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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.
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.
Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466. Though traditionally characterized as despotic, extravagant, and dissolute, Galeazzo Maria was apparently a capable ruler who took an active interest in agriculture, constructed canals for irrigation and transportation, introduced the cultivation of rice ...
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.
Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza is an oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiuolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence. [1] It was produced in 1471 on Galeazzo Maria Sforza 's third visit to Florence to strengthen his alliance with Lorenzo the Magnificent.
Its name derives from its black borders and dark colour scheme, also found in the New York Black Hours, Morgan MS 493, and of a type favoured by the Burgundian court. It is one of about seven surviving black books of hours, all luxury books from the circle of the Burgundian court around this time.
Bianca Maria Visconti. Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; 'the Moor'), [ b ] and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, [ 3 ] was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.
