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Muzio Attendolo Sforza (28 May 1369 – 4 January 1424), was an Italian condottiero. Founder of the Sforza dynasty , he led a Bolognese-Florentine army at the Battle of Casalecchio . He was the father of Francesco Sforza , who ruled Milan for 16 years.
Apr 8, 2024 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza (born May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy]—died Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara) was a soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan.
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Tradition ascribes some episodes to Muzio Attendolo which, together with his military accomplishments, describe the profile of one of many mercenaries and condottieri that easily found their way in the fragmented reality of Italy, at the time.
Nov 29, 2023 · Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369-1424), founder of the Sforza dynasty, Bernardino Luini (1522/26), originally from the Casa degli Atellani in Milan, now preserved in the Museum of Ancient Art of the Sforzesco Castle in Milan
Muzio Attendolo (1369–1424) was one of the most powerful condottieri of the period (his assumed name Sforza means “force”). His illegitimate son Francesco (1401–66) was also a successful condottiere, whose armies were involved in a three-way war with the Milanese republic and Venice, after which he entered Milan in triumph as duke (1450 ...
Muzio Attendolo Sforza was not a noble but he did have the power of arms, necessary to Cocco if he were to defeat Siena. The wedding was the launching pad to achieve his dream of dragging himself up from his low beginnings as the coarse soldier son of peasants to become a great and powerful lord.
May 28, 2022 · Among the main sights in Milan is the impressive Sforza castle, Castello Sforzesco, which Francesco Sforza had built on the site of the Castello di Porta Giovia, which had been the main residence in the city of the Visconti family. Galeazzo II Visconti was responsible for the original, a square-plan castle with 200m-long sides, four towers at ...
