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	AllRefer.com - Sforza (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sforza.html (706 words)

	House of Sforza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sforza (337 words)

	Francesco I Sforza
		Sforza, Francesco I, 1401–66, duke of Milan (1450–66); illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza.
		Francesco, who commanded the Milanese troops, made himself master of the republic and was proclaimed duke in 1450 with the support of the Medici of Florence.
		Sforza - Sforza, Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0844625.html (244 words)

	VISCONTI-SFORZA TRIUMPH OF FORCE
		Francesco carried well his father’s reputation, being both a successful general and a physically powerful man, renowned for bending metal bars with his bare hands.
		Although the Sforzas were employed both by the Viscontis against the Venentians and then the Venetians against the Visconti, both Murzio and Francesco finally carved city-states out for themselves, with Francesco controlling Cremona, south of Milan.
		In Sforza’s case, unlike the area of Trojan romances, where all the manuscripts pre-dated his rule, astrology was one area of the Pavian library to which he added - in particular a highly illustrated volume of Iohannes de Sacrobosco’s De Sphaera, treating allegorically of the influence of the planets on human life.
	www.angelfire.com /space/tarot/hercule.html (1941 words)

	Francesco Sforza -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The son of (additional info and facts about Muzio Sforza) Muzio Sforza, Francesco was originally a mercenary leader, most famous for being able to bend metal bars with his bare hands.
		During Sforza's reign over Milan, (A town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center) Florence was under the command of (Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)) Cosimo de' Medici and the two enlightened rulers became close friends.
		Regretably Francesco's successors were not nearly as competent, a number of them being dangerously unbalanced individuals.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/francesco_sforza.htm (210 words)

	S - T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Savoy, Charles Emmanuel II (1634-1675) duke of Savoy in 1638-1675; son of Victor Amadeus II Savoy, Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732) duke of Savoy in 1675-1713, king of Sicily in 1713-1720, king of Sardinia in 1720-1730; father of Charles Emmanuel II Schopenhauer, Arthur
		Sforza, Francesco II (1492/1495-1535), duke of Milan in 1521-1524, 1525-1526, 1529-1535; prince of Pavia in 1530
		She was married to Francis II of France in 1558-1560, her cousin Lord Darnley in 1565-1567, and the Earl of Bothwell in 1567-1571, who was commonly regarded as Danley's murderer.
	www.italycyberguide.com /History/factspersons/s.htm (1128 words)

	Italy
		Francesco Maria II married a granddaugher, Lucretia, of Lucretia Borgia, whose children otherwise failed to continue the line of d'Este in Modena.
		Alessandro was appointed regent of the Netherlands by King Philip II of Spain at the height of the Dutch revolt.
		Later, Joanna II of Naples left her rights to René I the Good of Anjou, but he was unable to hold off Alfonso V of Aragon and Sicily.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (10172 words)

	Sforza on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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.
		Another of Francesco's sons, Ascanio Maria Sforza, 1455-1505, was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and also a patron of the arts.
		Galeazzo's daughter Bianca Maria married Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and his illegitimate daughter Caterina Sforza, 1463?-1509, became the wife of Gerolamo Riario, lord of the cities of Imola and Forlì and a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sforza.asp (732 words)

	4. Other Italian States. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The death of the last Sforza (Francesco II) in 1535 brought Milan under direct Spanish rule.
		Victor Amadeus I (1630–37) was a wise and just ruler, but his short reign was followed by a civil war, and when finally Charles Emmanuel II (1638–75) ascended the throne, his mother Christina (daughter of Henry IV of France) dominated the situation as regent.
		MANTUA played a fleeting role on the international stage in the years 1627–31, when the death of Vincenzo II (Gonzaga) without heirs provoked the War of the Mantuan Succession.
	www.bartleby.com /67/612.html (806 words)

	The Official Castello Sforzesco Website
		During the French domination, on June 23 1521, it is reported that a lightning rod hit the Filarete tower, which was used as an ammunition storage area, and made it explode.
		The last of the Sforzas, Francesco II, decided to restore the castle, where his marriage to Cristina of Denmark was celebrated on May 3 1534.
		After Francesco's death, in fact, the Castle would no longer be a luxury residence.
	www.milanocastello.it /ing/lungaDominio.html (161 words)

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		The Sforza dukes who followed (1450-99) needed to pursue a more cautious external policy - the alliance with Medicean Florence was paramount for Francesco Sforza, and dependent relations had to be forged with the dominant families of the duchy's subject towns.
		Milan cathedral, promoted by Giangaleazzo (1387) though officially entrusted to its autonomous fabbrica (works office), nearly reached completion, apart from the façade, under Lodovico Sforza; Francesco restored the Castello di Porta Giovia (of which the present Castello Sforzesco is a 19th century reconstruction); canal building continued, notably the Martesana, connecting Milan with the river Adda.
		Under Francesco, however, the new connection with Medicean Florence was also expressed in Milanese building: particularly the Ospedale Maggiore by Filarete and the (destroyed) Medici Palace, the seat of the Medici bank, whose manager Pigello Portinari (d.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /database/glossary/cities/milan.html (1057 words)

	Vigevano - Tourist guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In this period, the castle took on the traits of a magnificent princely residence and acquired the splendour due to it as one of Europe's richest Renaissance courts.
		At the end of the Sforza dynasty the castle was surrendered to the Spanish.
		Il was adjacent to the Dominican monastery which was the home of the blessed Matteo Carreri, the patron saint of the town, and which was, in 1696, the place where the French and the Austrians signed the Pace di Vigevano, thus putting an end to six year of war.
	www.vigevano.net /citta/uk0.htm (1404 words)

	New Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The interior The form of the cathedral is that of a Latin cross and the inside has maintained the original characteristics of the Renaissance, with a nave and two aisles supported by strong pillars surmounted with golden capitals.
		Noteworthy in the chapel is the 18th century main altar whose altar-piece was painted by Francesco Lorenzi, a pupil of Tiepolo's.
		On the left wall is preserved a notable painting coming from the destroyed church of the "Convento delle Grazie" (Monastery of Graces) which represents the Virgin with her Son between Saint Clare and the Blessed Maccasolio.
	www.vigevano.net /guidavigevano/english/duomo.html (1221 words)

	Sforza
		Sforza, Italian family that ruled the duchy of
		Francesco took possession of his duchy after the French defeat (1522) by the army of Holy Roman Emperor
		of plotting against Charles, Francesco was deprived (1525) of most of his duchy.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0844623.html (502 words)

	Haney's Pub - Mario Sforza
		His brother the cardinal is incarcerated by Pope Paul III with Castel San Angelo: and his possessions in Montalto di Castro and in Pitigliano are threatened by the same Pontificate; the Sforza represented by the Duke of Alba who obtains that the Imperials restore to the Church States the galleys which they had previously siezed.
		The Sforza attempts to attack the rearguard, but is repulsed with some losses(25 men).
		The Senate adopts the venetian, as it did a century before with the queen of Cyprus Caterina Cornaro; the Sforza is met in the college of the Pregardi with the Doge Niccolo da Ponte.
	members.cox.net /hapnueby/mario.html (1069 words)

	SFORZA - Online Information article about SFORZA
		FRANCESCO (1401—1466) succeeded in command of the condottieri, and showed military See also:
		FRANCESCO, the son of Gian Galeazzo, was also taken to France by Louis XII., became See also:
		Calvi, Bianca Maria Sforza-Visconti e gli ambasciatori di Lodovico it Moro (Milan, 1888) ; A. Segre, Lodovico Sforza, duca di Milano," in R. Accad.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SFORZA.html (1133 words)

	Castles in Italy: Castello Sforzesco - Milano, Lombardia
		The name of the castle goes back to the 15th century, at the time of Francesco Sforza, who started the reconstruction from 1450, but the origin of the castle is more ancient; as a matter of fact it was built under the dominion of Galeazzo II Visconti in the second half of the 14th century.
		In 1499, the dukedom of Milano being disputed among the French king, the German emperor and the Sforza family, the castle was the theatre of clashes and sieges for the conquest of the city.
		In 1706 the Spanish dominion was replaced by the Austrians that will remain in power till 1859, when finally Lombardia was united to the kingdom of Sardinia.
	www.italyworldclub.com /ezine/castles/milano.htm (164 words)

	Francesco Raibolini - Fresco Decoration
		This condition of insubordination did not at all suit the warlike Pontiff, who was determined to put down these petty tyrannies, and bring the dominions of the Church into direct subjection to the Holy See.
		So passed away the great glory of the family of the Bentivogli, immortalized by Francia, and to whose wise discernment Bologna owes so much of the beauty that adorns it at the present day.
		Francesco Raibolini - Goldsmith, Medallist, Die Sinker, Gem Engraver, And Type Founder
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/francia-5.shtml (2065 words)

	Articles - 1466 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Francesco II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (died 1519)
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		Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1401)
	www.epsona.com /articles/1466 (207 words)

	Agostino Ramelli
		Ponte Tresa or Mesanzena in 1531 and until 1555 he was in the service of Gian Giacomo de' Medici (1495-1555), Marquis of Marignano (the present-day Melegnano), with whom he had the possibility of studying mathematics and architecture (according to what Ramelli himself wrote).
		This Medici, also known as Gian Giacomo 'il Medeghino', a condottiere, received the Marquisate of Marignano around 1532 from Francesco Sforza II, Duke of Milan, the city from which he had been banished due to his ambition.
		Henry II, at the centre of the religious struggles in sixteenth-century France, after having promoted the massacre of the night of St. Bartholomew (23-24 of August 1572) during which the Calvinists were exterminated, also in 1572 lay siege - unsuccessfully - to La Rochelle, the stronghold of the Huguenots.
	www.provincia.va.it /preziosita/ukvarese/pers/ramelli.htm (518 words)

	Sforza - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		Sforza, Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan
		1369-1424, a farmer from the Romagna who became a noted condottiere and took the surname Sforza [the forcer].
		Francesco took possession of his duchy after the French defeat (1522) by the army of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Sforza (660 words)

	FRANCESCO, 210 - Online Information article about FRANCESCO, 210
		Cosimo II., n Caterina= Claudia 1590-1621 -I. ~r Ferdinand =1.
		peace of 1735, by which the Tuscan succession was transferred to Francesco II., duke of Lorraine, and See also:
		Giovan Gastone was finally obliged to submit even to this.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FLA_FRA/FRANCESCO_210.html (840 words)

	Duke Of Milan - ABC Milan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Duke of Milan Francesco II Sforza Born: 4 FEB 1491/92 Sex: M Died: 24 OCT 1535 Ancestors: Father:
		Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Duke of Milan\Duke of Milan MILAN
		Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Duke of Milan\Duke of Milan MILAN 1 2 3 1 SmartMatches Birth: 1444 in Milan - son of Francesco Sforza...
	www.qarts.ca /duke-of-milan.html (381 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Titian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Francesco II, 10th Duke of Milan (reg 1521-35)
		Rovere, della (i): (3) Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino
		Jagiellon: (4) Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
	www.artnet.com /library/08/0852/T085242_1.asp (639 words)

	Bramantino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He is known most of all as a painter, and it is harder to speak about his architect activity judging only by one example (even that not brought to the end):
		in Milan; he also participated in construction works of Duomo in Milan, and in 1525 he received a licence of "ducal architect and painter" from Francesco II Sforza.
		In painting Bramantino concentrated his attention on perspective construction, functioning as a dramatic accent.
	www.italycyberguide.com /Art/artistsarchite/bramantino.htm (270 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Milan, 1535-1563
		The BATTLE OF PAVIA 1525 in fact decided the fate of Milan; French King Francis I. was taken prisoner, and, in the TREATY OF MADRID 1526, gave up the French claim on Milan.
		The French-Habsburg war resumed; 1535 Francesco II Sforza died; the year marks the begin of Habsburg rule over Milan.
		Not until 1541 did Emperor Charles V. visit Milan and formally assume the title of Duke of Milan.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/italy/milan15351563.html (364 words)

	Vatican Picture-Gallery Rome Vatican City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Francesco, Lorenzo, Giovanni Battista, Pietro, Domenico and Antonio Abate, Christ carrying the cross, Annunciation, Virgin with child in throne with SS.
		Bernardino de' Conti: Portrait of Francesco II Sforza
		Francesco Mancini: Rest during the escape in Egypt
	www.romaviva.com /Vaticano/pinacoteca-vaticana_eng.htm (683 words)

	Giuseppa Sforza Perini ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Girolamo Porro, Francesco Sforza Visconti, Quarto Duca, on page 8 in the book Sommario delle vite de* duchi di Milano, cosi Visconti, come Sforzeschi by Scipion Barbuo (Venice: Girolamo Porro, 1574); [bound with Funerali antichi by Thomaso Porcacchi (Veni
		Girolamo Porro, Francesco II Sforza, Visconti Nono Duca, on verso of + page 15 in the book Sommario delle vite de* duchi di Milano, cosi Visconti, come Sforzeschi by Scipion Barbuo (Venice: Girolamo Porro, 1574); [bound with Funerali antichi by Thomaso Po
		Girolamo Porro, Giovanni Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Visconti Sesto Duca, on verso of page 11 in the book Sommario delle vite de* duchi di Milano, cosi Visconti, come Sforzeschi by Scipion Barbuo (Venice: Girolamo Porro, 1574); [bound with] Funerali antichi by
	wwar.com /masters/p/perini-giuseppa_sforza.html (369 words)

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