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Sforza

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Sfor·za  (sfôrts, sfôrtsä)
Family of Milanese political leaders, including Francesco (1401-1466), a captain of mercenaries who declared himself duke of Milan (1450). His son Ludovico (1451?-1508) was duke of Milan (1481-1499) and a patron of Leonardo da Vinci.
Sforza (Italian) [ˈsfɔrtsa]
n
1. (Biographies / Sforza, Carlo (1873-1952) M, Italian, POLITICS: statesman) Count Carlo (ˈkarlo). 1873-1952, Italian statesman; leader of the anti-Fascist opposition
2. (Biographies / Sforza, Francesco (1401-1466) M, Milanese, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) Francesco (franˈtʃesko). 1401-66, duke of Milan (1450- 66)
3. (Biographies / Sforza, Giacomuzzo or Muzio (1369-1424) M, Italian, MISC: condottiere) his father Giacomuzzo (dʒakoˈmuttso) or Muzio (ˈmuttsjo), original name Attendolo. 1369-1424, Italian condottiere and founder of the dynasty that ruled Milan (1450-1535)
4. (Biographies / Sforza, Lodovico (1451-1508) M, Milanese, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) Lodovico (lodoˈviːko), called the Moor. 1451- 1508, duke of Milan (1494-1500), but effective ruler from 1480; patron of Leonardo da Vinci
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The new are either entirely new, as was Milan to Francesco Sforza, or they are, as it were, members annexed to the hereditary state of the prince who has acquired them, as was the kingdom of Naples to that of the King of Spain.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
And the like was done by that league (which Guicciardini saith was the security of Italy) made between Ferdinando King of Naples, Lorenzius Medici, and Ludovicus Sforza, potentates, the one of Florence, the other of Milan.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
 
 
 
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