Galeazzo Maria Sforza
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450,
Galeazzo Sforza, by Piero Benci, Uffizi Gallery
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, c. 1464
Lament of the duke Galeazzo Maria (1476)
Lampugnani's Conspiracy by Francesco Hayez, 1826
Francesco I Sforza
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Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiere who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its duke from 1450 until his death. Renowned for his military skill and political acumen,
Galeazzo Maria Sforza
…Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan on her own…
Portrait of Francesco Sforza (c. 1460) by Bonifacio Bembo. Sforza insisted on being shown in his worn dirty old campaigning hat. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza in Famiglie celebri italiane, by Pompeo Litta Biumi (1823)