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...

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

to Ludovico's son, Maximilian Sforza. His other son, Francesco II, also held the duchy for a short period. Francesco II died in 1535, sparking the Italian...

April 2024. "Massimiliano Sforza duca di Milano - Treccani". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2024. "Francésco II Sforza duca di Milano - Treccani"...

Galeazzo Maria Sforza Francesco II Sforza (1495–1535), son of Ludovico il Moro and last Duke of Milan of the Sforza dynasty Francesco Sforza (cardinal) (1562–1624)...

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...

(Italian for "Sforza's Castle") is a medieval fortification located in Milan, Northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of...

Alfonso II of Naples. Ippolita was a very intelligent and cultured young woman. Ippolita was born on April 18 1445 in Cremona to Francesco Sforza and Bianca...

of Sforza after victory against Switzerland at the Battle of Marignano in 1515. Imperial-Papal troops succeeded in re-installing Francesco II Sforza in...

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

last Duke of Athens Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519), ruler of the Italian city of Mantua Francesco II Sforza (1495–1535), Duke of...

Philip II (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal...

Giovanni Maria Sforza (Gradara, 24 February 1510 – 1512), also known as Costanzo II, was the Lord of Pesaro from his father's death in 1510 until his own...

also obtained the help of the Ottoman Empire and after the death of Francesco II Sforza, ruler of Milan, renewed the contest in Italy in the Italian War...

of the Empire if it did not result in issue. She and Francesco had no children. Francesco II Sforza died in October 1535, leaving her widowed when she was...

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,...

children of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, the legal heir to the Duchy of Milan, and Isabella of Naples, daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples from the House of...

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...

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

Lampugnani) and in 1534 Francesco Carminati, son of Cecilia Gallerani, but the marriage was declared nullius for "spiritual relative". Sforza died in Pesaro in...

entered into the League of Cognac together with France, Venice, and Francesco II Sforza of Milan. Clement VII issued an invective against Charles V, who...

Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino or Pallavicini (28 November 1607 – 4 June 1667), was an Italian cardinal, philosopher, theologian, literary theorist...

had received from the emperor, and Girolamo Morone, secretary to Francesco II Sforza, duke of Milan, approached him with a scheme for expelling French...

marry Henry VIII. Christina was Duchess of Milan, and widowed to Francesco II Sforza, who had died in 1535 when she was just thirteen. Thomas Cromwell...

Charles was faced with demands from Venice and the Pope to restore Francesco II Sforza to the throne of the Duchy of Milan, and had become anxious to achieve...

Bellagio hill, later ruined in a raid by Cavargnoni. In 1535, when Francesco II Sforza (the last Duke of Milan) died, there started for Lombardy and the...

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

the last exponent[clarification needed] of the family and wife of Francesco II Sforza, together with architect Giovanni Iacobini, designed and built Genzano...

compilation entitled the Codex Urbinas. Francesco's father, Gerolamo Melzi, was an engineer for Francesco II Sforza's military, and a captain in the militia...