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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Сфорца – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сфорца" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%86%D1%8B" title="Сфорцы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сфорцы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Сфорца – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сфорца" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiegezh_Sforza" title="Tiegezh Sforza – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Tiegezh Sforza" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza" title="Sforza – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sforza" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforzov%C3%A9" title="Sforzové – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sforzové" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza" title="Sforza – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sforza" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza" title="Sforza – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sforza" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza_d%C3%BCnastia" title="Sforza dünastia – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sforza dünastia" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_Sforza" title="Famille Sforza – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Famille Sforza" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EB%A5%B4%EC%B0%A8%EA%B0%80" title="스포르차가 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스포르차가" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D6%81%D5%A1_%D5%A8%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D6%84" title="Սֆորցա ընտանիք – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սֆորցա ընտանիք" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza" title="Sforza – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sforza" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%94" title="בית ספורצה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בית ספורצה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="სფორცას დინასტია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სფორცას დინასტია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfortia" title="Sfortia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sfortia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza" title="Sforza – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Sforza" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza-csal%C3%A1d" title="Sforza-család – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sforza-család" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0" title="Династија Сфорца – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Династија Сфорца" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sforza" title="Sforza – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sforza" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84%E3%82%A1%E5%AE%B6" title="スフォルツァ家 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スフォルツァ家" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huset_Sforza" title="Huset Sforza – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Huset Sforza" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Noble family of the Italian Renaissance, dukes of Milan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the noble family of Renaissance Italy. For the Swiss former footballer, see <a href="/wiki/Ciriaco_Sforza" title="Ciriaco Sforza">Ciriaco Sforza</a>. For the Argentine footballer, see <a href="/wiki/Juan_Sforza" title="Juan Sforza">Juan Sforza</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Sforza</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_the_House_of_Sforza.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Arms_of_the_House_of_Sforza.svg/110px-Arms_of_the_House_of_Sforza.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Arms_of_the_House_of_Sforza.svg/165px-Arms_of_the_House_of_Sforza.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Golden_Ambrosian_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Golden_Ambrosian_Republic" title="Golden Ambrosian Republic">Golden Ambrosian Republic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1411</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza" title="Muzio Attendolo Sforza">Muzio Attendolo Sforza</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final ruler</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="font-size:90%">Milan:</div> <a href="/wiki/Francesco_II_Sforza" title="Francesco II Sforza">Francesco II</a> (1535) <div style="font-size:90%">Pesaro:</div> Galeazzo Sforza (1512)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Titles</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Milan">Duke of Milan</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Cadet branches:</dd></dl> <ul><li>Prince of <a href="/wiki/Genzano_di_Roma" title="Genzano di Roma">Gengazano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Bari" title="Duchy of Bari">Duke of Bari</a></li> <li>Duke of <a href="/wiki/Onano" title="Onano">Onano</a></li> <li>Marquess of <a href="/wiki/Castell%27Arquato" title="Castell'Arquato">Castell'Arquato</a></li> <li>Marquess of <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio,_Lombardy" title="Caravaggio, Lombardy">Caravaggio</a></li> <li>Count of <a href="/wiki/Celano" title="Celano">Celano</a></li> <li>Count of <a href="/wiki/Borgonovo_Val_Tidone" title="Borgonovo Val Tidone">Borgonovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_of_Santa_Fiora" title="County of Santa Fiora">Count of Santa Fiora</a></li> <li>Lord of <a href="/wiki/Pesaro" title="Pesaro">Pesaro</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Estate(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Milan, Pesaro, <a href="/wiki/Gradara" title="Gradara">Gradara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cadet branches</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>House of Sforza-Pesaro (extinct in 1515)</li> <li>House of Sforza-Cotignola (extinct in 1624)</li> <li>House of Sforza-Demartini</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>House of Sforza</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Italian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="it-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian" title="Help:IPA/Italian">[ˈsfɔrtsa]</a></span>) was a ruling family of <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Renaissance Italy">Renaissance Italy</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>. Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Duchy of Milan</a> following the extinction of the <a href="/wiki/Visconti_of_Milan" title="Visconti of Milan">Visconti family</a> in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, <a href="/wiki/Francesco_II_Sforza" title="Francesco II Sforza">Francesco II Sforza</a>, in 1535. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first son of <a href="/wiki/Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza" title="Muzio Attendolo Sforza">Muzio Attendolo Sforza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francesco_I_Sforza" title="Francesco I Sforza">Francesco I Sforza</a>, married <a href="/wiki/Bianca_Maria_Visconti" title="Bianca Maria Visconti">Bianca Maria</a> (1425–1468) in 1441.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the daughter and only heir of the last <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Milan">Duke of Milan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Filippo_Maria_Visconti" title="Filippo Maria Visconti">Filippo Maria Visconti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He thus acquired the title of <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Milan">Duke of Milan</a> (1450–1466), ruled Milan for 16 years, and made the Sforzas the heirs of the house of Visconti. </p><p>The family also held the seigniory of <a href="/wiki/Pesaro" title="Pesaro">Pesaro</a>, starting with Muzio Attendolo's second son, <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Sforza" title="Alessandro Sforza">Alessandro</a> (1409–1473).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sforza held Pesaro until 1512, after the death of <a href="/wiki/Costanzo_II_Sforza" title="Costanzo II Sforza">Costanzo II Sforza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Muzio's third son, Bosio (1411–1476), founded the branch of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fiora" title="Santa Fiora">Santa Fiora</a>, who held the title of count of <a href="/wiki/Cotignola" title="Cotignola">Cotignola</a>; the Sforza ruled the small <a href="/wiki/County_of_Santa_Fiora" title="County of Santa Fiora">county of Santa Fiora</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Tuscany" title="Tuscany">Tuscany</a> until 1624. Members of this family also held important ecclesiastical and political positions in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a>, and moved to Rome in 1674, taking the name of Sforza Cesarini. </p><p>The Sforza became allied with the <a href="/wiki/Borgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Borgia">Borgia family</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Arranged_marriage" title="Arranged marriage">arranged marriage</a> (1493–1497) between <a href="/wiki/Lucrezia_Borgia" title="Lucrezia Borgia">Lucrezia Borgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Sforza" title="Giovanni Sforza">Giovanni</a> (the illegitimate son of <a href="/wiki/Costanzo_I_Sforza" title="Costanzo I Sforza">Costanzo I of Pesaro</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This alliance failed, as the Borgia family annulled the marriage once the Sforza family were no longer needed. </p><p>In 1499, in the course of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_War_of_1499%E2%80%931504" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian War of 1499–1504">Italian Wars</a>, the army of <a href="/wiki/Louis_XII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XII of France">Louis XII of France</a> took Milan from <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico Sforza</a> (known as <i>Ludovico il Moro</i>, famous for taking <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" title="Leonardo da Vinci">Leonardo da Vinci</a> into his service). </p><p>After Imperial <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> troops drove out the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Sforza" title="Maximilian Sforza">Maximilian Sforza</a>, son of Ludovico, became Duke of Milan (1512–1515) until the French returned under <a href="/wiki/Francis_I_of_France" title="Francis I of France">Francis I of France</a> and imprisoned him. </p><p>In 1521 <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a> drove out the French and restored the younger son of Ludovico, Francesco II Sforza to the duchy. Francesco remained the ruler of Milan until his death in 1535 and as he was childless the Duchy reverted to the Emperor, who passed it to his son <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II</a> in 1540, thus beginning the period of Spanish rule in Milan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sforza_rulers_of_the_Duchy_of_Milan">Sforza rulers of the Duchy of Milan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sforza rulers of the Duchy of Milan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg/220px-Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg/330px-Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg/440px-Italy_1494_shepherd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1629" data-file-height="2282" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> in 1494. Insert shows the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Duchy of Milan</a> ruled by the Visconti family and inherited by the Sforzas.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_I_Sforza" title="Francesco I Sforza">Francesco I</a>, 1450–1466</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza" title="Galeazzo Maria Sforza">Galeazzo Maria</a>, 1466–1476</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gian_Galeazzo_Sforza" title="Gian Galeazzo Sforza">Gian Galeazzo</a>, 1476–1494</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico</a>, 1494–1499</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Sforza" title="Maximilian Sforza">Massimiliano</a>, 1513–1515</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_II_Sforza" title="Francesco II Sforza">Francesco II</a>, 1521–1535<sup id="cite_ref-CAR_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sforza_rulers_of_Pesaro_and_Gradara">Sforza rulers of Pesaro and Gradara</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sforza rulers of Pesaro and Gradara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Sforza" title="Alessandro Sforza">Alessandro</a>, 1445–1473</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costanzo_I_Sforza" title="Costanzo I Sforza">Costanzo I</a>, 1473–1483</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Sforza" title="Giovanni Sforza">Giovanni</a>, 1483–1500 and 1503–1510</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costanzo_II_Sforza" title="Costanzo II Sforza">Costanzo II</a>, 1510–1512</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galeazzo_Sforza_(Pesaro)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galeazzo Sforza (Pesaro) (page does not exist)">Galeazzo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeazzo_Sforza_(Pesaro)" class="extiw" title="it:Galeazzo Sforza (Pesaro)">it</a>]</span>, 1512<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sforza_family_tree">Sforza family tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sforza family tree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Sforza_family_tree_(IT)_by_shakko.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A family tree of the House of Sforza"><img alt="A family tree of the House of Sforza" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/House_of_Sforza_family_tree_%28IT%29_by_shakko.jpg/900px-House_of_Sforza_family_tree_%28IT%29_by_shakko.jpg" decoding="async" width="900" height="491" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/House_of_Sforza_family_tree_%28IT%29_by_shakko.jpg/1350px-House_of_Sforza_family_tree_%28IT%29_by_shakko.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/House_of_Sforza_family_tree_%28IT%29_by_shakko.jpg/1800px-House_of_Sforza_family_tree_%28IT%29_by_shakko.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5470" data-file-height="2987" /></a><figcaption>A family tree of the House of Sforza</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muzio_Sforza" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzio Sforza">Muzio Sforza</a> with mistress Lucia da Torsano had 7 illegitimate sons<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Gabriele_Sforza" title="Gabriele Sforza">Gabriele Sforza</a> archbishop of Milan</li> <li>son <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Sforza" class="mw-redirect" title="Francesco Sforza">Francesco I Sforza</a> married <a href="/wiki/Bianca_Maria_Visconti" title="Bianca Maria Visconti">Bianca Maria Visconti</a> <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza" title="Galeazzo Maria Sforza">Galeazzo Maria Sforza</a> married <a href="/wiki/Bona_of_Savoy" title="Bona of Savoy">Bona of Savoy</a>, mistress <a href="/wiki/Lucrezia_Landriani" title="Lucrezia Landriani">Lucrezia Landriani</a> <ul><li>daughter <a href="/wiki/Bianca_Maria_Sforza" title="Bianca Maria Sforza">Bianca Maria</a> (1472–1510), second wife of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman</a> Emperor <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor">Maximilian I</a></li> <li>son <a href="/wiki/Gian_Galeazzo_Sforza" title="Gian Galeazzo Sforza">Gian Galeazzo</a> (1469–1494), married his cousin <a href="/wiki/Isabella_of_Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Isabella of Naples">Isabella of Naples</a> <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Sforza_(il_Duchetto)" title="Francesco Sforza (il Duchetto)">Francesco (II)</a>, nominally duke under the regency of Ludovico Maria</li> <li>daughter <a href="/wiki/Bona_Sforza" title="Bona Sforza">Bona</a> (1494–1557), second wife of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old" title="Sigismund I the Old">Sigismund I the Old</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>daughter <a href="/wiki/Ippolita_Maria_Sforza_(1493%E2%80%931501)" title="Ippolita Maria Sforza (1493–1501)">Ippolita Maria Sforza</a> (1493–1501)</li></ul></li> <li>illegitimate daughter <a href="/wiki/Caterina_Sforza" title="Caterina Sforza">Caterina Sforza</a> married <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_de%27_Medici_il_Popolano" class="mw-redirect" title="Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano">Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano</a></li> <li>illegitimate son <a href="/wiki/Ottaviano_Maria_Sforza" title="Ottaviano Maria Sforza">Ottaviano Maria Sforza</a> bishop of Lodi</li></ul></li> <li>son <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico il Moro</a> (the Moor) (1451–1508) <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Sforza" title="Maximilian Sforza">Ercole Massimiliano</a></li> <li>son <a href="/wiki/Francesco_II_Sforza" title="Francesco II Sforza">Francesco II (III) Maria</a></li> <li>illegitimate daughter <a href="/wiki/La_Bella_Principessa" title="La Bella Principessa">Bianca Sforza</a> (1483–1496) married to Galeazzo Sanseverino</li> <li>illegitimate son <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Paolo_I_Sforza" title="Giovanni Paolo I Sforza">Giovanni Paolo I</a> (1497–1535), marquess of <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio_(BG)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caravaggio (BG)">Caravaggio</a></li></ul></li> <li>son <a href="/wiki/Ascanio_Sforza" title="Ascanio Sforza">Ascanio</a> (1444–1505), Cardinal</li> <li>daughter <a href="/wiki/Ippolita_Maria_Sforza" title="Ippolita Maria Sforza">Ippolita Maria</a> (1446–1484), married king of <a href="/wiki/Alphonso_II_of_Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Alphonso II of Naples">Alfonso II d'Aragon</a> of <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a></li> <li>illegitimate daughter <a href="/wiki/Polissena_Sforza" title="Polissena Sforza">Polissena</a> (1428–1449), married <a href="/wiki/Sigismondo_Pandolfo_Malatesta" title="Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta">Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta</a></li></ul></li> <li>son <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Sforza" title="Alessandro Sforza">Alessandro</a>, first lord of <a href="/wiki/Pesaro" title="Pesaro">Pesaro</a> <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Costanzo_I_Sforza" title="Costanzo I Sforza">Costanzo I</a> <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Sforza" title="Giovanni Sforza">Giovanni</a> (1466–1510), first husband of <a href="/wiki/Lucrezia_Borgia" title="Lucrezia Borgia">Lucrezia Borgia</a> <ul><li>son <a href="/wiki/Costanzo_II_Sforza" title="Costanzo II Sforza">Costanzo II (Giovanni Maria)</a> last ruler of Pesaro</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Bosio (count of Cotignola, lord of <a href="/wiki/Castell%27Arquato" title="Castell'Arquato">Castell'Arquato</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Relationship to the House of Sforza </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muzio_Attendolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzio Attendolo">Muzio Attendolo</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg/100px-Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg/150px-Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg/200px-Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="390" /></a></span></td> <td>Founder of the House of Sforza </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Sforza" class="mw-redirect" title="Francesco Sforza">Francesco Sforza</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francesforza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Francesforza.jpg/100px-Francesforza.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Francesforza.jpg/150px-Francesforza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Francesforza.jpg/200px-Francesforza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="559" /></a></span></td> <td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Muzio_Attendolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzio Attendolo">Muzio Attendolo</a>, first Sforza ruler of <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Maria_Visconti" title="Bianca Maria Visconti">Bianca Maria Visconti</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bonifacio_Bembo,_Ritratto_di_Bianca_Maria_Visconti,_Chiesa_di_Sant%E2%80%99Agostino_a_Cremona._-_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Bonifacio_Bembo%2C_Ritratto_di_Bianca_Maria_Visconti%2C_Chiesa_di_Sant%E2%80%99Agostino_a_Cremona._-_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.jpg/99px-Bonifacio_Bembo%2C_Ritratto_di_Bianca_Maria_Visconti%2C_Chiesa_di_Sant%E2%80%99Agostino_a_Cremona._-_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Bonifacio_Bembo%2C_Ritratto_di_Bianca_Maria_Visconti%2C_Chiesa_di_Sant%E2%80%99Agostino_a_Cremona._-_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.jpg/150px-Bonifacio_Bembo%2C_Ritratto_di_Bianca_Maria_Visconti%2C_Chiesa_di_Sant%E2%80%99Agostino_a_Cremona._-_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1385%E2%80%931569)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)">Kingdom of Poland</a> and Grand Duchess of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a>, <br />as the wife of <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old" title="Sigismund I the Old">Sigismund I the Old</a>, King of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1385%E2%80%931569)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)">Kingdom of Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duke of Lithuania">Grand Duke</a> of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Maria_Sforza" title="Bianca Maria Sforza">Bianca Maria Sforza</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg/100px-Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg/150px-Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg/200px-Bernhard_Strigel_009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="922" data-file-height="1594" /></a></span></td> <td>Daughter of <a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza" title="Galeazzo Maria Sforza">Galeazzo Maria Sforza</a> and <br />Holy Roman Empress, as the wife of <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor">Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anna_Sforza" title="Anna Sforza">Anna Sforza</a></td> <td></td> <td>Daughter of <a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza" title="Galeazzo Maria Sforza">Galeazzo Maria Sforza</a> and wife of <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_I_d%27Este" title="Alfonso I d'Este">Alfonso I d'Este</a><br />Her successor would be the infamous <a href="/wiki/Lucrezia_Borgia" title="Lucrezia Borgia">Lucrezia Borgia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caterina_Sforza" title="Caterina Sforza">Caterina Sforza</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italia,_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC,_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Italia%2C_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC%2C_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG/100px-Italia%2C_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC%2C_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Italia%2C_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC%2C_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG/149px-Italia%2C_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC%2C_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Italia%2C_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC%2C_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG/199px-Italia%2C_caterina_riario_di_forl%C3%AC%2C_riproduzione_della_medaglia_del_1488_ca..JPG 2x" data-file-width="1441" data-file-height="1446" /></a></span></td> <td>Illegitimate daughter of <a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza" title="Galeazzo Maria Sforza">Galeazzo Maria Sforza</a>, Duke of Milan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico Sforza</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_(Donatus_Grammatica).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg/99px-Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg/149px-Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg/199px-Ludovico_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1890" data-file-height="2870" /></a></span></td> <td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Francesco_I_Sforza" title="Francesco I Sforza">Francesco I Sforza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bianca_Maria_Visconti" title="Bianca Maria Visconti">Bianca Maria Visconti</a>, Duke of Milan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_d%27Este" title="Beatrice d'Este">Beatrice d'Este</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg/100px-Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg/149px-Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg/199px-Miniatura_di_Beatrice_d%27Este_contorno_ritagliato.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1106" /></a></span></td> <td>Wife of <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico Sforza</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Sforza" title="Maximilian Sforza">Maximilian Sforza</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_(Donatus_Grammatica).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg/100px-Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg/150px-Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg/200px-Massimiliano_Sforza_by_G.A._de_Predis_%28Donatus_Grammatica%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1208" /></a></span></td> <td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico Sforza</a>, Duke of Milan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Francesco_II_Sforza" title="Francesco II Sforza">Francesco II Sforza</a></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FrancescoIISforza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/FrancescoIISforza.jpg/100px-FrancescoIISforza.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/FrancescoIISforza.jpg/150px-FrancescoIISforza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/FrancescoIISforza.jpg/200px-FrancescoIISforza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="494" /></a></span></td> <td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico Sforza</a>, Duke of Milan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Paolo_I_Sforza" title="Giovanni Paolo I Sforza">Giovanni Paolo I Sforza</a></td> <td></td> <td>Illegitimate son of <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza" title="Ludovico Sforza">Ludovico Sforza</a>, first Marquess of <a href="/wiki/Caravaggio,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Caravaggio, Italy">Caravaggio</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Castellini_Baldissera">Castellini Baldissera</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Castellini Baldissera"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the House of Sforza has died out over the last<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="Statement needs to be more specific about the content to which it refers.">specify</span></a></i>]</sup> century, it is closely related to the <a href="/wiki/Castellini_Baldissera" title="Castellini Baldissera">Castellini Baldissera family</a>, who inherited a number of their palazzos and estates.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One of the cursed artefacts from <i><a href="/wiki/Friday_the_13th:_The_Series" title="Friday the 13th: The Series">Friday the 13th: The Series</a></i> was the "Sforza Glove", attributed to the original family's possession.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Harris" title="Thomas Harris">Thomas Harris</a>'s character <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter" title="Hannibal Lecter">Hannibal Lecter</a> is a descendant of the House of Sforza.</li> <li>In the book, anime, and manga series <i><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Blood" title="Trinity Blood">Trinity Blood</a></i>, the Duchess of Milan, who is also one of the Cardinals, is named <a href="/wiki/Caterina_Sforza_(Trinity_Blood)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caterina Sforza (Trinity Blood)">Caterina Sforza</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caterina_Sforza" title="Caterina Sforza">Caterina Sforza</a> appears as a <a href="/wiki/Non-playable_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-playable character">non-playable character</a> in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassin's Creed 2">Assassin's Creed 2</a></i> and its sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Brotherhood" title="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Sforza figure prominently in the <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Borgias_(2011_TV_series)" title="The Borgias (2011 TV series)">The Borgias</a></i>.</li> <li>The house is mentioned in a song about the Borgia family in the British edutainment TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Horrible_Histories_(2009_TV_series)" title="Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)">Horrible Histories</a></i>.</li> <li>There are notable members from the family in the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Medici_(TV_series)" title="Medici (TV series)">Medici</a></i>.</li> <li>There is a campaign in the <i><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II:_Definitive_Edition" title="Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition">Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition</a></i> computer game named after the Sforza family where the player takes up the position of Francesco I Sforza.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gradara" title="Gradara">Gradara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Wars" title="Italian Wars">Italian Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Milan" title="List of rulers of Milan">List of rulers of Milan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Sforza&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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