Map of Italy in 1494. Insert shows the Duchy of Milan ruled by the Visconti family and inherited by the Sforzas.

Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1629x2282, 977 KB) What: Italy about 1494 Source: Historical Atlas by William Shepherd from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1629x2282, 977 KB) What: Italy about 1494 Source: Historical Atlas by William Shepherd from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin http://www. ... 1494 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. ...

The dynasty was founded by Muzio Attendolo, called Sforza (from sforzare, to exert or force, 1369-1424) a condottiero from Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples. He was the most successful dynast of the condottieri. Muzio Attendolo Sforza. ... Events King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. ... Events August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ... Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ... Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ... Angevin (IPA: ) is the name applied to the residents of Anjou, a former province of the Kingdom of France, as well as to the residents of Angers. ... Naples panorama. ...

His son Francesco I 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. While there were many good rulers in the family, there were also a number of despots, many of which were mentally unstable. Portrait of Francesco Sforza,, c. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ...

The family also held the seigniory of Pesaro, starting from Muzio Attendolo's second son, Alessandro (1409-1473). The Sforza held Pesaro until 1519, with the death of Galeazzo. Muzio's third son, Bosio (1411-1476), founded the branch of Santa Fiora, who held the title of count of Cotignola. Members of this family held important ecclesiastical and political position in the Papal States, and moved to Rome in 1674. Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. ... Alessandro Sforza (October 21, 1409 - April 1473) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family. ... Bosio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria. ... Santa Fiora is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 110 km southeast of Florence and about 40 km east of Grosseto. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Ravenna (RA) Mayor Elevation m Area 35. ...

The Sforza would later join with the Borgia Family, through the arranged marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni (the illegitimate son of Costanzo I of Pesaro[1]). Borja (better known by the Italian spelling of the name, Borgia) was an influential Spanish family during the Renaissance. ... An arranged marriage is a marriage that is established before involving oneself in a lengthy relationship, and often involves the arrangement of someone else other than the person getting married. ... Portrait of a Woman by Bartolomeo Veneziano, traditionally assumed to be Lucrezia Borgia. ... Giovanni Sforza dAragona, Conte de Cotognola, Principe di Pesaro (c. ... Costanzo I of Sforza (July 1447 - July 4, 1483) was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara. ...

Ludovico Sforza (also known as Ludovico il Moro, famous also for taking Leonardo da Vinci at his service) was defeated in 1500 by the French army of Louis XII of France - see also Italian Wars. Ludovico Sforza in a portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. ... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis XII the Father of the People (French: Louis XII le Père du Peuple) (June 27, 1462 – January 1, 1515) was King of France 1498 – January 1, 1515. ... The Italian Wars, often referred to as the great Italian Wars or the great wars of Italy in historical works, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, all the major states of western Europe (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, England, Scotland, the...

After the French were driven out by Imperial Swiss troops Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico, became Duke of Milan, until the French returned under Francis I of France and imprisoned him. Maximilian Sforza was Duke of Milan between the occupations of Louis XII of France in 1500?, and Francis I of France in 1515. ... This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present. ... Francis I (François Ier in French) (September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ...

Sforza rulers of Duchy of Milan

• Francesco I 1450-1466
• Galeazzo Maria 1466-1476
• Gian Galeazzo 1476-1494
• Ludovico 1494-1499
• Ludovico (restored) 1500
• Massimiliano 1512-1515
• Caterina 1515-1535
• Francesco II 1521-1535

The Duchy of Milan was a state in northern Italy from 1395 to 1797. ... Portrait of Francesco Sforza, ca 1460, by Bonifazio Bembo: Sforza insisted on being shown in his worn dirty old campaigning hat. ... Galeazzo Maria Sforza. ... Gian Galeazzo Sforza (June 20, 1469 - October 21, 1494), the third duke of Milan of the Sforza family, was only 7 years old when he became the duke in 1476, after the assassination of his father, Galeazzo Maria Sforza. ... Ludovico Sforza in a portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. ... Ludovico Sforza in a portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis. ... Maximilian (Massimiliano) Sforza was Duke of Milan of the Sforza family between the occupations of Louis XII of France in 1500, and Francis I of France in 1515. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Francesco II Sforza (d. ...

Sforza rulers of Pesaro and Gradara

• Alessandro
• Costanzo I
• Giovanni
• Costanzo II
• Galeazzo

Alessandro Sforza (October 21, 1409 - April 1473) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Pesaro, the first of the Pesaro line of the Sforza family. ... Costanzo I of Sforza (July 1447 - July 4, 1483) was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara. ... Giovanni Sforza dAragona, Conte de Cotognola, Principe di Pesaro (c. ...

Sforza family tree

 Giacomo (Muzio) Attendolo, nicknamed Sforza | +-Francesco I (1401-1466), married Bianca Maria Visconti, daughter of Filippo Maria, 1450-66 | | | +-Galeazzo Maria (1443–1476), 1466-76 | | | | | +-Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) (Model for Mona Lisa?) | | | | | +-Bianca Maria (1472–1510), second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I | | | | | +-Gian Galeazzo(1469-1494), married Isabella of Naples, 1476-94 | | | | | +-Francesco (II), nominally duke under the regency of Ludovico Maria | | | | | +-Bona (1494-1557), second wife of king Sigismund I of Poland | | | +-Ascanio (1444-1505), Cardinal | | | +-Ippolita Maria (1446-1484), married king of Alfonso II d'Aragon of Naples | | | +-Ludovico il Moro (the Moor) (1451–1508) 1494-1500 | | | +-Ercole Massimiliano (1493-1530), 1512–15 | | | +-Francesco II (III) Maria (), 1521–35 | +-Alessandro, first lord of Pesaro | | | +-Costanzo I | | | + Galeazzo, last Sforza ruler of Pesaro | | | +-Giovanni (1466-1510), first husband of Lucrezia Borgia | | | +-Costanzo II (Giovanni Maria) | +-Bosio (count of Cotignola, lord of Castell'Arquato) 

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Events January 5 - Poet Francois Villon is banned from Paris Births January 17 - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525) February 24 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494) October 20 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (died 1512) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici, Italian patron of the arts (died 1503... 1509 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mona Lisa, or La GiocondaorLisa di Antonio Maria Di Noldo Gherardini (La Joconde), is a 16th century oil painting on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci, and is one of the most famous paintings in the world. ... Bianca Maria Sforza (Milan, April 5, 1472 – December 31, 1510 in Innsbruck) was the daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. ... 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House of Sforza in popular culture

• Thomas Harris' character Hannibal Lecter is a descendant of the House of Sforza.
• Cardinal Caterina Sforza of Trinity Blood is also of the House of Sforza.

Thomas Harris. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Trinity Blood ) is a series of Japanese novels written by the late Sunao Yoshida, which were originally published in The Sneaker, a periodical that features Japanese fiction. ...

See also

• List of rulers of Milan
• Italian Wars
• History of Milan
• Visconti
• Pesaro
• Gradara

The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859. ... The Italian Wars, often referred to as the great Italian Wars or the great wars of Italy in historical works, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, all the major states of western Europe (France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, England, Scotland, the... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Pesaro-Urbino (PU) Mayor Franca Foronchi (since May 2006) Elevation 142 m Area 17 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 3,361  - Density 198/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Gradaresi Dialing code 0541 Postal code 61012 Frazioni Santo Stefano, Fanano...

External links

• Rootsweb genealogy profile for Giovanni Sforza