House of Sforza: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Attendolo

Coat of Arms
House of Attendolo-Sforza
Muzio Attendolo was given the nickname "Sforza" by Alberico da Barbiano for his his refusal to be discouraged and the ability to reverse situations in his favor or simply in reference to physical vigor
House of Sforza
Lion granted by Rupert, King of Germany in 1401
After Muzio Attendolo Sforzas death in 1424, Giovanna II d 'Anjou-Durazzo, Queen of the Kingdom of Naples awarded his descendants to replace the surname of Attandolo with that of Sforza
House of Sforza
Counts of Pavia
Dukes of Milan
Arms assumed from the Visconti family as successors in 1450

Cadet Branches
Sforza di Santa Fiora
Counts of Santa Fiora
Sforza di Pesaro Lords of Pesaro and Gradara Imperial eagle granted by Emperor Frederick III in 1469

Sforza di Pesaro
Lords of Pesaro and Gradara
Imperial eagle granted by Emperor Frederick III in 1469
Sforza di Caravaggio
Marquises of Caravaggio
Sforza Cesarini
Dukes of Sforza Cesarini
Riario Sforza
Lords of Forlì and Imola
Matrilineal branch issued from Caterina Sforza, illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan

Personal Arms
Francesco I Sforza
Duke of Milan
Arms as knight of the Order of the Crescent
Bona Sforza
Queen consort of Poland
Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
Ludovico il Moro Sforza
Duke of Milan and Bari
Giovanni Paolo Sforza
Marquuis of Caravaggio
Maximilian Sforza
Duke of Milan
1512-1515
Guido Ascania Sforza
Cardinal of Santa Fiora
Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona Lord of Pesaro and Gradara

Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona
Lord of Pesaro and Gradara
Francesco Maria Sforza
Duke of Bari
Sforza Sforza di Santa Fiora
Count of Santa Fiora
Knight of the Golden Fleece
Ascanio Maria Sforza
Bishop of Pavia
Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
Francesco Sforza
Arms prior to his marriage with Bianca Maria Visconti

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-Muzio Attendolo Sforza.svg|House of Attendolo-Sforza<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Muzio Attendolo was given the nickname "Sforza" by Alberico da Barbiano for his his refusal to be discouraged and the ability to reverse situations in his favor or simply in reference to physical vigor<br>After his death in 1424, Giovanna II d 'Anjou-Durazzo, Queen of the Kingdom of Naples awarded his descendants to replace the surname of Attandolo with that of Sforza</span>
+Muzio Attendolo Sforza.svg|House of Attendolo-Sforza<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Muzio Attendolo was given the nickname "Sforza" by Alberico da Barbiano for his his refusal to be discouraged and the ability to reverse situations in his favor or simply in reference to physical vigor</span>
-Attendoli Sforza.svg|House of Sforza <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lion granted by Rupert, King of Germany in 1401</span>
+Attendoli Sforza.svg|House of Sforza <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lion granted by Rupert, King of Germany in 1401<br>After Muzio Attendolo Sforzas death in 1424, Giovanna II d 'Anjou-Durazzo, Queen of the Kingdom of Naples awarded his descendants to replace the surname of Attandolo with that of Sforza</span>
 Sforza.svg|House of Sforza <br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Pavia<br>Dukes of Milan</span><br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Arms assumed from the [[House of Visconti|Visconti family]] as successors in 1450</span>
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