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- As regent and, after the death of Gian Galeazzo (1494), as duke of Milan, he kept a brilliant court and was famous as patron of the arts. His appeal to King Charles VIII of France in 1494 led to the French invasion of Italy and to his ultimate defeat. He died in a French prison in Loches.
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Francesco allied with Florence and other northern cities in order to prevent conquest of northern Italy by larger and more unified realms of northern Europe, a threat that came to fruition after his death when the king of France invaded Lombardy to subdue the power of Milan.
Once the war between Milan and Venice ended in 1441 under mediation by Sforza, he successfully invaded southern Italy alongside René of Anjou, pretender to the throne of Naples, and after that returned to Milan.
Naples was allied with Pope Alexander VI, who begrudged the Sforza its possession of the city of Forlì, situated in the Papal States. Ludovico tried to counteract the Neapolitan threat aiding Charles VIII of France to attack Naples. He allowed Charles in 1495 to move his army through Milan.
Francesco I Sforza (fränchās´kō, sfôr´tsä), 1401–66, duke of Milan (1450–66); illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza. He succeeded his father as leader of his band of mercenaries, and by his valor and sagacity he became one of the most powerful condottieri of his time.
As a leader of mercenary troops and a shrewd soldier he acquired wealth and fame. Several of his numerous illegitimate sons founded princely houses. Most famous among them was Francesco, first of the Sforza dukes of Milan; b. 1401; d. 1466.
Oct 16, 2023 · He imprisons Ventimiglia in Cantù, suspecting him of treachery. While camped at Vimercate, a revolt breaks out in Milan at Porta Nuova led by his supporters such as Gaspare from Vimercate and Pietro Cotta. The inhabitants of the district call upon Sforza to enter the city and proclaim him their lord.
Francesco Sforza. Duke of Milan and Condottiere, the maternal grandfather of Isabella of Aragon, who had blue-grey eyes and a prominent nose (this is one of the most realistic portraits of him) Born: 23. July 1401.
