Bianca maria e francesco sforza biography
Bianca maria e francesco sforza biography
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Bianca Maria Sforza
Holy Roman Empress from 1508 to 1510
Bianca Maria Sforza (5 April 1472 – 31 December 1510) was Queen of Germany and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire as the third spouse of Maximilian I.
She was the eldest legitimate daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan by his second wife, Bona of Savoy.
Early life
Bianca was born in Pavia as the eldest daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan, by his second wife, Bona of Savoy.
She was named after her paternal grandmother, Bianca Maria Visconti.[2] When Bianca was not yet five years old, her father was assassinated inside the Church of Santo Stefano in Milan on 26 December 1476, which was the Feast Day of St.
Stephen. He was stabbed to death by three high-ranking officials of the Milanese court.[2]
On 6 January 1474 the 21-month-old Bianca was betrothed to her first cousin Duke Philibert I of Savoy,[a] the son of her uncle Amadeus IX of Savoy, and Yolande of France.
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