Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan

1401 - 1466  (64 years)

• Name	Francesco I Sforza  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Duke of Milan
  Birth	23 Jul 1401	Cigoli, San Miniato, Pisa, Toscana, Italy   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Title	Condottiero  [5]
  Title	25 Mar 1450-8 Mar 1466  [1, 2, 3]
  	Duke of Milan
  Death	8 Mar 1466	Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I23	Sforza Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Muzio Attendolo Sforza,   b. 28 May 1369, Cotignola, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy d. 4 Jan 1424, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Lucia Terzani de Martini
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Polissena Ruffo, Countess of Corigliano and Montalto,   b. 1400, Cariati, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy d. 17 Jul 1420 (Age 20 years)
  Marriage	1418  [4]
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Bianca Maria Visconti,   b. 31 Mar 1425, Bornasco, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. 28 Oct 1468, Cremona, Cremona, Lombardia, Italy (Age 43 years)
  Children	+ 1. Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 5th Duke of Milan,   b. 24 Jan 1444, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy d. 26 Dec 1476, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy (Age 32 years) + 2. Ippolita Maria Sforza,   b. 18 Apr 1446, Jesi, Anacona, Marche, Italy d. 20 Aug 1484, Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy (Age 38 years)   3. Filippo Maria Sforza, Count of Corsica,   b. 12 Dec 1449   d. 1492 (Age 42 years)   4. Sforza Maria Sforza, Duke of Bari,   b. 18 Aug 1451, Vigevano, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy d. 29 Jul 1479, Varese Ligure, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy (Age 27 years)   5. Francesco Galeazzo Maria Sforza,   b. 5 Aug 1453/54 + 6. Ludovico Maria Sforza, Duke of Bari,   b. 3 Aug 1452, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy d. 27 May 1508, Château de Loches, Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (Age 55 years)   7. Ascanio Maria Sforza, Abbot of Chiaraville,   b. 3 Mar 1455, Cremona, Cremona, Lombardia, Italy d. 28 May 1505, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Age 50 years)   8. Elisabetta Maria Sforza,   b. 10 Jun 1456   d. 1473 (Age 16 years)   9. Ottaviano Maria Sforza, Count of Lugano,   b. 30 Apr 1458   d. 1477 (Age 18 years)   10. Carlo Sforza
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Giovanna d'Acquapendente
  Children	1. Polissena Sforza,   b. 1422   2. Isolea Sforza,   b. 1427   d. 1485-1487 (Age 60 years)   3. Polisena Sforza,   b. 1428   d. 1 Jun 1449 (Age 21 years)   4. Sforza Secondo Sforza, Count of Borgonuovo,   b. 1433   d. 1492-1493 (Age 60 years)   5. Drusiana Sforza,   b. 30 Sep 1437   d. 29 Jun 1474 (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 4	Brigida Caimi
  Children	1. Giovanni Maria Sforza, Archbishop of Genoa,   b. 1461, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy d. 1510-1513, Pavia, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 5	Elisabetta de Prata
  Children	1. Giulio Sforza
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 6	Perpetua di Varese
  Children	1. Polidoro Sforza,   b. 1442   d. 1475 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 7	Elisabetta da Robecco
  Children	1. Leonardo Sforza   2. Julius Sforza
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2] George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes, (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2024). [S1] "Muzio Attendolo Sforza," Wikitree, last modified 24 Jun 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzio_Attendolo_Sforza. [S6] "Francesco I Sforza," Wikitree, last modified 23 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_I_Sforza. [S7] "Polissena Ruffo," Wikipedia, last modified 26 Apr 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polissena_Ruffo. [S8] "Galeazzo Maria Sforza," Wikipedia, last modified 25 Jan 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza.