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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.
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Muzio Attendolo Sforza. 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.
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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The family was originally named Attendolo. The founder of the dynasty, Muzio Attendolo, changed his family name to Sforza, meaning “force.” The Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the region called Romagna in north-central Italy (near Ravenna). Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369–1424) was a condotierre, or soldier of fortune.
SFORZA. Northern Italian noble family. Muzio Attendolo, its founder; b. in the village of Cotignola in the Romagna, 1369; d. 1424, in the river Pescara, attempting to save the life of a page. As a boy he joined a band of mercenaries and later served under the condottiere Alberico da Barbiano, who gave him the name of Sforza, adopted by his ...
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.
Biografia. Infanzia e inizio della carriera militare. Muzio Attendolo Sforza in un ritratto del 1646. La famiglia del padre Giovanni, gli Attendolo, costituiva un ramo di nobiltà secondaria di Cotignola dedita alla coltivazione dei campi e al "mestiere delle armi".
May 6, 2021 · Introduction. Francesco Sforza was a pivotal figure in the state system of Italy in the 15th century. The son of a prominent condottiere, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, he inherited his father’s company of soldiers in 1424 and became one of the foremost condottieri of his time in his own right.