
Battista Sforza, c. 1472
Born:
in January 1446
Deceased on:
6. July 1472
Father:
Alessandro Sforza (1409-1473), Lord of Pesaro
Mother:
her father's great love, Costanza da Varano (1428-1447), eldest daughter of Piergentile Varano († 1433), Lord of Camerino, and Elisabetta Malatesta
Siblings:
- her brother Costanzo I. (1447-1483), Lord of Pesaro; since 1470 married to Camilla da Marzano († 1490), Duchess of Sessa; two illegitimate children: Giovanni (1466-1510) and Galeazzo (1470-1519)
- her half-sister Ginevra (1440-1507); her first husband was Sante Bentivoglio (1426-1463), Lord of Bologna, they married in 1452; her second husband was Giovanni II. Bentivoglio (1443-1508), Lord of Bologna, they married in 1464
- her half-sister Antonia (1445-1500), since 1460 married to Ottaviano, Count of Martinengo delle Palle († 1485)
Spouse:
Federigo da Montefeltro (1422-1482), Duke of Urbino since 23. March 1474; marriage on 10. February 1460
Children:
- a daughter – her name was presumably Costanza –, born in December 1460, deceased in February 1461
- her daughter Giovanna († 1514), born in 1462, since 10. October 1474 married to Giovanni della Rovere (1467-1501), a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV.; she had the following three sons and three daughters:
- Maria Giovanna (1482-1538), married to Galeazzo Riario (1485-1557), son of Caterina Sforza († 1509) and her first husband Girolamo Riario († 1488); they had two children: their daughter Giulia and their son Giulio († 1565)
- Federico, died as an infant
- Girolamo, died as an infant
- Costanza († 1507)
- Beatrice, who spent her life under the name of "Sister Adeodata" as a Poor Clare or Franciscan in the Convent of Santa Chiara in Urbino.
- Francesco Maria della Rovere (1490-1538), Duke of Urbino
- her daughter Isabetta (or Elisabetta) († 1521), born c. 1464; since 25. June 1475 married to Roberto Malatesta (1442-1482), they had one daughter, Battista; after the death of her husband Isabetta took the veil and became a Franciscan nun
- her daughter Costanza († 1518), born in 1466; since 1483 married to Antonello da Sanseverino (1458-1499), Prince of Salerno; one son Roberto II. (1485-1508)
- her daughter Violanta, married to Galeotto Malatesta
- her daughter Chiara, nun
- her daughter Agnesina, († 1522), born in 1470; married to Fabrizio Colonna († 1520), Lord of Marino: three children: Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547), the famous poetess of the Renaissance, Federigo (c. 1497-1516) and Ascanio Colonna († 1557)
- her son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (1472-1508), Duke of Urbino
More Images:
Reading Suggestion:
- Maike Vogt-Luerssen: Battista Sforza, Duchess of Urbino (in German)




