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...

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...

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)...

courtier of Duke Francesco Sforza, who introduced him to government and literature. Other cardinals of the family were Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora...

Harrach Federico Sforza (1664–1666, substitute protector of Habsburg hereditary lands) 1673–1689: Carlo Pio di Savoia 1689–1701: Francesco Maria de' Medici...

died. Ludovico Sforza was born on 3 August 1452 at Milan, in what is now Lombardy. His position as the fourth son of Francesco I Sforza and Bianca Maria...

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,...

III. His brother Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora also became a cardinal. He was the uncle of Cardinal Francesco Sforza. In June 1542 he became a scriptor...

Jesi; the co-consecrators were Cardinal Silvio Savelli (former Latin Patriarch of Constantinople) and Cardinal Francesco Cornaro (former Bishop of Treviso)...

Milan by the Borgia family. With the help of Giovanni's cousin, Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, the family finalized marriage negotiations in February 1492 between...

(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...

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

Francesco Sacrati (1567 – September 6, 1623) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena (1622–1623), Cardinal-Priest...

brother was Cardinal Alessandro Sforza (1565). He was the uncle of Cardinal Francesco Sforza and great-uncle of Cardinal Federico Sforza (1645). During...

Francesco Maria del Monte, full name Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria, (5 July 1549 – 27 August 1627) was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and...

Francesco II Gonzaga (10 August 1466 – (1519-03-29)29 March 1519) was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1484 until his death. Francesco was...

248. Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Istoria del Concilio di Trento Liber XIII, cap. 10 (ed. Zaccaria, III (Roma 1833), p. 63). F. Sclopis, Le Cardinal Jean...

Francesco Barberini (23 September 1597 – 10 December 1679) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. The nephew of Pope Urban VIII (reigned 1623–1644), he benefited...

Christian McKay as Cardinal Ascanio Sforza (seasons 1–2) Scott Winters as Cardinal Raffaele Riario-Sansoni Dejan Čukić as Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere Victor...

The Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza are two oil paintings by Italian artist Piero della Francesca, dated to 1473–1475. This famed...

cardinal in 1144) Pope Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, created cardinal in 1244) Pope Benedict XIII (Pietro Francesco Orsini, created cardinal...

Sisto Riario Sforza (5 December 1810 – 29 September 1877) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal who served as the Archbishop of Naples from 1845 until...

and accepted their goal, the destruction of the Sforza hold on Milan. On 14 July, Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, della Rovere's sworn enemy, fled Rome with all...

prominent cardinals, Pietro Riario (1445–1474) and Raffaele Riario (1461–1521). In 1477 Paolo's son Girolamo (1443–1488) married Caterina Sforza (1463–1509)...

in bed. Then he ended the Mass at which were present five cardinals, Serra, Juan and Francesco Borgia, Casanova and Loris. The pope told them that he felt...

claimed they were not properly consulted, and objected strongly to Sforza's and Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua's alleged unilateral diplomatic actions...

interior of the Palazzo Sforza Cesarini in Rome, originally built in 1458 as the seat of the Apostolic Chancellery by Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, later renamed...

Odorico Raynaldi, Annales Ecclesiastici (Louvain, 1781), II, 144ff; Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Storia del Concilio di Trento (Rome, 1656), I (2), 4-6;...

Pope Sixtus IV (Italian: Sisto IV; born Francesco della Rovere; 21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...