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Maria Sforza (right) as Saint Sebastian. This altarpiece was made in the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci around 1487 or 1488 (not later!); the two elder kneeling gentlemen, Ermes Maria Sforza again (on the bottom right) and his half-brother Alessandro Sforza (on the bottom left), Count of Galliate, were added to the work around 1502 or 1503.
The House of Sforza ( pronounced [ˈsfɔrtsa]) 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)
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza. 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.
Jun 5, 2021 · Francesco Sforza, like his father, left behind and army of legitimate and illegitimate children. The legitimate sons, were placed in positions to maintain the family’s prestige and honour at both ends of the peninsula: the eldest, Galeazzo Maria, as Duke of Milan, the younger brothers as successively dukes of Bari (in Apulia, part of the Kingdom of Naples), and the youngest (Ascanio) as a ...
Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan from 1521-1524, 1525, 1529-1535 and cousin of Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, with the symbol of the "Sforza-nose" When Francesco II. Maria Sforza was 35 years old, he was already a seriously ill man, as the following report of the Venetian Marin Sanudo, written on 11 October 1530, shows: "...
My mother, Ippolita Maria Sforza, and also my cousin, Caterina Sforza, have been identified either as Ginevra degli Albizzi or as Simonetta Vespucci by them. And my cousin Ermes Maria Sforza is supposed to be a certain Gerolamo Casio, and my cousin Bona Sforza, a daughter of my uncle Lodovico il Moro Sforza, is a certain Maddalena Doni.
Ermes Maria Sforza. Ermes Maria Sforza, marchese di Tortona [1] ( 10 maggio 1470 – Innsbruck, 1503 ), era figlio del duca di Milano Galeazzo Maria Sforza e di Bona di Savoia [2] .
