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  1. May 24, 2024 · Caterina Sforza (born 1462/63, Milan [Italy]—died May 28, 1509, Florence) was an Italian noblewoman who ruled the cities of Forlì and Imola (now in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy) during the late 15th century. During her lifetime she became famous for her cunning, audacity, and extreme brutality as a warrior and a ruler.

  2. Caterina Sforza was the illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the future fifth Duke of Milan, and his mistress, LucreziaLandriani, who was the wife of the duke’s friend courtier, Gian Piero Landriani. Caterina was born in Milan in the year 1463, though the exact date is not known.

  3. In the Sforza Castle of Milan…. Caterina was educated by her fatherly grand-mother Lady Bianca Maria Visconti in the lively and refined court with major poets and writers of the Italian Renaissance, she was used to spend the summertime in the Sforza estates of Pavia. She learned about her glorious family ancestors who were skilled strategists ...

  4. Sep 10, 2023 · 8 min read. ·. Sep 10. 23. Photo by Lance Reis on Unsplash. This piece is based on Elizabeth Lev’s book, a biography, ‘The Tigress of Forli.’. Caterina Sforza is probably one of the most...

  5. Image-Gallery. Caterina Sforza as the young wife of Girolamo Riario. Caterina Sforza (top right) with probably her mother Lucrezia and her half-brother Gian Galeazzo II. Maria Sforza (left), the young Duke of Milan. Caterina Sforza (right) was immortalised in this painting by the painter Sandro Botticelli (made in 1498!)

  6. Caterina Sforza was born in Milan in 1463. She was one of the illegitimate children of Galeazzo Maria Sforza and his mistress Lucrezia Landriani who was wife to Count Gian Piero Landriani. The Count was a courtier of the Milanese ducal court and a close friend to Galeazzo.

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  8. Photo caption. Caterina Sforza, the infamous fifteenth-century Italian regent of Forlì and Imola, was also an early scientist who experimented with chemistry and medicine. On the cover of Meredith K. Ray’s NEH-supported Daughters of Alchemy, a portrait of her, reproduced and seen above, shows her holding a bowl filled with jasmine, a ...

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