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Francesco II Sforza

1495 - 1535

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Francesco II Sforza (4 February 1495 – 1 November 1535) was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He became duke of Milan after Emperor Charles V reconquered it from the French. He fought at Bicocca against the French, but in 1526 joined the League of Cognac with Francis I of France. Surviving a poisoning, he married Christina of Denmark, but died childless. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco II Sforza is the 3,078th most popular politician (down from 2,588th in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from Italy (down from 886th in 2019) and the 215th most popular Italian Politician.

Francesco II Sforza was the Duke of Milan from 1466 until his death in 1494. He was the son of Francesco I Sforza and Bianca Maria Visconti. He succeeded his father as Duke of Milan in 1466. In 1469, he married Beatrice d'Este, daughter of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. They had no children. He was succeeded by his nephew Gian Galeazzo.

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Among politicians, Francesco II Sforza ranks 3,078 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Jioji Konrote, Yesün Temür, Margareta of Romania, Al-Mu'tadid, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Anne of France, J. G. Strijdom, and Vonones I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Francesco II Sforza ranks 3. Before him are Cuauhtémoc, and John of God. After him are Petrus Apianus, Clément Marot, Jan van Scorel, Enrique of Malacca, Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Luigi Alamanni, Giampietrino, and Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg. Among people deceased in 1535, Francesco II Sforza ranks 4. Before him are Thomas More, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād. After him are Lorenzo Costa, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, John Fisher, Gustav Trolle, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco II Sforza ranks 986 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Angelo Becciu (1948), Maurice Garin (1871), Antipope Paschal III (1110), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Roger de Flor (1267), and Ludovico Carracci (1555). After him are Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Antonio Conte (1969), Vonones I (-100), Trota of Salerno (1001), Augustine of Canterbury (510), and Sebastiano Serlio (1475).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francesco II Sforza ranks 215. Before him are William I of Sicily (1126), Alfonso II of Naples (1448), Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), Edda Mussolini (1910), Occhiali (1519), and Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848). After him are Vonones I (-100), Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562), Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Hormizd I (250), and Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902).

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