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Maximilian Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) [1] was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza.
Julius had hired another army of Swiss mercenaries; they descended on Milan, bringing with them Maximilian Sforza, who was determined to regain control of the Duchy for his family. [71] The French garrisons abandoned the Romagna (where the Duke of Urbino quickly captured Bologna and Parma ) and retreated to Lombardy, attempting to intercept the ...
Following the French removal from Milan, Swiss mercenaries installed Maximilian Sforza as Duke of Milan on 29 December 1512. [ 2 ] In June 1513, the French army, consisting of more than 20,000 under Louis de la Trémoille , besieged the city of Novara, which was held by Swiss mercenaries .
The book was made for Maximilian's future father-in-law Charles the Bold in 1466 by Bruges, [197] then given to Galeazzo Maria Sforza likely in 1475–76 during his and Charles's brief alliance, [198] became Bianca Maria Sforza's property, and was finally brought to Maximilian's library after Bianca's and Maximilian's marriage in 1494.
According to Tattvarthasutra, a second-to-fifth century Jain text, yoga is the sum of all activities of mind, speech and body. [k] Umasvati calls yoga the generator of karma, [205] and essential to the path to liberation. [205] In his Niyamasara, Kundakunda describes yoga bhakti—devotion to the path to liberation—as the highest form of ...
Bianca Maria Sforza (5 April 1472 – 31 December 1510) was Queen of Germany and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire as the third spouse of Maximilian I. She was the eldest legitimate daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan by his second wife, Bona of Savoy .
Louis XII remained Duke of Milan until 1512, when the Swiss army expelled the French from Lombardy and placed Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico il Moro, on the Milanese throne. Between 1512 and 1515 the Swiss cantons de facto controlled the duchy.
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.