Maximilian Sforza

Massimiliano Sforza, c.1496–1499

Maximilian Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Sforza, 25 January 1493 – 4 June 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He ruled 1512–1515, between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Maximilian was imprisoned by the returning French troops.

When Maximilian was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England. However, Henry VII rejected the proposal citing Mary's young age as the issue.

Ancestors

Maximilian Sforza's (known) ancestors

16. Giovanni Attendolo 8. Muzio Attendolo Sforza 17. Elisa Petraccini 4. Francesco I Sforza 9. Lucia da Torsciano 2. Ludovico Sforza 20. Gian Galeazzo Visconti 10. Filippo Maria Visconti 21. Caterina Visconti 5. Bianca Maria Visconti 22. Ambrogio del Maino 11. Agnese del Maino 1. Massimiliano Sforza 24. Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara 12. Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara 25. Isotta Albaresani 6. Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara 26. Thomas III, Marquis of Saluzzo 13. Ricciarda, Marquise of Saluzzo 27. Marguerite de Pierrepont 3. Beatrice d'Este 28. Alfonso V of Aragon 14. Ferdinand I of Naples 29. Giraldona Carlino 7. Eleanor of Naples 30. Tristan, Count of Copertino 15. Isabella of Clermont 31. Caterina del Balzo Orsini

See also

• Italian Wars

Sources

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