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Giacomo Feo (c. 1471 – 27 August 1495), was the second husband of Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forlì. He was born and died in Forlì.
Mar 15, 2019 · A few months after her husband’s death, Caterina secretly married Giacomo Feo with whom she had a son, Bernardino Carlo. The passion she felt for the ambitious young man proved to be a weakness.
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Giacomo Feo (b. 1470–d. 1495) achieved much power in her court and was assassinated. They had a son, Carlo (b. 1490–d. 1550s). The second, Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici (b. 1467–d. 1498), of the cadet branch of the Florentine family, did not gain political power and died of natural causes.
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.
Born Caterina Sforza in late 1462 or early 1463 in Milan, Italy; died in Florence, Italy, in 1509; illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–1476), duke of Milan, and Lucrezia Landriani (wife of Giampietro Landriani); married Girolamo Riario, in 1477 (died 1488); began liaison with Giacomo Feo, in 1489 (died 1495); married Giovanni de...
Her second marriage, to Giacomo Feo, came to a tragic end in 1495 when he was murdered while the couple was riding through the streets of Forli. Caterina soon had the conspirators and all their families massacred. Caterina then allied with Florence through a secret marriage to her third husband, Giovanni de' Medici.
Oct 28, 2022 · In 1488, she began a relationship with Giacomo Feo, brother of the castellan of the fortress of Ravaldino, and may have secretly married him. The relationship was opposed by some who feared it undermined the power of Caterina’s Riario son and heir, Ottaviano, and in 1495 Giacomo, too, was murdered.
