Maximilian Sforza
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Maximilian (Massimiliano) Sforza (25 January 1493 – 4 June 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He ruled 1512–1515,[1] between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Massimiliano was imprisoned by the returning French troops. He waived his rights to Milan for the sum of 30,000 ducats and continued to live in France.[2]
When he was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England. However, Henry VII rejected the proposal as Massimiliano's father was hoping that Henry would help him against the French, which was not in Henry's interest.
Ancestors
Maximilian Sforza's ancestors in three generations
| Muzio Sforza | |||||||||
| Francesco I Sforza | |||||||||
| Lucia da Torsano | |||||||||
| Ludovico Sforza | |||||||||
| Filippo Maria Visconti | |||||||||
| Bianca Maria Visconti | |||||||||
| Agnese del Maino | |||||||||
| Maximilian Sforza | |||||||||
| Niccolò III d'Este | |||||||||
| Ercole d'Este I | |||||||||
| Ricciarda da Saluzzo | |||||||||
| Beatrice d'Este | |||||||||
| Ferdinand I of Naples | |||||||||
| Eleanor of Naples | |||||||||
| Isabella of Clermont | |||||||||
See also
Citations
References
- Alexander, J. J. G., Italian Renaissance Illuminations, (1978) ISBN 9780701122706
- Frieda, Leonie. The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2012)
- Perry, Maria, Sisters to King Henry VIII, (1998)
| Italian nobility | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Louis XII of France |
Duke of Milan 1512–1515 |
Succeeded by Francis I of France |