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2 unusual facts about Ludovico Sforza


Ludovico Sforza

In the 2011 Showtime series The Borgias, Ludovico Sforza is portrayed by English actor Ivan Kaye.

Treason of Novara

In the spring of 1500, Ludovico Sforza in his turn hired Swiss mercenaries in his bid to re-conquer the duchy.


Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis

Ambrogio, who was born in Preda, gained a reputation as a portraitist, including as a painter of miniatures, for the court of Ludovico Sforza.

Giulio d'Este

The half siblings of Giulio, who Ercole fathered with his wife Eleonora d'Aragona, were Alfonso I d'Este (successor to his father), Ippolito d'Este (Cardinal Ippolito), Ferrante d'Este, Isabella d'Este (wife of Francesco II Gonzaga), Beatrice d'Este (wife of Ludovico Sforza), and Sigismondo d'Este.

Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona

He made an enemy of Bona of Savoy's consellor Cicco Simonetta and was forced into exile together with Ludovico Sforza, and was condemned to death by beheading in absentia and his goods were confiscated and given to Ercole d'Este.


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