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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.
Apr 8, 2024 · Sforza family. 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 ...
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Added: Sep 13, 2016. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 169869481. Source citation. Italian condottiero and founder of the Sforza dynasty. Born Giacomo Attendolo, son of Giovanni Attendolo. He entered the history as Muzio Sforza which were both his nicknames. He drowned in Pescara River, while trying to save one of his pages. His body was never recovered.
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 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 ...
Sforza family. The Sforzas were an Italian Renaissance family that ruled Milan for almost a century. 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 ...
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 ...
