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On the assassination of Ludovico's elder brother Galeazzo in 1476, the crown passed to his seven-year-old nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza . Ludovico seized control of the government of Milan during his minority despite attempts to keep him out of power.
When Gian Galeazzo died in 1494, Ludovico received the ducal crown from the Milanese nobles on October 22. The same year he simultaneously encouraged the French under Charles VIII of France, and the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian IMaximilian I of Habsburg ( March 22, 1459 January 12, 1519) was Holy Roman Emperor. Maximilian was born in Vienna as the son of the Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal. He married ( 1477- 1482) the heiress of Burgundy, Mary, the only daughter of, to become involved in Italian politics, hoping to control the two and reap the rewards himself—so starting the Italian WarsThe Italian Wars were a series of wars from 1494 to 1559 for control over the States of Italy, mainly involving France and Spain, but also involving most other European states, and the imprisonment for several months of Pope Clement VII. They started with.
Things did not go as planned, and finding his own position endangered by the French, he joined the league against Charles VIII, giving his niece Bianca in marriage to Maximilian IMaximilian I of Habsburg ( March 22, 1459 January 12, 1519) was Holy Roman Emperor. Maximilian was born in Vienna as the son of the Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal. He married ( 1477- 1482) the heiress of Burgundy, Mary, the only daughter of and receiving in return imperial investiture of the duchy.
After first defeating the French at the Battle of FornovoThe Battle of Fornovo took place in July 1495 during the Italian Wars. Charles VIII of France lost, so saving Ludovico Sforza's Milan. in 1495Events February 22 King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. A few months later, he decides to return to France, and leaves Naples with most of his army, leaving a force under his cousin Gilbert, Count of Montpensier as Viceroy (making weapons from 70 tons of Bronze, originally set aside for a Leonardo da Vinci statue), Lodovico was later driven from Milan by the new French king, Louis XIILouis XII, King of France ''Father of the People ( June 27, 1462 January 1, 1515) was King of France from 1498- January 1, 1515. Birth Louis XII, King of France was born on June 27, 1462 in the Chateau de Blois, France. The son of Charles, duc d'Orleans a in 1499Events July 22 Battle of Dornach The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. July 28 First Battle of Lepanto The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians. September 22 Treaty of Basel. Maximilian is forced to gran, and although reinstated for a short time by the Swiss he was eventually delivered over by them to the French (April 1500Events Europe's population was ~60 million. Spielvogel January 5 Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French. April 22 Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Port) and died a prisoner in the castle of Loches.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica