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Francesco II Sforza

1495 - 1535

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Francesco II Sforza (4 February 1495 – 2 November 1535) was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He was the last member of the Sforza family to rule Milan. He was the second son of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco II Sforza has received more than 208,296 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Francesco II Sforza is the 2,588th most popular politician (down from 2,372nd in 2019), the 886th most popular biography from Italy (down from 835th in 2019) and the 179th 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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  • 210k

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  • 64.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francesco II Sforza ranks 2,588 out of 19,576. Before him are Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Chryseis, Antigonus II Mattathias, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Juan Manuel Santos, and Bartolomeo Eustachi. After him are Diadumenian, David II of Scotland, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Theodahad, Mircea Snegur, and Atropates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Francesco II Sforza ranks 2. Before him is Cuauhtémoc. After him are John of God, Petrus Apianus, Enrique of Malacca, Clément Marot, Jan van Scorel, Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, and Luigi Alamanni. 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 Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Lorenzo Costa, John Fisher, Ippolito de' Medici, Gustav Trolle, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco II Sforza ranks 886 out of 5,161. Before him are Isabella d'Este (1474), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102), Hormizd I (250), Luciano Spalletti (1959), and Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500). After him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), Alessandro Allori (1535), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Rosalia Lombardo (1918), Ladislaus of Naples (1377), and Dino De Laurentiis (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francesco II Sforza ranks 179. Before him are Pupienus (170), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1797), Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102), Hormizd I (250), and Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500). After him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), Ladislaus of Naples (1377), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Alfonso II of Naples (1448), and Giuseppe Guarneri (1698).

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