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Also Known As Muzio Attendolo
Born May 8, 1369 • Italy
Died January 4, 1424 (aged 54) • Pescara • Italy
House / Dynasty Sforza family
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Francesco Sforza
duke of Milan [1401–1466]
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Niccolò Piccinino
Italian mercenary
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Guglielmo Pepe
Italian soldier
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Sir John Hawkwood
Anglo-Italian mercenary
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Niccolò Acciaiuoli
Italian statesman and soldier
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Francesco Ferruccio
Italian military leader
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Ferdinand II
king of Naples
Alfonso V, bronze medal by Pisanello, 1448–49; in the Bargello, Florence
Alfonso V
king of Aragon and Naples
Lithograph portrait of Joachim Murat in an elaborate military uniform with epaulettes and medals, facing forward with a neutral expression.
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
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Robert
king of Naples
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Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Swedish statesman
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Louis I
duke of Anjou
Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli by Santi di Tito shows Machiavelli in black and red robes, holding a document, against a plain background.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia
Italian noble
Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza
Alessandro Farnese
regent of The Netherlands
Guicciardini, Francesco
Francesco Guicciardini
Italian historian and statesman
Cosimo de' Medici
Cosimo de’ Medici
ruler of Florence [1389-1464]
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza
duke of Milan
Cosimo I
Cosimo I
duke of Florence and Tuscany [1519–1574]