Ascanio sforza biography of rory

(1) 1. SFORZA, Ascanio Maria (1455-1505)

Birth. March 3, 1455, Cremona. Sixth of the eight children of Francesco Sforza, first duke of Milan, and his second wife, Bianca Maria Visconti. The other siblings were Galeazzo Maria I, Ippolita Maria, Filippo Maria, Sforza Maria, Ludovico I Maria, Elisabetta and Ottaviano.

Ascanio Sforza - Palazzo Sforza Cesarini

He had a half-sister, Maria, from the first marriage of his father to Polissena Ruffo, countess of Corigliano and Montalto. His father also had fourteen illegitimate children. Other cardinals of the family were Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (1534); Alessandro Sforza (1565); Francesco Sforza (1583); and Federico Sforza (1645).

His last name is also listed as Sforza Visconti.

Education. (No information found).

Early life. Protonotary apostolic. Abbot commendatario of Chiaravalle from 1465. He was part of a grand embassy to Pope Sixtus IV in August 1471 for his election to the papacy. He was proposed by Milan for promotion to the cardinalate on Ma