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Alessandro Sforza (21 October 1409 – 3 April 1473) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family. Biography. He was born in Cotignola in 1409, an illegitimate son of the famous condottiero Muzio Attendolo Sforza.
Sep 6, 2018 · Birthdate: 1465. Death: 1523 (57-59) Immediate Family: Son of Galeazzo Maria I Sforza, duca di Milano and Lucrezia Landriani. Husband of Barbara Sforza, di Valchiavenna. Father of Camilla Sforza. Brother of Caterina Sforza, contessa di Forli; Chiara Sforza and Carlo Sforza, conte di Magenta.
- 1465
- Livio Scremin
- 1523 (57-59)
- capitano generale delle truppe milanesi
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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 Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The House of Sforza (pronounced) was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza , in 1535.
- Milan: Francesco II (1535), Pesaro: Galeazzo Sforza (1512)
Alessandro had five children, among which Battista Sforza who became the wife of Federico di Urbino Duke of Montefeltro and whose portrait by Piero della Francesca is presently displayed in the Uffizi.
Guido Ascanio, Cardinal Archpriest of the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, was buried in the family Chapel, commanded by him to Michelangelo, where his brother Cardinal Alessandro Sforza was also buried.
Feb 27, 2019 · Francesco Sforza was a pivotal figure in the state system of Italy in the 15th century. The son of a prominent condottiere, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, he inherited his father’s company of soldiers in 1424 and became one of the foremost condottieri of his time in his own right.
