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Ippolita Maria Sforza. Ippolita Maria Sforza (18 April 1445 – 20 August 1488) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of the Duke of Calabria, who later reigned as King Alfonso II of Naples. Ippolita was a very intelligent and cultured young woman.
Ippolita Maria Sforza was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family. She was the wife of Alfonso II of Naples. Ippolita was a former lover of Lorenzo the Magnificent. She was approached by Lorenzo for help in convincing Ferrante, King of Naples, to withdraw his forces from the siege of Florence. With her husband Prince Alfonso away at Florence, Ippolita agreed to assist Lorenzo ...
A Child Prodigy of Dance. Ippolita Maria Sforza was the daughter of Duke Francesco Sforza of Milan and Bianca Maria Visconti. Her father employed a number of scholars to provide his children with the finest of classical educations, which included Greek, Latin, rhetoric, and the arts. In 1454, Francesco added the humanist poet Antonio Cornazano ...
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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.
NameRelationship To The House Of SforzaFounder of the House of SforzaSon of Muzio Attendolo, first Sforza ...Wife of Francesco I SforzaSon of Francesco I Sforza and Bianca ...- Milan: Francesco II (1535), Pesaro: Galeazzo Sforza (1512)
This volume presents in translation 100 previously unknown letters of Ippolita Maria Sforza (1445–1488), daughter of the Duke of Milan, who was sent at age twenty to marry the son of the infamously brutal King Ferrante of Naples. Sforza’s letters display the adroit diplomacy she used to strengthen the alliance between Milan and Naples, then the two most powerful states in Italy, amid such ...
Feb 2, 2023 · She was born into the House of Aragon of Naples, became Duchess of Milan by marriage and later ruled in her own right as Duchess of Bari. Isabella was born in 1470 to Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, and Ippolita Maria Sforza.
Ippolita was born in 1446, the daughter of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza, the 4th duke of Milan. One of the accomplished women of Renaissance Italy, Ippolita once astonished Pope Pius II while he was visiting her father's court by reciting a Latin oration she had composed. She was 12 at the time. Ippolita (1446–1484)Queen of Naples.
