Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; "the...

succeeded by Guido (1360–1369) and Ludovico II (1369–1382), while Feltrino, lord of Reggio until 1371, formed the cadet branch of the Gonzaga of Novellara...

Count of Guastalla and Montechiarugolo. Guido Torelli hailed from a family of condottieri who served the Gonzaga family of Mantua. An opportunist, he aligned...

owned by her cousin Elena, married to the Marquis Guido Sforza Gonzaga. Here she met: Curzio Gonzaga, Marquis of Palazzolo, poet and diplomat, a friend...

Caterina Sforza and father of Cosimo I de' Medici, fought in the service of Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII in the Italian Wars. Ferrante Gonzaga (1507–1557)...

republic and then by his son-in-law Francesco I Sforza, who established the reign of the House of Sforza. When Frederick II died in 1250, the war engaged...

Duke of Urbino in 1482. Guidobaldo married Elisabetta Gonzaga, the sister of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. Guidobaldo was impotent, and they...

the other condottiero Francesco Sforza had been hired by Visconti, who also sent an army to invade Tuscany under Guido Torello. He subsequently defeated...

Ginevra Sforza (ca. 1441 – 17 May 1507) became the wife of Sante Bentivoglio and then of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, both de facto signori (or unofficial...

1575) Alessandro Sforza (1534–81) Flavio Orsini (1532–1581) Francesco Alciati (1522–80) Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni (1523–68) Guido Luca Ferrero (1537–85)...

Luzio; Rodolfo Renier. Delle relazioni di Isabella d'Este Gonzaga con Ludovico e Beatrice Sforza. pp. 30–31. Atti e memorie del Primo Congresso storico lombardo...

Valle 1534–1563: Ercole Gonzaga 1563–1566: Francesco Gonzaga 1566–1574: Francisco Pacheco de Toledo 1574–1581: Alessandro Sforza 1582–1588: Ferdinando de'...

time to cast a vote: Andreas of Austria, Ludovico Madruzzo of Trent, and Guido Luca Ferrero of Vercelli. Two factions quickly formed. The first was led...

Guidobaldo was the son of Francesco Maria I della Rovere and Eleonora Gonzaga. In 1535, despite a papal ban, he married Giulia da Varano, daughter of...

– 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...

history: Giulia Gonzaga, Violante Giustiniani, Ginevra Bentivoglio, Beatrice degli Obizzi, Vittoria Colonna, Maria di Monferrato, Bianca Sforza, and Maria...

A few days later, the French agreed with Sforza, leader of the Spanish faction, to support cardinal Gonzaga and push through his election by acclamation...

grandfather by Ludovico il Moro and ending up in the hands of members of the Sforza family were restored to him. However, it proved impossible to restore to...

career in the city, but then spent much time in the service of Ludovico Sforza in Milan. Later, he worked in Florence and Milan again, as well as briefly...

bank. The Sforza family are the largest debtors of the bank, but come to an agreement with Piero to erase it. The solution proposed by Sforza would also...

Constance; Bishop-Coadjutor of Brixen; cardinal protector of Austria Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora (12 December 1583) – Cardinal Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata...

July 1361). In 1362, after the death of his sister's husband, Ugolino Gonzaga, caused him to attack also Mantua. Warring on several different fronts...

Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici (1521–1527) Agostino Spinola (1528–1537) Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (1537–1564) Vitellozzo Vitelli (1564–1568) Michele...

Francesco I Sforza Dorotea Gonzaga Ludovico III Gonzaga (Gonzaga) 1449 1466 8 March 1466 husband's accession 1467/8 Galeazzo Maria Sforza Bona of Savoy...

born in Naples as the son of Leonetto Sanseverino and Elisa Sforza, sister of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan. He assumed the surname of Aragon by concession...

Gentile Brancaleoni; Battista Sforza Guidobaldo da Montefeltro 17 January 1472 1482–1502 10 April 1508 Elisabetta Gonzaga Cesare Borgia 13 September 1475...

of Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, and his wife Isabella d'Este. The patronage continued with their eldest son Federico II Gonzaga, who was the...

Variorum Reprints. Crinò, Anna Maria (1976). "Un quadro incompiuto di Guido Reni". Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz. 20. Bd...

(1534–1537) Alessandro Farnese (1537–1543) Guido Ascanio Sforza (1543–1564) Carlo Borromeo (1564–1572) Alessandro Sforza (1572–1581) Filippo Boncompagni (1581–1586)...

and she established political connections among the ministers, especially Guido Starhemberg; and she took some initiative to engage in politics on her own...