SOPHIA OF WISDOM III - CAROLINE E. KENNEDY
"Mona Lisa" and her Family
The Sforza an the Aragonese of Naples
A Family Tree in Pictures
- Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369-1424), Condottiere,
= "Mona Lisa's" maternal great-grandfather
- Francesco Sforza (1401-1466), Condottiere and Duke of Milan,
= "Mona Lisa's" maternal grandfather
- Bianca Maria Visconti (1425-1468), Duchess of Milan,
= "Mona Lisa's" maternal grandmother
- Lodovico Maria il Moro Sforza (1451-1508), Duke of Bari 1479-1494 and Duke of Milan 1494-1499/1500,
= "Mona Lisa's"
uncle
- Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), Duke of Milan,
= "Mona Lisa's" uncle and father-in-law
- Ippolita Maria Sforza (1445-1488) ,
= "Mona Lisa's" mother
- Caterina Sforza (1463-1509), Lady of Imola and Forli,
= "Mona Lisa's" cousin
- Gian Galeazzo II. Maria Sforza (1469-1494), Duke of Milan,
= "Mona Lisa's" first husband and cousin
- Isabella of Aragon (1470-1524), Duchess of Milan,
= Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"
- King Ferrante (or Ferdinand I.) of Naples (1431-1494),
= "Mona Lisa's" paternal grandfather
- King Alfonso II. of Naples (1448-1495),
= "Mona Lisa's" father
- King Ferrandino (or Ferdinand II.) of Naples (1467-1496),
= "Mona Lisa's" brother
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The Sforza

Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan
with her first son Galeazzo Maria as St. Mary and her Child Jesus – she is Isabella
of Aragon's maternal grandmother
Born on:
Deceased on:
Father:
Mother:
Agnese del Maino († 1465), the only woman (and the only person), who was ever loved by the shy and secluded Filippo
Maria Visconti
Spouse:
the Condottiere Francesco Sforza (1401-1466); marriage on 26. October 1441; in 1450 he became Duke of Milan
Children:
- her son Galeazzo Maria (1444-1476, assassinated), Duke of Milan 1466-1476
- her daughter Ippolita Maria (1445-1488)
- her son Filippo Maria (1446/48-1492), Count of Corsica; engaged to Maria of Savoy (c. 1450-1475) – this engagement was
dissolved; married to his cousin Costanza Sforza († after 1497), a daughter of Bosio I. Sforza of Santa Fiora – one daughter (her name probably
was Bianca or Bona), born in c. 1470, who married Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti, Count of Sesto Calende
- her son Sforza Maria (1449-1479), Duke of Bari 1464-1479
- her son Lodovico Maria il Moro (or Ludovico Maria il Moro) (1451-1508), Duke of Bari 1479-1494/99, Duke of Milan 1494-1499, 1500
- her son Ascanio Maria (1455-1505), Abbot of Chiaravalle, Bishop of Pavia, Cremona, Pesaro and Novara and Cardinal since 6.
March 1484
- her daughter Elisabetta Maria (1456-1472), since 18. July 1469 married to Guglielmo VIII. Paleologo (1416-1483), Margrave of Montferrat
- her son Ottaviano Maria (1458-1477), Count of Lugano; he drowned in an attempt to escape
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