Maximilian Sforza

Maximilian Sforza
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Maximilian (Massimiliano) Sforza (1493–1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Lodovico Sforza. He ruled between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1513), and Francis I of France in 1515. He was imprisoned by the returning French following their victory at the Battle of Marignano.

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Proposed Marriage

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 a marriage proposal as Massimiliano's father was hoping that Henry would help him against the French. Henry was only interested in peace not war after founding his new dynasty from the War of the Roses

References

  • Maria Perry, Sisters to King Henry VIII, (1998)

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
 
 
Leonora of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
Isabella of Taranto
 


See also

Italian nobility
Preceded by
Louis XII of France
Duke of Milan
1513–1515
Succeeded by
Francis I of France