NOBLEMAN

Maximilian Sforza

1493 - 1530

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Maximilian Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. When Maximilian was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England. However, Henry VII rejected the proposal citing Mary's young age as the issue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilian Sforza has received more than 100,893 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Maximilian Sforza is the 171st most popular nobleman (down from 163rd in 2019), the 932nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 858th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Nobleman.

Maximilian Sforza was a Duke of Milan and a member of the House of Sforza. He was the son of Francesco Sforza, and he is most famous for his failed attempt to retake Milan from Ludovico il Moro.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Maximilian Sforza ranks 171 out of 1,415. Before him are Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Sorghaghtani Beki, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, and Eleonora Gonzaga. After him are Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, and Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, Maximilian Sforza ranks 3. Before him are Paracelsus, and Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha. After him are William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Anne de Montmorency, Sten Sture the Younger, Olaus Petri, Tansen, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and Yamamoto Kansuke. Among people deceased in 1530, Maximilian Sforza ranks 6. Before him are Babur, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Andrea del Sarto, Quentin Matsys, and Thomas Wolsey. After him are Joanna la Beltraneja, Konstanty Ostrogski, Judah Leon Abravanel, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Pêro da Covilhã.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maximilian Sforza ranks 932 out of 5,161. Before him are Quirinius (-45), Sandro Pertini (1896), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Carla Bruni (1967), and Eleonora Gonzaga (1630). After him are Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), Alberto Sordi (1920), François Gérard (1770), Melania the Younger (383), and Pope Leo VIII (900).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Maximilian Sforza ranks 23. Before him are Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Isabella d'Este (1474), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), and Eleonora Gonzaga (1630). After him are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Gioffre Borgia (1481), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), and Princess Carolina of Parma (1770).

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