biography
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Sforza, Ludovico
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known as the Moor
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pronunciation:
[sfaw(r)tsa]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1451–1508)
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| biography:
| Ruler of Naples, born in Vigevano, N Italy. From 1476 he acted as regent for his nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469–94), but expelled him in 1481 and usurped the dukedom for himself. He made an alliance with Lorenzo de' Medici of Florence and, under his rule, Milan became the most glittering court in Europe. He was a patron of Leonardo da Vinci. He helped to defeat the attempts of Charles VIII of France to secure Naples, but in 1499 was expelled by Louis XII and imprisoned in France, where he died. |
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