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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. The son of Giovanni Attendolo, a prosperous farmer of the Romagna (in north-central Italy), Muzio left home in 1384 to join a ...
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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.
- Milan: Francesco II (1535), Pesaro: Galeazzo Sforza (1512)
Muzio’s illegitimate son Francesco Sforza, also a condottiere, became duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to the daughter of Duke Filippo Maria Visconti. Francesco’s eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–76), succeeded his father in 1466. Though traditionally characterized as despotic, extravagant, and dissolute, Galeazzo Maria ...
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Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369–1424) was a condotierre, or soldier of fortune. Essentially he was a mercenary who fought for whomever would pay him. Muzio’s son Francesco Sforza (1401–66) was also a soldier of fortune. He grew up in the court of Ferrara and fought under his father until Muzio drowned in a battle in 1424.
Muzio Attendolo, also called Sforza (Strong) (1369–1424) Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola (1390–1432) Giovanni Vitelleschi (d. 1440) Erasmo da Narni, also known as Gattamelata (1370–1443) Niccolò Piccinino (1380–1444) Micheletto Attendolo (Muzio Attendolo's cousin or nephew, c. 1390–c. 1451) Francesco Sforza (1401–1466) Onorata ...
The Sforza Cesarini family, which still resides in the homonymous Roman palace, descends from the Sforza family which for many generations, precisely from 1450 to 1535, occupied the Signoria of Milan. The historical roots of the Sforza family, which probably originated in Dacia, are found in Cotignola (Ravenna) where Muzio Attendolo (1369-1424 ...
