Francesco Sforza(1401-1466)
Duke of Milan 1450-1466
Bianca Maria Visconti(1425-1468)
Galeazzo Maria Sforza(1444-1476)
Duke of Milan 1466-1476
Bona of Savoy(1449-1503)
Regency of Milan1476-1479
Beatrice dʼEste
(1475-1497)
Ottaviano Maria Sforza(1458-1477)
Sforza Maria Sforza(1449-1479)
Ascanio Maria Sforza(1445 -1505)
Gian Galeazzo II Maria Sforza(1469-1494)
Duke of Milan 1476
Bianca Maria Sforza
(1472-1510)
Isabella dʼAragona(1470-1524)
Ermes Sforza(1470-1503) Anna Maria Sforza
(1476-1491)
Ercole Massimiliano Sforza(1493-1530/52)Duke of Milan
1512-15 and 1529-30
François II Sforza(1495-1535)
Duke of Milan 1530-1535
Francesco Sforza(1491-1512)il duchetto
1489
1494
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Maximilian 1st(1459-1519)Holy Roman
Emperor 1493-1519
Maddalena Sforza(1478-1520)
?Lucrezia Crivelli
(1478-1520)Cecilia Gallerani
(1473-1536)Bernadina de Corradis
Illegitimate brides and childs
Illegitimate brides
Bianca Sforza(1482-1497)
Leone Sforza(1482-?)
Cesare Sforza(1491-1512)
Giampaolo Sforza (1497-1535)1496 Galeazzo di Sanseverino
Count Caiazzo( - 1525)
Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446-1484)
Filippo Maria Sforza(1448-1492)
Elisabetta Maria Sforza(1454/56-1472/73)
Sforza Sforza( -1501)
BNF - Paris(1)31 Janvier 1491
To celebrate the birth of il duchetto
BL - Londres25 Jan. 1493
To celebrate the birth of Ercole Massimiliano
NL-Warsaw Poland(2)The Letters G. Z. do refer to Galeazzo.
The two wodewose refer to the wild men costumes Leonardo designed in 1491 in the palace of Galeazzo di Sanseverino for a tournament which Sanseverino won.
Galeazzo di Sanseverino, intended recipient of the book, and his bride, Ludovico's illegitimate daughter to celebrate their wedding 1496.
The 4 Sforziadas on vellum and their dedications.
Uffizi-Firenze2 Feb. 1493
To celebrate the birth of Bona Sforza
(?)
Ludovico Sforza (il Moro)(1452-1508)
Condottiere Milan1479-93Duke of Milan 1494-1501
Da Vinci
1496
Isabelle dʼEste(1474-1539)
Sister of Beatrice dʼEste
Pascal COTTE 2011
Ippolita Sforza(1492-1501)
Bona Sforza(1493-1557)
Sigismond 1st Jagellon(1467-1548)
King of Poland1506-1548
1518
(1) Seen by Antonio de Beatis in 1517 castel of Blois with numerous books with Sforzaʼs arms on silver casps. ----- (2) confiscated during French invasion, when Sanseverino was briefly imprisoned by French, along with Il Moro. Several possibilities among French invaders known to have possessed books stolen from Sforza. a) Cardinal Georges d'Amboise (1460-1510) At his Chateau de Gaillon : Oraison de la reduction de Milan; Aquinas' On Kingship once belonging to Ludovico Il Moro b)Geoffroy Carles (C.1460-1516) Two Sforza owned books among nine of Italian origin: Aquinas On Kingship (later to Amboise), and Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi, once owned by Francesco Sforza c)Florimond Robertet (1460-1527) Most likely of these three. Owned a collection of Sforza related documents compiled by Cicco Simonetta (d.1480). Patron of Leonardo da Vinci ("our dear and well loved...."). Commisioned 'Madonna of Yarnwinder'.Contents of his library are unknown. An inventory made by his widow in 1532 is lost. A mid-17th century reconstruction of that inventory for his great grandson Charles de Restaing is a partial fabrication by Henri Chesneau. Subsequent: Wedding gift by French crown to King Sigismund I of Poland for his nuptials with Bona Sforza, cousin of Francis I through house of Savoy, at a time (1518) when Francis was trying to forge a military alliance with Poland against the Turks, and soliciting Sigismund's vote for him in the upcoming election of the Holy Roman Emperor. Polish royal collection to Jan Zamoyski, and ultimately the Polish National Library in Warsaw. # # # # # # # # # 13 Apr. 2011 - David Writght
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Alphonse IIKing of Naples(1448-1495)
Da Vinci
1495
-97Da V
inci
1488
-90
The Lady with an ermine.
La Belle Ferronnière.
La Bella Principessa.
1441
Da Vinci
1499
Galeazzo di Sanseverino, Ludovicoʼs friend , was chief of the army.Leonardo da Vinci lived in his house for a while and have make the project to an equestrian statue in is honor.
1465