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Francesco Sforza (il Duchetto)

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Noble family
  
Sforza

Died
  
1512, Angouleme, France

Father
  
Gian Galeazzo Sforza

Parents
  
Gian Galeazzo Sforza

Mother
  
Isabella of Naples

Aunts
  
Anna Sforza

Name
  
Francesco Sforza


Francesco Sforza (il Duchetto)

Born
  
30 January 1491 (
1491-01-30
)

Role
  
Gian Galeazzo Sforza's son

Grandparents
  
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Bona of Savoy

Great-grandparents
  
Francesco I Sforza, Bianca Maria Visconti, Anne of Cyprus, Louis, Duke of Savoy

Similar People
  
Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Anna Sforza, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Muzio Sforza, Bona of Savoy

Francesco Sforza, nicknamed Il Duchetto ("The Little Duke"; 30 January 1491 – 1512) was the eldest son of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Isabella of Naples.

He was Count of Pavia from 1491 to 1499. In the latter year, as the French troops conquered Milan, he was carried to France by King Louis XII.

Francesco died falling from a horse at Angoulême in 1512.

References

Francesco Sforza (il Duchetto) Wikipedia