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    Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; "the...
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    The Château de Gaillon is a French Renaissance castle located in Gaillon, Normandy region of France. The somewhat battered and denuded Château de Gaillon...
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    the Château d'Amboise and also started renovations on the Château de Blois. Early in his reign, he began construction of the magnificent Château de Chambord...
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    Milan, Lodovico Sforza determined that it was useless to continue resisting the French. Accordingly, on the night of 2 September 1499, Sforza and a band of...
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    of Saint Florentin at the Château d'Amboise in 12 August 1519, the current location of his remains is unclear. Much of Château d'Amboise was damaged during...
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    wealthy man, in the 1480s Josquin traveled Italy with the Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, may have worked in Vienna for the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus, and...
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    other states involved.[citation needed] Consequently, in 1493, Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, appealed for help to Charles VIII. Charles then returned...
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    Andrews, Fife, Scotland Château d'Armaillé Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department Louroux Priory "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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    Beatrice d'Este (category House of Sforza)
    – 3 January 1497) was Duchess of Bari and Milan by marriage to Ludovico Sforza (known as "il Moro"). She was one of the most important personalities of...
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    close relationship between Milan and the king of France, Sforza sent his son Galeazzo Maria Sforza to aid Louis XI in his war against the League of Public...
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    1500 in favor of Ludovico Sforza, the cardinal was appointed lieutenant general; he retook the duchy of Milan and sent Sforza to France as a prisoner....
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    architect, Lorenzo de' Medici, in 1492. Combined with the ambition of Ludovico Sforza, its collapse allowed Charles VIII of France to invade Naples in 1494, which...
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    Françoise Marie extended the small château under the direction of Claude Desgots who also worked at the duc du Maine's château de Sceaux. Her many daughters...
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    Francavilla, Pacifica Brandano/Brandino, Isabella Gualanda, Caterina Sforza, Bianca Giovanna Sforza, Salaì, and even Leonardo himself. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud...
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    Dresden, 6 February 1806), married on 18 February 1794 to Don Raffaele Riario-Sforza, Marchese di Corleto. Kunigunde Anna Helena Maria Josepha (Chaumot, 18 March...
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    and King Charles VIII of France was celebrated in the Great Hall of the Château de Langeais on 6 December 1491 at dawn. The ceremony was concluded discreetly...
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    Dresden, 6 February 1806), married on 18 February 1794 to Don Raffaele Riario-Sforza, Marchese di Corleto. Kunigunde Anna Helena Maria Josepha (Chaumot, 18 March...
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    created by Antonio Chiattone in 1902. This town is between Montreux and Château de Chillon; the inscription mentions her many visits to the area. Near...
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    the vacuum of French rule: the Imperial Swiss led by Massimiliano Sforza restored Sforza rule in Milan, and a Spanish army led by Giovanni de Medici restored...
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    complement and amplify the architecture. The Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), the centerpiece of the château, with paintings by Le Brun, was constructed between...
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    enemy, he was taken prisoner, but was set free without a ransom by Ludovico Sforza. What first made Bayard truly famous in Italy, was an episode that took...
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    the spring of 1485, Leonardo da Vinci travelled to Hungary on behalf of Sforza to meet king Matthias Corvinus, and was commissioned by him to paint a Madonna...
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  • French–Breton War resumes. March 19−20 – Alain I of Albret captures the Château des ducs de Bretagne for the French. April 23 Granada is besieged by the...
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    Reformation and ally of John Calvin. Renée was born on 25 October 1510 at the Château de Blois, Blois, Touraine and was the second daughter of Louis XII of France...
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    treaty attracted the interest of important rulers such as Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Piero di Cosimo de' Medici. Later, when Francesco di Giorgio Martini...
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  • Terry Ronald, Sforza 3:22 10. "L'amour autrement" Asdorve 3:35 11. "La reine" 2l'air, Asdorve, Fred Château, Lorie 3:38 12. "Loin des yeux" 2l'air, Emion...
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    I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany. Margaret was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 5 June 1523 the youngest daughter and child...
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    deal of the Mortemart family in her, and is as much like the Duchess of Sforza, the sister of Montespan Her cousin, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, proposed...
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    XIV to finally transform the French army into an obedient force. Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, seeking an ally against the Republic of Venice, encouraged...
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    château de Ripaille (in French). C. Delagrave (Paris). p. 86. Chaubet, Daniel (1984). "Une enquête historique en Savoie au XVe siècle". Journal des Savants...
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