LL200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ludovico Sforza, Pope Innocent Viii, Condottieri
9 Oct 2014
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1490: ten warring states: heightened tension between milan (ludovico sforza) and naples (king. Cardinal asciano sforza of milan (milan faction) Cardinal giuliano della rovere allies with the naples faction. No 2/3 majority achieved on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd round of voting. Juan (borgia"s son) is made duke of gandia, gonfaloniere and captain general of the. Church: the gonfaloniere (standard-bearer) of the church was a highly prestigious military and political office of the papal states in medieval and renaissance italy. He was charged with maintaining public order: enormous military power, juan marries maria enriquez de luna, the cousin of king ferdinand ii of aragon (spain) Vi, then moves on to france to plead his cause: secures alliances through marriage. Lucrezia (13 at the time) marries giovanni sforza (26 at the time), the cousin of asciano sforza, vice-chancellor of the church, and ludovico. Gioffre marries sancha of aragon, the grand-daughter of king of.
