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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.
She was a member of the powerful Sforza family, which ruled Milan continuously in the second half of the 15th century and for brief periods in the early 16th century ( see Milan: Feudal and dynastic conflicts ). Galeazzo Maria Sforza, tempera on panel by Piero Pollaiolo, c. 1480; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Gian Galeazzo Sforza (20 June 1469 – 21 October 1494), also known as Giovan Galeazzo Sforza, was the sixth Duke of Milan . Early life. Born in Abbiategrasso, he was only seven years old when in 1476 his father, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, was assassinated and he became the Duke of Milan.
- 26 December 1476 – 21 October 1494
- Sforza
https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.5973129.9. Galeazzo Maria Sforza entered Milan as its duke on March 20, 1466. When he died, a chronicler from Ferrara remarked, “He was the second prince and lord in Italy.”.
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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.
Jan 24, 2020 · Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who became the second member of the Sforza family to take the title Duke of Milan, was born on this day in 1444 in Fermo, in what is now the Marche region. Sforza was an effective ruler but is often remembered as a tyrant with a cruel streak.
Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466.
