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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 191,302 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Francesco II Sforza is the 2,380th most popular politician (up from 2,719th in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from Italy (up from 935th in 2019) and the 171st 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

Among politicians, Francesco II Sforza ranks 2,380 out of 15,577Before him are Lyudmila Putina, Sancho III of Pamplona, Alboin, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Emperor Gaozong of Song, and Eric I of Denmark. After him are Childebert III, Michael D. Higgins, Zhang Liang, Jacob Zuma, Mohammad Khatami, and Peng Dehuai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Francesco II Sforza ranks 2Before him is Cuauhtémoc. After him are John of God, Petrus Apianus, Jan van Scorel, Clément Marot, Barbara Zápolya, Enrique of Malacca, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Nicolas Gombert, Giampietrino, and Melchior Hoffman. Among people deceased in 1535, Francesco II Sforza ranks 3Before him are Thomas More and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. After him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Lorenzo Costa, 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 837 out of 4,668Before him are Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351), Rosalia Lombardo (1918), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Pietro Bembo (1470), and Maurizio Pollini (1942). After him are Euhemerus (-330), Francesco Guardi (1712), Francesco Totti (1976), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), and Giovanna of Italy (1907).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francesco II Sforza ranks 171Before him are Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), Alfonso II of Naples (1448), Romano Prodi (1939), Phalaris (-700), Louise of Orléans (1812), and Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351). After him are Giovanna of Italy (1907), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Florianus (232), Titus Tatius (-800), and Atia (-85).