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- In January 1500, Cesare Borgia concluded his twenty-four day siege of Caterina Sforza’s fortress of Ravaldino in Forli, Italy. Cesare Borgia sacked Ravaldino, captured Caterina Sforza and eventually imprisoned her in a Roman fortress when she refused to sign over her claims to Imola and Forli to the Papal State.
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The Siege of Forli (19 December 1499-12 January 1500) was a siege action of the Italian War of 1499-1504. Cesare Borgia 's Papal and French armies laid siege to Caterina Sforza 's fortress of Forli, and they succeeded in exploiting a tunnel beneath the defensive walls to breach the city's defenses. Caterina Sforza was captured during the fall ...
The Siege of Forli (1497) was a battle of the Italian Wars. The battle saw the Papal army of Juan Borgia fail to conquer Forli and capture Caterina Sforza as the result of a surprise attack on the Papal rear by Ludovico Sforza 's Milanese army. The Papal army was destroyed in an ignominious defeat.
Mar 15, 2019 · March 15, 2019. • 11 min read. Toward the end of 1499, a woman stood atop the walls of the Rocca di Ravaldino in Forlì, some 185 miles north of Rome. The troops of the Borgias, a powerful rival...
May 25, 2020 · According to historian and pre-eminent biographer of Caterina Sforza, Elizabeth Lev, the siege of Forli was crawling with eyes from the major powers. France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, Venice, Rome and Florence all had their spies and informers around the town and fortress of Forli—and wrote copious correspondence as the siege unfolded.
Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who sought to avenge the death of his Pazzi Conspiracy ally Riario, hired the Orsi brothers to lay siege to Forli and claim Caterina Sforza's head. The Orsi brothers assaulted the castle while Caterina Sforza was away, making it inside the walls.
Jun 20, 2022 · When enemies laid siege to the fortress of Italian noblewoman Caterina Sfroza and captured her children, she stood on the walls of Imola and lifted her skirts, calling out that she could always make more children. She was indeed resilient. Sforza had already outlived a father and husband who died at the assassin’s blade.
Sforza, Caterina (c. 1462–1509)Countess of Forlì and the "most famous virago of the Renaissance" who conducted military operations and defended besieged fortresses in 15th-century Italy. Name variations: Caterine Sforza; Catherine Sforza, countess of Forli and Imola or Imolo; Caterina de Medici; Caterina Sforza Riario.