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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.
A family tree of the House of Sforza. Muzio Sforza with mistress Lucia da Torsano had 7 illegitimate sons. son Gabriele Sforza archbishop of Milan; son Francesco I Sforza married Bianca Maria Visconti. son Galeazzo Maria Sforza married Bona of Savoy, mistress Lucrezia Landriani. daughter Bianca Maria (1472–1510), second wife of Holy Roman ...
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)
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Muzio Attendolo Sforza (born May 8, 1369, Cotignola [Italy]—died Jan. 4, 1424, Pescara) soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan. The son of Giovanni Attendolo, a prosperous farmer of the Romagna (in north-central Italy), Muzio left home in 1384 to join a mercenary ...
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Soprannominato Muzio (o Muzzo, da Giacomuzzo ), detto poi Sforza, lo Sforza o il Grande Sforza (quindi Muzio Attendolo Sforza ), fu conte di Cotignola, signore di Acerra, Acquapendente, Apice, Apricena, Bagno Vignoni, Barletta, Benevento, Biccari, Chiusi, Foggia, Lesina, Maiori, Manfredonia, Montecchio Emilia, Montella, Orbetello, Orsara di Pugl...
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The historical roots of the Sforza family, which probably originated in Dacia, are found in Cotignola (Ravenna) where Muzio Attendolo (1369-1424) was born and whose nickname “Sforza”, subsequently, substituted the original surname of the family.
Edoardo Rossetti. – Nacque a Cotignola il 29 ottobre 1409 da Muzio Attendolo, detto Sforza, e da Lucia di Torsciano, sua concubina di origine perugina, poi sposatasi con Marco Fogliani. Dalla stessa donna Muzio ebbe anche Francesco (1401-1466) poi duca di Milano, Elisa (1402-1476) poi sposa di Leonetto Sanseverino, Antonia (1404-1471 ...