• Thumbnail for Ludovico Sforza
    Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; "the...
    109 KB (13,986 words) - 07:18, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for House of Sforza
    the Sforza family were no longer needed. In 1499, in the course of the Italian Wars, the army of Louis XII of France took Milan from Ludovico Sforza (known...
    13 KB (999 words) - 09:48, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Francesco I Sforza
    succeeded as duke by his son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza. While Sforza was recognized as duke of Milan, his son Ludovico would be the first to have formal investiture...
    15 KB (1,679 words) - 21:03, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Caterina Sforza
    p. 38. After the assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza in 1476, his brother Ludovico Maria Sforza (nicknamed il Moro) plotted to obtain the regency...
    84 KB (11,827 words) - 10:09, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gian Galeazzo Sforza
    1476 his father, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, was assassinated and he became the Duke of Milan. His uncle, Ludovico Sforza, acted as regent to the young duke...
    7 KB (375 words) - 01:44, 11 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Cecilia Gallerani
    Cecilia Gallerani (category House of Sforza)
    1536) was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of Ludovico Sforza, known as Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan. She is best known as the...
    10 KB (1,248 words) - 12:40, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Francesco II Sforza
    Sforza family to rule Milan. He was the second son of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este. When Ludovico was ousted from Milan in the course of the Italian...
    4 KB (339 words) - 11:13, 5 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Italian War of 1494–1495
    Louis of Orléans arrived in Asti and concluded an alliance with duke Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este. 17 October 1494: skirmishes near Sant'Agata sul...
    64 KB (8,494 words) - 05:32, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lady with an Ermine
    is Cecilia Gallerani, a mistress of Ludovico Sforza ("Il Moro"), Duke of Milan; Leonardo was painter to the Sforza court in Milan at the time of its execution...
    31 KB (3,432 words) - 13:47, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of dukes of Milan
    on 6 October 1499. Ludovico Sforza was captured on February 1500, dying in prison in 1508. His son Massimiliano became the Sforza claimant to the Milanese...
    25 KB (1,042 words) - 15:29, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Personal life of Leonardo da Vinci
    Milan carrying a gift from Lorenzo to the regent ruler, Ludovico Sforza. He was employed by Ludovico from 1481 to 1499, during which time his most important...
    51 KB (6,653 words) - 07:20, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leonardo (2021 TV series)
    Beatrice D’Este (Duchess of Milan and wife of Ludovico Sforza). Edan Hayhurst as Gian Galeazzo Sforza (Young Duke of Milan). Corrado Invernizzi as Pier...
    26 KB (2,411 words) - 19:50, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leonardo da Vinci
    his 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...
    137 KB (14,756 words) - 02:24, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maximilian Sforza
    Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He...
    4 KB (225 words) - 09:46, 23 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lucrezia Crivelli
    Crivelli was a mistress of Ludovico Sforza "il Moro", Duke of Milan. She was the mother of Sforza's son, Giovanni Paolo I Sforza, Marquess of Caravaggio...
    5 KB (559 words) - 08:02, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Last Supper (Leonardo)
    renovations to the church and its convent buildings by Leonardo's patron Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. In order to permit his inconsistent painting schedule...
    41 KB (4,571 words) - 01:44, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Duchy of Milan
    Duchy of Milan (category House of Sforza)
    Bona of Savoy, until his uncle, Ludovico il Moro usurped the throne of the duchy. Ludovico il Moro, son of Francesco Sforza, managed to obtain the guardianship...
    28 KB (2,736 words) - 02:39, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bona Sforza
    II of Naples from the House of Trastámara. Her paternal great-uncle Ludovico Sforza, known to history as "Il Moro", usurped her father's power and sent...
    20 KB (2,420 words) - 20:48, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Italian Wars of 1499–1504
    alliance of Louis XII of France and the Republic of Venice against Ludovico Sforza, the second between Louis and Ferdinand II of Aragon for possession...
    21 KB (2,388 words) - 03:39, 13 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Louis XII
    the public in Milan, Louis lowered the old Sforza taxes by as much as one-third. Meanwhile, Ludovico Sforza had been gathering an army, mainly among the...
    57 KB (7,238 words) - 18:13, 16 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bona of Savoy
    of Sforza Maria, perhaps poisoned by Bona herself and Simonetta, Antonio Tassino persuaded his lover to grant his other brother-in-law, Ludovico, the...
    9 KB (1,091 words) - 23:59, 26 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Portrait of a Musician
    by a personal friend. Until the 20th century it was thought to show Ludovico Sforza, a Duke of Milan and employer of Leonardo. During a 1904–1905 restoration...
    51 KB (5,503 words) - 22:53, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vigevano
    for Ludovico Sforza. Ludovico Sforza (1452–1508), Duke of Milan Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), polymath. He worked in Vigevano for Ludovico Sforza. Juan...
    9 KB (966 words) - 15:52, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Castello Sforzesco
    Sforza age. The corner defended by the Torre Ducale is characterized by a loggia bridge, attributed to Bramante, and commissioned by Ludovico Sforza in...
    14 KB (1,569 words) - 09:32, 7 May 2024
  • (1933–1968), Italian sports car driver Ludovico Sforza (1452–1508), member of the Sforza dynasty of the Duchy of Milan Ludovico Maria Sinistrari (1622–1701), Italian...
    6 KB (676 words) - 20:29, 13 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Italian Wars
    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...
    64 KB (8,054 words) - 14:04, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ascanio Sforza
    Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Bianca Maria Visconti. He was also the brother of two Milanese dukes, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1466–1476) and Ludovico Sforza...
    23 KB (2,494 words) - 20:37, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for La Bella Principessa
    of Galeazzo Sanseverino with Bianca, the illegitimate daughter of Ludovico Sforza, Leonardo's employer. It has subsequently been exhibited in Urbino...
    39 KB (4,614 words) - 20:31, 20 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan
    against their will to Pavia, where Gian Galeazzo's uncle and Regent Ludovico Sforza prepared their seat. Isabella's relationship with her uncle was not...
    59 KB (7,185 words) - 20:45, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Francesco Sforza (il Duchetto)
    in 1494 of Francesco's father at the age of 25, his father's uncle, Ludovico Sforza, took over as Duke of Milan. Francesco was Count of Pavia from 1491...
    2 KB (152 words) - 00:52, 11 April 2024