Tag: Cicco Simonetta

• 153 – The assassination of Galeazzo Maria and the Moore takes control (1468 – 1494)

  Duke of Milan Galeazzo Maria Sforza continues with his expensive naughty ways until he is assassinated in 1476. His son Gian Galeazzo becomes duke under the regency of his mother, Bona of Savoy, until his uncle Ludovico, known as “il Moro” the Moore takes over as Italy heads towards the aptly named, “Italian Wars”. Meanwhile…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Andea Lampugnano, Assassination, Beatrice D'Este, Carlo Visconti, Cecilia Gallerani, Charles VIII, Cicco Simonetta, Ferrara, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Genoa, Gian Giacomo Caprotti, Gnocchi, Gorgonzola, Lady with the ermine, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lucia Marliani, Ludovico il Moro, Ludovico Sforza, Milan, Pazzi conspiracy, Pizza, Swiss Confereration