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Jan 25, 1493 Milan, Lombardy, Italy Died on 04 Jun 1530 (aged 37)
Duke of Milan
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About Maximilian Sforza
- Maximilian Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Sforza, 25 January 1493 – 4 June 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza.
- He ruled 1512–1515, between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515.
- After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Massimiliano was imprisoned by the returning French troops.
- He waived his rights to Milan for the sum of 30,000 ducats and continued to live in France.When he was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England.
- However, Henry VII rejected the proposal as Massimiliano's father was hoping that Henry would help him against the French, which was not in Henry's interest.
