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Topic: Gian Galeazzo Sforza


  
  Sforza. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
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.
Galeazzo’s wife, Bona of Savoy, acted as regent for their son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, 1469–94, who succeeded to the duchy as a minor on his father’s assassination.
In the Italian Wars Milan was claimed by Louis XII of France, great-grandson of Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
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 Sforza - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
SFORZA [Sforza], Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535.
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.
Galeazzo's wife, Bona of Savoy, acted as regent for their son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, 1469-94, who succeeded to the duchy as a minor on his father's assassination.
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 Ludovico Sforza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
'''Ludovico Sforza''' ('''Ludovico il Moro''', "The Moor") (July 27, 1452–May 27, 1508), a member of the Sforza dynasty of Milan, Italy, was the second son of Francesco Sforza, and was famed as patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists.
On the assassination of Ludovico's elder brother Galeazzo in 1476, the crown passed to his seven-year-old nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Galeazzo
Sforza, Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535.
The church, forming its nucleus, was begun in the style of the Italian Gothic in 1396 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke of Milan.
Sforza, Francesco I, 1401-66, duke of Milan (1450-66); illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza.
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 Wikinfo | Sforza
Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.
The dynasty was founded by Muzio Attendolo, called Sforza ("Strong") (Cotignola, 1369 - near Pescara, 1424) a condottiere from the Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples.
His son Francesco Sforza ruled Milan for the first half of the Renaissance era, acquiring the title of Duke from the extinct Visconti family in 1447.
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 Famiglie storiche - pafg34 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
GIAN GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA DUCA MI.CNTE PV [Parents] was born in 1469 in ABBIATEGRASSO.
BONA SFORZA REGINA POLONIA was born in 1493.
ERCOLE MASSIMILIANO SFORZA DUCA MILANO was born in 1493.
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 Sforza - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Gian GALEAllO (1469-1494), son of Galeazzo, succeeded to the duchy under the regency of his mother, Bona of Savoy, who was supplanted in her power (1481) by the boy's uncle, Lodovico the Moor.
Gian Galeazzo married Isabella of Aragon, granddaughter of the king of Naples, and his sudden death was attributed by some to poison administered by the regent.
Francesco, the son of Gian Galeazzo, was also taken to France by Louis XII., became abbot of Marmoutiers, and died in 1 51i.
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 Francesco Sforza - Biography & Achievements
Though Fransesco Sforza proved to be such a loved and capable leader, most of his descendents were cruel, as well as mentally imbalanced to say the least, doing his name great discredit in the years that followed.
Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469-1494), his son who was only 7 years old at the time of his father’s death, became duke of Milan.
His uncle Lodovico Sforza ruled on his young nephew’s behalf and eventually wrested all power in his own hands and became the ruler himself, though in name only it was his nephew who was the duke.
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 AllRefer.com - Ludovico Sforza (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
In 1480 he deprived his sister-in-law, Bona of Savoy, of the regency for her infant son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza (see Sforza, family), and from that date his actual rule may be reckoned.
In 1494, Gian Galeazzo died, a virtual prisoner, and Ludovico was formally invested with Milan by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
In 1499, Louis XII of France, who had a hereditary claim to the duchy of Milan (he was a great-grandson of Gian Galeazzo Visconti), invaded Italy and expelled Ludovico from his duchy.
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 The Official Castello Sforzesco Website
Military leader Francesco Sforza, who had already been commanding the Milanese troops in the service of the last duke, was called in to defend the city against the attacks of the Venetian.
Galeazzo's widow, Bona of Savoy, acted as regent for their 6-year-old son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, who succeeded to the duchy as a minor on his father's assassination.
Ludovico Sforza married Beatrice d'Este, sister of the Duke of Ferrara.
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 Lexikon Sforza
Seine Tochter Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-1510/11) heiratete 1493 Kaiser Maximilian I., eine weitere Tochter ist Caterina Sforza.
Gian Galeazzo Sforza (* 1469, † 1494), Sohn von Galeazzo Maria, folgte ihm als Herzog unter der Regentschaft seiner Mutter, Bona von Savoyen, die 1481 vom Onkel ihres Sohnes, Ludovico il Moro, verdrängt wurde.
Seine Tochter Bona Sforza (* 1491, † 1557) heiratete 1518 König Sigismund I. von Polen (regierte 1506-1548).
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 Gian Galeazzo Sforza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gian Galeazzo Sforza (also Giovan Galeazzo Sforza) (June 20, 1469 - October 21, 1494), the sixth Duke of Milan, was only 7 years old when in 1476 his father, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, was assassinated and Gian became the Duke of Milan.
His uncle, Lodovico Sforza, acted as regent to the young duke but quickly wrestled all power from him and became the de facto ruler of Milan for some time.
The rumor was widespread that Giovan Galeazzo's death had been provoked by immoderate coitus; nevertheless, it was widely believed throughout Italy that he had died not through natural illness nor as a result of incontinence, but had been poisoned...
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 Sforza — FactMonster.com
Milan was claimed by Louis XII of France, great-grandson of Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
Francesco I Sforza - Sforza, Francesco I, 1401–66, duke of Milan (1450–66); illegitimate son of Muzio...
Sforza - Sforza The founder of the illustrious house which was so conspicuous in the fifteenth and sixteenth...
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 Sforza
Ludovico Sforza was a devious man, seizing power in Milan from his adolescent nephew and arranging the execution of his nephew’s chief minister.
Galeazzo produced a legitimate heir in his son Gian Galeazzo.
Ludovico Sforza required similar nodes of power if he was to maintain and build a clientele in Milan and develop relationships with foreign courts (upon whose aid his safety might have depended).
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 Milano, Galeazzo M. Sforza e Ludovico M. Sforza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Busto a destra corazzato di Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza Visconti, 6° Duca di Milano.
Francesco I Sforza, duca di Milano, morì nel 1466, lasciando, tra gli altri, due figli maschi, Galeazzo Maria, il maggiore, a cui trasmise il titolo, e Ludovico Maria Sforza, detto il Moro, più giovane.
Galeazzo Maria morì a sua volta il 26.12.1476, lasciando come erede il figlio Gian Galeazzo, di otto anni.
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 sforza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The dynasty was founded by Muzio Attendolo, called Sforza (from sforzare, to exert or force) (Cotignola, 1369 - near Pescara, 1424) a condottiere from the Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples.
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.
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.
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 LUDOVICO SFORZA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Ludovico Sforza (Ludovico il Moro, "The Moor") (July 27, 1452 – May 27, 1508), a member of the Sforza dynasty of Milan, Italy, was the second son of Francesco Sforza, and was famed as patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists.
Ludovico seized control of the government of Milan during Gian Galeazzo's minority despite attempts to keep him out of power.
The Swiss later restored the duchy of Milan to Ludovico's son, Maximilian Sforza.
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 Casino online portal | information about Casino online | Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza
Galeazzo was born to Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti.
Galeazzo was murdered on December 26, 1476, on the steps of Milan cathedral, by a group of three noblemen who were evidently attempting to re-stage the murder of Julius Caesar.
On Galeazzo's death, his son Gian Galeazzo Sforza became Duke.
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 gian galeazzo maria sforza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Gian Galeazzo Scipione Barbò fu da' congiurati ammazzato Quando Galeazzo Maria Soncino -...
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Sforza, si trovava in Francia quando suo padre...
Menniti Ippolito, Francesco I Sforza, in DBI, 50, Roma 1998, pp.
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 Hellomilano.it THE on-line guide to Milan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It was founded in about 1350 by Galeazzo II Visconti, extended by Gian Galeazzo Visconti (who also founded the Cathedral), greatly damaged by public uprising after the demise of the Visconti reign, rebuilt and extended by Francesco Sforza in 1450, and finally rendered one of the finest palaces of the Renaissance by Ludovico Sforza.
The tower at the bottom of the courtyard was built by Bona di Savoia, wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza who was assassinated in the church of Santo Stefano in 1476.
The gate at the bottom of the courtyard, Porta Giovia (itself defended by a moat and drawbridge) leads to the part of the castle that was used by Ludovico as his personal palace.
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 Bona Kemi
Bona Sforza (born February 2, 1494 - November 19, 1557) was a queen of Poland and a second wife of Sigismund I of Poland since 1518.
Bona was born in Vigevano, the daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and niece of Bianca Maria Sforza, who in 1493 had married Maximilian I. Bona, the niece of the empress, was a patron of Renaissance culture, which began to flourish in Poland.
Her parents were Gian Galeazzo II Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Isabella di Aragona, Princess of Naples and Duchess of Bari.
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 Encyclopedia
In 1479 he seized control of the duchy from his nephew, Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469–94), but he was not officially acknowledged as duke until 1494.
His rule fostered tremendous accomplishments in the arts and sciences, and he became the patron of such distinguished men as Leonardo da Vinci.
Ludovico, fearing a threat to his power by the strengthening alliance between his nephew and King Ferdinand I of Naples, the result of Gian Galeazzo's marriage in 1489 to Ferdinand's niece, banished his nephew to Pavia, a province in northern Italy.
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 Amazon.ca: Duchess Of Milan: Books: Michael Ennis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wedded at 15 to faithless, dark-haired Lodovico Sforza, 40, the cruelly powerful son of an upstart condottiere, Beatrice first loathes and then loves her callous spouse, though the development of their relationship is not convincing.
In the last years of dominance for the great Italian city-states, two unusual women nurture ambitions as Duchess of Milan: Isabella of Aragon, wife of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, is Duchess in name, while her cousin Beatrice d'Este is married to Lodovico Sforza, Gian Galeazzo's uncle and regent.
d'Aragona, Duchess of Milan, consort of Gian Galeazzo Sforza,
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 Sforza Galeazzo Maria
Francesco Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti's son, he was born in Fermo and he was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 to 1476.
Drawing upon himself hatred of many people, on Saint Stefano's day, while returning from a military expedition against the Duke of Borgogna, he was mortally wounded by 3 hired killers aiming to urge people to revolt in order to establish a freedom regimen.
The truth was that Galeazzo Maria's son, Gian Galeazzo, succedeed to him and in spite of everything, he maintained the father regimen.
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 Galeazzo Maria Sforza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Dezember 1476, nach seiner Rückkehr von einer Strafaktion gegen den Herzog von Burgund, in der Kathedrale von Mailand von drei Adligen ermordet.
Neuere Forschungsergebnisse weisen jedoch daraufhin, dass der Mord letztendlich von seinem jüngeren Bruder Ludovico Sforza initiiert wurde.
Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-1511) ∞ 1494 Kaiser Maximilian I (1459-1519)
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