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    death. Francesco was born in Mantua, the son of Marquis Federico I Gonzaga. Francesco had a career as a condottiero acting as Venice's commander from 1489...
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    the dedication "Al serenissimo signor D. Francesco Gonzaga, Prencipe di Mantoua, & di Monferato, &c." Francesco became Duke upon his father's death on 9...
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    in I diarii di Marino Sanuto Tomo I (Venezia 1879), p. 654: Oliviero Carafa, Jorge da Costa, Giovanni San Giorgio, Antoniotto Pallavicini, Francesco...
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    maestro di cappella from 1701-1707. The branches of the Gonzaga family, showing marquises and (subsequently) dukes of Mantua in bold, dukes of Nevers and...
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    Francesco I Sforza KG (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈpriːmo ˈsfɔrtsa]; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty...
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    Francesco I (25 March 1541 – 19 October 1587) was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House...
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    Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker...
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    Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (US: /ˈdʒɑːkəmoʊ ˌliːəˈpɑːrdi, - ˌleɪə-/; Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo leoˈpardi]; 29 June 1798...
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    The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the mother church...
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    Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers (Italian: Ludovico or Luigi di Gonzaga-Nevers; 18 September 1539 – 23 October 1595) was a soldier, governor and statesman...
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    Leonardo wrote, "I left Milan for Rome on the 24th day of September 1513, with Giovanni Boltraffio, Francesco de' Melzi, Lorenzo di Credi, and il Fanfoia...
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    Francis (Italian: Francesco d'Assisi; Latin: Franciscus Assisiensis) was baptized Giovanni by his mother. His surname, di Pietro di Bernardone, comes...
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    at Senate website (in Italian). Profile of Francesco Cossiga Biografia – Francesco Cossiga I consigli di Cossiga alla Polizia "Prima una vittima, poi...
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  • Duke (1586–1592) Ranuccio I, Duke (1592–1622) San Marino Captains Regent (1500–1700) – Francesco di Girolamo Belluzzi, Simone di Antonio Belluzzi, Captains...
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    Francesco Totti Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈtɔtti]; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who...
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    del vignettista, per il quale aveva anche scritto i testi di Cronache di spazio profondo "Francesco Guccini – Books and Movies". Concerto.net (Guccini's...
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  • Giovanni di Ugolino di Giovanni, Captains Regent (1412–1413) Paolino di Giovanni di Bianco, Giovanni di Paolino Vitola, Captains Regent (1413) Francesco di Bartoccino...
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    installed aboard the monitor Faà di Bruno. The monitor Alfredo Cappellini received a pair of 381 mm guns from Francesco Morosini, and the two Monte Santo...
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    brother Francesco I, who presumably died from malaria. Ferdinando was the fifth son (the third surviving at the time of his birth) of Cosimo I de' Medici...
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    Trovacinema". Trovacinema (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2015. Francesco Bolzoni. I Film Di Francesco Rosi (in Italian). Gremese Editore, 1986. John Patterson...
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    families of Roman nobility. Their titles and fiefs were numerous: Duke of Nevers and Donzy, Prince of Vergagne and of the Holy Roman Empire with the treatment...
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    surviving child of Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat and Margaret of Savoy (1589–1655), daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and...
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    The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità...
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    Petrarch (redirect from Francesco Petrarca)
    Latin: Franciscus Petrarcha; modern Italian: Francesco Petrarca [franˈtʃesko peˈtrarka]), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet...
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    Duomo. These included the tombs of Giovanni, and Filippo Maria Visconti, Francesco I and his wife Bianca, Galeazzo Maria, which were brought to unknown destinations...
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    July 2019. "House of Este – Alfonso I". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 July 2019. "FRANCESCO I d'Este, duca di Modena e Reggio in "Dizionario Biografico""...
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  • Time It Takes Special Mention: The cast of Familia (Francesco Gheghi, Barbara Ronchi, Francesco Di Leva and Marco Cicalese) Vermiglio by Maura Delpero...
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  • Comte de Nevers in Les Huguenots, Rigoletto, and Wolfram. In 1919 he portrayed Amenofi in Amilcare Ponchielli's Il figliuol prodigo at the Arena di Verona...
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    Compendio cronologico-critico della Storia di Mantova, dalla sua fondazione sino ai nostri tempi Mantova: Francesco Agazzi, 1827, 135. salvatores. "Biblioteca...
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    Francesco Cilea (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko tʃiˈlɛːa]; 23 July 1866 – 20 November 1950) was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known...
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