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Francesco I Sforza

1401 - 1466

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Francesco I Sforza (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈpriːmo ˈsfɔrtsa]; 23 July 1401 – 8 March 1466) was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. In the 1420s, he participated in the War of L'Aquila and in the 1430s fought for the Papal States and Milan against Venice. Once the war between Milan and Venice ended in 1441 under mediation by Sforza, he successfully invaded southern Italy alongside René of Anjou, pretender to the throne of Naples, and after that returned to Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco I Sforza has received more than 462,728 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Francesco I Sforza is the 1,190th most popular politician (up from 1,207th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Italy and the 75th most popular Italian Politician.

Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiero and duke of Milan from 1450 to 1466.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francesco I Sforza ranks 1,190 out of 15,577. Before him are Demetrius I of Macedon, Harthacnut, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Romanos III Argyros, Suleyman Shah, and Karl Haushofer. After him are Harold Macmillan, Marcian, Valdemar I of Denmark, Emperor Ninkō, Emperor Taizu of Song, and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, Francesco I Sforza ranks 3. Before him are Masaccio and Nicholas of Cusa. After him are Catherine of Valois, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Emperor Shōkō, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Stephen Zápolya, George Sphrantzes, and Badi' al-Zaman Mirza. Among people deceased in 1466, Francesco I Sforza ranks 2. Before him is Donatello. After him are Hacı I Giray, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Isabel of Barcelos, Peter, Constable of Portugal, and Johann Fust.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco I Sforza ranks 491 out of 4,668. Before him are Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Pontormo (1494), and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499). After him are Januarius (272), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Celestine II (1100), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), and Pope Cornelius (200).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Francesco I Sforza ranks 75. Before him are Scipio Aemilianus (-185), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Galeazzo Ciano (1903), Brennus (-500), and Conrad IV of Germany (1228). After him are Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Totila (500), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), and Giorgio Napolitano (1925).

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