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Milan and the Lakes : 1450: Francesco Sforza Comes to Power

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1450: Francesco Sforza Comes to Power

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  • The last Visconti died in 1447, leaving only an illegitimate daughter who couldn’t inherit the title but was married to one Francesco Sforza. Milan’s young Ambrosian Republic rashly hired Sforza to defend them from Venetian power-grabbers. Instead, he cut a deal with Venice, split up the territory and made himself duke.

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