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  2. Sforza Maria Sforza - Wikipedia

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    Sforza Maria Sforza (18 August 1451 — 29 July 1479), Duke of Bari from 1464 to 1479, was a son of the condottiero Francesco I Sforza and his wife Bianca Maria Visconti. Early life [ edit ]

  3. Duchy of Bari - Wikipedia

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    Gian Galeazzo's brothers (Sforza Maria, Ludovico, Ascanio and Ottaviano) after an unsuccessful attempt to oust Cicco Simoetta and take the regency, were driven out of Milan: Maria Sforza was sent to Bari, in his own duchy, where he devoted himself to raising renowned breeds of horses. He died without an heir on 29 July 1479, and the duchy ...

  4. House of Sforza - Wikipedia

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    The House of Sforza (Italian:) was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza, in 1535.

  5. Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara - Wikipedia

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    Not much is known of her childhood or early life growing up as the first princess of Naples but she was betrothed to Sforza Maria Sforza, duke of Bari, son of Francesco Sforza I at the age of five. In 1465 she was married by proxy to Sforza Maria but because of his father's death and his brother Galeazzo's succession and subsequent refusal to ...

  6. List of royal proxy marriages - Wikipedia

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    Sforza Maria Sforza, Duke of Bari to Eleanor of Naples, in 1465. The marriage was not consummated, a divorce was negotiated by the brides father and a new marriage arranged for her to Ercole I d'Este. [40] Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan to Bona of Savoy, on 9 May 1468 [41] James II of Cyprus to Catherine Cornaro, on 30 July 1468 [42]

  7. Ludovico Sforza - Wikipedia

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    Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; 'the Moor'), [b] and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, [3] was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.

  8. Ippolita Maria Sforza - Wikipedia

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    Ippolita Maria Sforza (Jesi, 18 April 1445 – Naples, 19 August 1488) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of the Duke of Calabria, who later reigned as King Alfonso II of Naples. Ippolita was described as very intelligent and cultured.

  9. Bianca Maria Visconti - Wikipedia

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    Filippo Maria Sforza [it; eo] (12 December 1449 — 1492), [9] Count of Corsica. Sforza Maria Sforza (18 August 1451 — 29 July 1479), [9] Duke of Bari from 1464 to 1479. Ludovico Maria (3 August 1452 — 27 May 1508), [9] Duke of Bari from 1479 to 1494 and Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499. Francesco Galeazzo Maria (5 August 1453/54 — died ...