
Caterina Sforza, cousin of Isabella of Aragon
Born:
in 1463
Deceased on:
28. May 1509 (of pleurisy)
Father:
Galeazzo Maria Sforza († 1476, assassinated), Duke of Milan
Mother:
a certain Lucrezia, who became married to a devoted follower of the Milanese dynasty, Giampietro Landriani
Spouses:
- Girolamo Riario (1443-1488, assassinated), Lord of Imola and Forli, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. († 1484); marriage on 17. January 1473
- Giacomo Feo (1468-1495, assassinated); marriage in summer or autumn 1488 (a so-called clandestine marriage)
- Giovanni de' Medici (1467-1498); marriage at latest in September 1497
Children:
from her first marriage to Girolamo Riario:
- her daughter Bianca, born in March 1478, deceased after 1522; her first husband was Astorre III. Manfredi († 1502), Lord of Faenza, they married in 1494; her second husband was the nobleman Troylo I. Rossi († 1521), first Margrave of San Secondo, they marrried in 1503; Bianca had nine children with her second husband
- her son Ottaviano, born on 31. August 1479, deceased on 6. October 1523; Bishop of Volterra and Viterbo
- her son Cesare, born on 24. August 1480, deceased in 1518; Archbishop of Pisa
- her son Giovanni Livio, born on 30. October 1484, deceased in 1496
- her son Galeazzo, born on 4. December 1485, deceased in 1557, married to Maria Giovanna della Rovere (1482-1538), daughter of Giovanni della Rovere and Giovanna da Montefeltro; two children: 1. Giulia and 2. Giulio († 1565)
- her son Francesco Sforzino, born on 17. August 1487, deceased after 1509, Bishop of Lucca
from her second marriage to Giacomo Feo:
- her son Carlo, born in April 1489, deceased after 1509
from her third marriage to Giovanni de' Medici:
- her son Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (originally Lodovico), the Great Condottiere of the 16th century, born on 6. April 1498, deceased on 30. November 1526; his wife was Maria Salviati (1499-1543), daughter of Jacopo Salviati and Lucrezia de' Medici; the son of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and Maria Salviati, Cosimo (1519-1574), became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany
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Reading Suggestions:
- Maike Vogt-Luerssen: The Sforza II: Caterina Sforza – Daughter of a Warrior Dynasty (in German). Norderstedt 2008
- Maike Vogt-Luerssen: The Sforza I: Bianca Maria Visconti – The Mother of the Sforza (in German). Norderstedt 2008


































