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Name: Francesco I SFORZA, K.G., Duke of Milan
Sex: M
Birth: 23 Jul 1401 in San Miniato (Tuscany) ^b
Death: 8 Mar 1466 in Milan ^d
Burial: Milan ^u

Parents:

Father:
Giacomo Muzio Attendolo Birth: 28 May 1369 in Cotignola, Romagna Death: 4 Jan 1424 in Pescara

Mother:

Lucia Terziani

Family:

Marriage:

Bianca Maria Visconti on 25 Oct 1441 at Cremona .^m2
Bianca Maria Visconti Birth: 31 Mar 1425 in Castello Di Settimo Pavese Death: 23 Oct 1468 in Melegnano

Children:

Galaezzo Maria SFORZA, Duke Of Milan Birth: 24 Jan 1444 in Fermo (Marche) Death: 26 Dec 1476 in Milan

Bibliography

Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
Moncreiffe, Sir Ian of that Ilk, Royal Highness: Ancestors of the Royal Child. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. NYPL ARF 83-3293. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p[0-9]*].
Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226],
place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226],
parents:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-64]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxiv, Thompson CharlesII v05-226]; 1466 [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p88],
place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

note:: not 6 Mar as in ES [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226(77)]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

child:: (illeg dau) Caterina (#178439) [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p88]

Sources with Information about marriage to Bianca Maria Visconti

date:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226],
place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226],
child:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

Research Notes:
Duke of Milan [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p88, Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

1450: Duke of Milan [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

siezed Milan from the Ambrosian Republic [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

abt 1460: K.G.#196 succeeding Eric IX king of Denmark, who deserted his throne in 1439 and died about 1459 [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxiii]

1464: lord of Genoa [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

a condottiere like his father, his relationship with his father-in-law was twenty years of quarrel and betrayal [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

allied himself with Cosimo de Medici and King Charles VII of France [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

protagonist of Italian peace and unity [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

Pedigree of Francesco I SFORZA, K.G., Duke of Milan
/-----Giovanni Attendolo
/-----Giacomo Muzio Attendolo
| \-----Elisia Petrascini
Francesco I SFORZA, K.G., Duke of Milan
\-----Lucia Terziani

Descendants of Francesco I SFORZA, K.G., Duke of Milan

1. Francesco I SFORZA, K.G., Duke of Milan m1. m2. Bianca Maria Visconti

m. Bianca Maria Visconti father: Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke Of Milan mother: Agnese Del Maino

2+ Galaezzo Maria SFORZA, Duke Of Milan m. Lucrezia

2nd generation

2. Galaezzo Maria SFORZA, Duke Of Milan m. Lucrezia

m. Lucrezia

3+ Caterina SFORZA m. Giovanni De Medici

3rd generation

3. Caterina SFORZA m. Giovanni De Medici

m. Giovanni De Medici father: Pierfrancesco De Medici mother: Laudomia Acciaiuoli

4+ Giovanni De Medici m. Maria Salviati

4th generation