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Encyclopedia > Francesco II Sforza

Francesco II Sforza (d. 1535), also known as Francesco Maria Sforza[1], was the Duke of Milan from 1521[2] to 1535. He fought at the Battle of Bicocca, and joined the League of Cognac against Charles V. His death in 1535 sparked the Italian War of 1535. This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present. ... Combatants France Spain Commanders Odet de Lautrec Fernando de Avalos Strength 15. ... The League of Cognac of 1526 pitted France, England, Pope Clement VII, Venice, Florence, and elements of Milan against the Emperor Charles V. Categories: Stub ... Charles V may refer to: Charles V of France, the Wise (1338–1380). ... The Italian War of 1535 between Charles V and Francis I of France began with the death of Francesco Maria Sforza, the duke of Milan. ...


Notes

  1. ^ To distinguish him from the earlier Francesco Sforza.
  2. ^ His possession of the Duchy was not finalized until the end of the Italian War of 1521, however.

Portrait of Francesco Sforza, ca 1460, by Bonifazio Bembo: Sforza insisted on being shown in his worn dirty old campaigning hat. ... Combatants France, Republic of Venice Spain, Holy Roman Empire, England, Papal States Commanders Francis I of France, Vicomte de Lautrec, Seigneur de Bonnivet â€ , Seigneur de Bayard â€ , Anne de Montmorency Charles V, Charles de Lannoy, Marchese di Pescara, Charles de Bourbon, Prosper Colonna The Italian War of 1521 (1521–26), sometimes...

References

  • Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.
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AllRefer.com - Sforza (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (706 words)
His illegitimate son, Francesco I Sforza (see separate article), became duke of Milan in 1450 through his marriage to Bianca Maria Visconti, daughter of the last Visconti duke of Milan.
Francesco was succeeded by his eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 1444–76, a highly educated but dissolute and cruel man; he was a patron of the arts and employed the architect Bramante.
Francesco took possession of his duchy after the French defeat (1522) by the army of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at Bicocca.
House of Sforza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (337 words)
Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.
His son Francesco Sforza ruled Milan for the first half of the Renaissance era, acquiring the title of Duke of Milan from the extinct Visconti family in 1447.
Duke of Milan Francesco I Alessandro Sforza at worldroots.com
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