Name Maximilian Sforza | ||
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Died June 4, 1530, Paris, France Parents Ludovico Sforza, Beatrice d'Este Grandparents Francesco I Sforza, Bianca Maria Visconti, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara Uncles Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Ascanio Sforza Cousins Caterina Sforza, Isabella of Aragon - Duchess, Bianca Maria Sforza, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Federico II Gonzaga - Duke of Similar People Ludovico Sforza, Francesco II Sforza, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Francesco I Sforza | ||
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