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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.
Owner. Private collection. La Bella Principessa (English: "The Beautiful Princess"), also known as Portrait of Bianca Sforza, Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress and Portrait of a Young Fiancée, is a portrait in coloured chalks and ink, on vellum, of a young lady in fashionable costume and hairstyle of a Milanese of the 1490s. [1]
- 33 cm × 23.9 cm (13 in × 9.4 in)
- 1495-6
- Private collection
- Uncertain. Disputed attribution to Leonardo da Vinci
Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Fermo, 14 o 24 gennaio 1444 – Milano, 26 dicembre 1476) fu duca di Milano dal 1466 al 1476, anno in cui fu assassinato nei pressi della chiesa di Santo Stefano per mano di alcuni nobili.
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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)
Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza ( Abbiategrasso, 20 giugno 1469 – Pavia, 21 ottobre 1494 [1]) è stato il sesto duca di Milano e il terzo della dinastia Sforza. In linguaggio cifrato fu anche soprannominato Instabilis. [2] Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Infanzia ed educazione. 1.2 Ducato (1476-1494) 1.2.1 Omicidio di Galeazzo Maria e reggenza di Bona di Savoia
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.
Caterina Sforza (born 1462/63, Milan [Italy]—died May 28, 1509, Florence) 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.
