia. Alessandro Sforza fu uno dei figli naturali che il duca di Milano Galeazzo Maria Sforza ebbe dalla sua amante Lucrezia Landriani. Fu creato signore di Francavilla e quindi divenne luogotenente del re di Napoli [1]; quando tra gli Sforza sorse il contrasto dinastico tra la moglie di suo padre, la duchessa Bona di Savoia, e suo zio ...
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He was born in Cotignola in 1409, an illegitimate son of the famous condottiero Muzio Attendolo Sforza. [1] Alessandro collaborated actively with his brother Francesco in his military campaign, and with him he conquered Milan, Alessandria and Pesaro. In 1435, at Fiordimonte, he won the battle in which the riotous Niccolò Fortebraccio was killed.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Sheetz. 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 Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the Romagna (near Ravenna) who first assumed the name Sforza (“Force ...
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The lineage of the Sforza Marquises of Caravaggio, ended with Francesco Maria (d. 1708) who had no descendants other than his daughter Bianca Maria. Alessandro Sforza (1409-1473), illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo, established the branch of the Sforza Lords of Pesaro. Alessandro became Lord of this State in 1455 after his marriage, a year ...
Most famous among them was Francesco, first of the Sforza dukes of Milan; b. 1401; d. 1466. A condottiere like his father, he married (1441) Bianca Maria Visconti, illegitimate daughter of Filippo Maria, last Visconti duke of Milan (d. 1447). Francesco claimed his state and succeeded him in 1450. An outstanding statesman, he played an important ...
8. March 1466. Father: Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369-1424) Mother: Lucia di Terzano (or Lucia Terzani da Marsciano), a mistress of his father. Spouse: Polissena Ruffo († 1420), Countess of Montalto; marriage in 1416 – she was poisoned by one of her aunts. Bianca Maria Visconti (1425-1468), daughter of Filippo Maria Visconti († 1447), Duke ...
