Costanzo I Sforza | |
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 Medal of Costanzo I Sforza byGianfrancesco Enzola. | |
| Lord of Pesaro | |
| In office 1473–1483 | |
| Preceded by | Alessandro |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni |
Costanzo I of Sforza (5 July 1447 – 19 July 1483) was an Italiancondottiero, lord ofPesaro andGradara.[1][2]
He was the son ofAlessandro Sforza, under whom he fought in his early years and from whom he inherited the lordship of Pesaro. He also received the lordship of Gradara fromPope Alexander VI.
He fought for various Italian states of the time, including theKingdom of Naples and thePapal States.
He marriedCamilla d'Aragona but they had no children and so his illegitimate seventeen-year-old sonGiovanni succeeded him in Pesaro, with Camilla initially ruling as regent.[3]
Giovanni Sforza was an illegitimate fon of Constanzo Sforza, who had no issue by his wife Camilla. ... He married Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI., and was foon afterwards driven from Pefaro by Cæsar Borgia, his wife's ..
| Preceded by | Lord of Pesaro 1473 – 1483 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by None | Lord of Gradara 14?? – 1483 |
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