Francesco I Sforza KG (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈpriːmo ˈsfɔrtsa]; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty...

of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza, in 1535. The first son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza, Francesco I Sforza, married Bianca Maria (1425–1468)...

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...

notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain...

Bolognese-Florentine army at the Battle of Casalecchio. He was the father of Francesco Sforza, who ruled Milan for 16 years. Giacomuzzo was born in 1369 in Cotignola...

had: Francesco Sforza (1491–1512) Ippolita Maria Sforza (1493–1501) Bona Sforza (1494–1557); married Sigismund I of Poland Bianca Maria Sforza (posthumously...

died. Ludovico Sforza was born on 3 August 1452 at Milan, in what is now Lombardy. His position as the fourth son of Francesco I Sforza and Bianca Maria...

forces, Francesco I Sforza, defected from Milan to Venice in 1448, and two years later, after several side switches and cunning strategies, Sforza entered...

also known as Bianca Maria Sforza or Blanca Maria was Duchess of Milan from 1450 to 1468 by marriage to Francesco I Sforza. She was regent of Marche during...

The rulers decided to entrust the defense of the newborn state to Francesco I Sforza. The latter, after three years, proclaimed himself duke of Milan....

territories lost to Savoy from 1435. William served as condottiero for Francesco I Sforza of Milan and was later the tutor of the latter's son, Galeazzo Maria...

the youngest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and his wife, Bona Sforza of Milan. Catherine was given a thorough...

of Aragon, King of Naples, and with Emperor Frederick III, against Francesco I Sforza and his allies. The fall of Constantinople, conquered by the Ottoman...

in Milan. It is one of the oldest hospitals in Italy, founded by Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan, in 1456. Today it is a modern hospital with 900 beds...

child of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, by his second wife, Bona of Savoy. Anna's paternal grandparents were Francesco I Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti...

English as Sforza Castle, is a medieval fortification located in Milan, Northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan...

Northern Italian town of Forlì to Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano and Caterina Sforza, one of the most famous women of the Italian Renaissance. From an early...

short-lived republic and then by his son-in-law Francesco I Sforza, who established the reign of the House of Sforza. When Frederick II died in 1250, the war...

Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory. Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza ordered the construction of a Dominican convent and church at the...

Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. When...

Francesco I Sforza (1401–1466) Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena (1610–1658) Francesco I of the Two Sicilies (1777–1830) Papa Francesco I, the fictional...

Giovanni Paolo I Sforza (March 1497 – December 1535) was an Italian condottiero, the first in the Sforza family line of the Marquesses of Caravaggio....

Florence. Following the death of Francesco, Caterina's paternal grandfather, and the succession of her father Galeazzo Maria Sforza as Duke of Milan in 1466,...

died, he was the last of the Visconti male line and was succeeded by Francesco Sforza, husband to his daughter. Filippo Maria Visconti, who had become nominal...

Francesco Sforza (1562–1624) was an Italian cardinal and bishop. He was very influential in a number of conclaves. A member of the House of Sforza, Francesco...

continued to wage war as a condottiero. His first condotta was for Francesco I Sforza, with 300 knights: Federico was also one of the few condottieri of...

Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess...

Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este, Isabella gave birth to a son, named Francesco Maria in honor of both hers and her husband's grandfather Francesco I Sforza...

Filippo Simonetti, then by Galeotto I Malatesta (1347–1351), by Braccio da Montone in 1408, and by Francesco I Sforza, who turned it into his family's main...

of Lodi formed the so-called Italic League, on the initiative of Francesco I Sforza, bringing relative calm for the region for the first time in centuries...