Maximilian Sforza

Massimiliano Sforza, c.1496–1499

Maximilian (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, Massimiliano was imprisoned by the returning French troops. He waived his rights to Milan for the sum of 30,000 ducats and continued to live in France.

When he 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 as Massimiliano's father was hoping that Henry would help him against the French, which was not in Henry's interest.

Ancestors

Maximilian Sforza's ancestors in three generations

Muzio Sforza

Francesco I Sforza

Lucia da Torsano

Ludovico Sforza

Filippo Maria Visconti

Bianca Maria Visconti

Agnese del Maino

Maximilian Sforza

Niccolò III d'Este

Ercole d'Este I

Ricciarda da Saluzzo

Beatrice d'Este

Ferdinand I of Naples

Eleanor of Naples

Isabella of Clermont

See also

• Italian Wars

References

• Alexander, J. J. G., Italian Renaissance Illuminations, (1978) ISBN 9780701122706
• Frieda, Leonie. The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2012)
• Perry, Maria, Sisters to King Henry VIII, (1998)