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Francesco II Sforza (4 February 1495 – 2 November 1535) was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He was the last member of the Sforza family to rule Milan. He was the second son of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este. When Ludovico was ousted from Milan in the course of the Italian Wars, he brought Francesco with him to the court of the ...
Apr 8, 2024 · Francesco Sforza (born July 23, 1401, San Miniato, Tuscany [Italy]—died March 8, 1466, Milan) was a condottiere who played a crucial role in 15th-century Italian politics and, as duke of Milan, founded a dynasty that ruled for nearly a century. The illegitimate son of a mercenary commander, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Francesco grew up at the ...
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Francesco II Sforza. Sforza Francesco II Sforza ( Milano, 4 febbraio 1495 – Vigevano, 24 ottobre 1535) fu il nono e ultimo Duca di Milano indipendente dal 1521 al 1535. Duca di Bari, principe di Rossano e conte di Borrello, Longobucco e Rosarno dal 1497 alla morte. Era il figlio minore di Ludovico Sforza, detto il Moro, e di Beatrice d'Este .
Feb 27, 2019 · Francesco Sforza was a pivotal figure in the state system of Italy in the 15th century. The son of a prominent condottiere, Muzio Attendolo Sforza, he inherited his father’s company of soldiers in 1424 and became one of the foremost condottieri of his time in his own right. In 1434 he took over much of the province of the Marche in the Papal ...
Jun 5, 2021 · In the next generation, Sforza Giuseppe Sforza-Cesarini-Savelli (who used the name ‘Duke of Marsi’ taken from the newly inherited Savelli estates), is known as the founder of the Teatro Argentina in Rome, 1732—one of the leading theatres of the city (still today), where the Duke’s grandson, Duke Francesco II, supported the early career of the opera composer Rossini, notably supporting his first staging of ‘The Barber of Seville’ (which was apparently disastrous).
The House of Sforza ( pronounced [ˈsfɔrtsa]) was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza, in 1535.
1521-1535 (ruled) Biography. Born 4 February 1495; second son of Ludovico Il Moro, Duke of Milan, who was ousted from power in 1499; Francesco was made Duke of Milan after Charles V's defeat of the French at Bicocca; accused by the imperial general Pescara of plotting against Charles and deprived of most of his duchy in 1525; joined the League ...
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