Maximilian Sforza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maximilian Sforza

Duke of Milan

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1493

Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1530

Profession: aristocrat

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Maximilian Sforza

  • Maximilian Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Sforza, 25 January 1493 – 4 June 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza.
  • He ruled 1512–1515, between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515.
  • After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Massimiliano was imprisoned by the returning French troops.
  • He waived his rights to Milan for the sum of 30,000 ducats and continued to live in France.When he 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 as Massimiliano's father was hoping that Henry would help him against the French, which was not in Henry's interest.

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