Costanzo I of Sforza (5 July 1447 – 19 July 1483) was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara.[1][2]
Costanzo I Sforza | |
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Lord of Pesaro | |
In office 1473–1483 | |
Preceded by | Alessandro |
Succeeded by | Giovanni |
He was the son of Alessandro Sforza, under whom he fought in his early years and from whom he inherited the lordship of Pesaro. He also received the lordship of Gradara from Pope Alexander VI.
He fought for various Italian states of the time, including the Kingdom of Naples and the Papal States.
He married Camilla d'Aragona but they had no children and so his illegitimate seventeen-year-old son Giovanni succeeded him in Pesaro, with Camilla initially ruling as regent.[3]
Giovanni Sforza was an illegitimate fon of Constanzo Sforza, who had no issue by his wife Camilla. ... He married Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI., and was foon afterwards driven from Pefaro by Cæsar Borgia, his wife's ..