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.

Sforza Family, Italian family, first named Attendoli, that produced two famous soldiers of fortune and founded a dynasty that ruled Milan for almost a century.

2020年6月2日 · There is a member of the family named Sforza Sforza. The family fell out of power in Milan in 1535 with the death of Francesco Sforza II. Sforza Castle is still standing and is used as a museum and houses several art collections. A member of the family had the history of the Sforza house written as a book sometime in the 17th-century.

The house was founded by Francesco I Sforza (1401 – 8 March 1466), who along with Cosimo de Medici the elder was a member of the Order of the Crescent, founded by René of Anjou, a purported Grand Master of the Priory of Sion.

2021年6月5日 · Sforza rule was at an end in Milan, and in fact, the city and the dukedom remained a Habsburg possession for the next three centuries, until finally liberated (or captured? depends on your political views about the Italian Risorgimento) by the House of Savoy in 1859.

2022年8月13日 · The Sforza family was one of the most powerful families in and around Milan for about 100 years from 1450 to 1535. The line was founded by Muzio Attendolo around 1411. This family was very much involved in Papal politics and are featured in several series about the Medici’s and Borgia’s.

Caterina Sforza was an Italian noblewoman who ruled the cities of Forlì and Imola (now in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy) during the late 15th century. During her lifetime she became famous for her cunning, audacity, and extreme brutality as a warrior and a ruler.

The founder of the dynasty, Muzio Attendolo, changed his family name to Sforza, meaning “force.” The Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the region called Romagna in north-central Italy (near Ravenna ).

The House of Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy that ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535. The family rose from the rural nobility of Lombardy to become condottieri, and the extinction of the House of Visconti led to the Sforza family becoming the ruling family of Milan.

An Italian family that rose to prominence in the 15th and 16th centuries. Muzio Attendolo (1369–1424) was one of the most powerful condottieri of the period (his assumed name Sforza means “force”).