House of Sforza: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Attendolo

Coat of Arms
House of Attendolo-Sforza
Counts of Cotignola
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 his physical vigor
House of Sforza
Counts of Cotignola
and Santa Fiora
Arms granted by Rupert, King of Germany in 1401
After Muzio Attendolo Sforza's death in 1424, Joanna II of Naples awarded his descendants to replace the surname of Attendolo with that of Sforza
Later known as Sforza di Santa Fiora
House of Sforza Cesarini
Counts of Cotignola, Celano
and Chinchón
Marquises of Civitanova and Castell'Arquato
Dukes of Onano and Sforza Cesarini
Princes of Genzano
Joined name and arms with that of Cesarini family as their successors

Cadet Branches
House of Sforza di Milano
Dukes of Milan and Bari
Counts of Pavia
Issued from Francesco, illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza
House of Sforza di Pesaro Lords of Pesaro and Gradara Issued from Gregorio, illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza Imperial eagle granted by Emperor Frederick III in 1469

House of Sforza di Pesaro
Lords of Pesaro and Gradara
Issued from Gregorio, illegitimate son of Muzio Attendolo Sforza
Imperial eagle granted by Emperor Frederick III in 1469

Personal Arms
Guido Ascanio Sforza
Bishop of Montefiascone
and Corneto
Eldest son of Bosio II, 11th Count
of Santa Fiora
Sforza Sforza di Santa Fiora
12th Count of Santa Fiora
2nd son of Bosio II, 11th Count
of Santa Fiora
Arms as Knight of the Golden Fleece

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 Bosio (Siena 1411 - Parma 1476), governor of Orvieto and general of the Republic of Siena, married Cecilia Aldobrandeschi, who brought the sovereignty of Santa Fiora.
 From him the counts of Santafiora and the Sforza Cesarini family originate.
+Edit: Well I meant the Treccani source not Wikipedia, it is used on Italian Wikipedia which claims he was a natural son, basically all other sources confirm he was actually the eldest legitimate son of Giacomo aka Muzio. The thing is that means he wasn't really "a cadet" but rather a senior person in family inheritance as the eldest legitimate child and the continuation of the family. The fact his illegitimate half-brother Francesco won the lottery by marrying the heiress of the Visconti and became immensely powerful, overhsadowing the senior (and legitimate) branch of the family is a totally different story. ;)
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