Francesco II Sforza

E770569

Francesco II Sforza was the last Duke of Milan from the Sforza dynasty, whose rule marked the end of the family's control over the city during the Italian Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Francesco II Sforza canonical 7
Francesco Maria Sforza 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Milan ⓘ
Italian noble ⓘ
Renaissance ruler ⓘ
human ⓘ
alliedWith Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Habsburg–Valois rivalry in Italy ⓘ
birthDate 1495-01-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Milan ⓘ
burialPlace Milan ⓘ
citizenship Duchy of Milan ⓘ
conflict Italian Wars ⓘ
contestedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
countryRuled Duchy of Milan ⓘ
deathDate 1535-10-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Milan ⓘ
dynasty Sforza dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Sforza
endOf Sforza rule in Milan ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
familyName Sforza ⓘ
father Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
Ludovico il Moro ⓘ
linked to: Ludovico Sforza
fullName Francesco Maria Sforza ⓘ
linked to: Francesco II Sforza
givenName Francesco ⓘ
governedFrom Castello Sforzesco, Milan ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle
governedTerritory Lombardy region ⓘ
linked to: Lombardy
hadNo legitimate heirs ⓘ
historicalContext Italian Wars ⓘ
historicalPeriod Italian Renaissance ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
lostControlOf Milan to Habsburg rule after his death ⓘ
marriageStart 1534 ⓘ
memberOf House of Sforza ⓘ
militaryRole condottiero ⓘ
mother Beatrice d’Este ⓘ
nobleFamily Sforza ⓘ
notableFor being the last Sforza Duke of Milan ⓘ
his role in the Italian Wars ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Milan ⓘ
precededBy Louis XII of France ⓘ
reignEnd 1535 ⓘ
reignStart 1521 ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
spouse Christina of Denmark ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Excellency ⓘ
succeededBy Charles V ⓘ
Habsburg rule in Milan ⓘ
supportedBy Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ⓘ
title Duke of Bari ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludovico Sforza → child → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ
House of Sforza → notableMember → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ
House of Sforza → finalDucalRuler → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ
Christina of Denmark → spouse → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ
Italian War of 1526–1530 → hasCommander → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ
Beatrice d’Este → child → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ
Francesco II Sforza → fullName → Francesco Maria Sforza ⓘ
linked to: Francesco II Sforza
Cathedral of Saint Ambrose → patronDuringConstruction → Francesco II Sforza ⓘ