Francesco II Sforza
E770569
Francesco II Sforza was the last Duke of Milan from the Sforza dynasty, whose rule marked the end of the family's control over the city during the Italian Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Francesco II Sforza canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8662546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francesco II Sforza Context triple: [Ludovico Sforza, child, Francesco II Sforza]
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A.
Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza was a 15th-century Duke of Milan from the powerful Sforza dynasty, known for his lavish court, political intrigue, and eventual assassination.
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B.
Massimiliano Sforza
Massimiliano Sforza was a Renaissance-era Duke of Milan from the influential Sforza dynasty, known for his brief and turbulent rule amid the Italian Wars.
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C.
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza was a Renaissance-era Duke of Milan best known as a powerful patron of the arts, particularly of Leonardo da Vinci.
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D.
Francesco Sforza
Francesco Sforza was a 15th-century Italian condottiero who became Duke of Milan and founded the Sforza dynasty, playing a key role in the politics of Renaissance Italy.
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E.
Giovanni Sforza
Giovanni Sforza was an Italian nobleman and lord of Pesaro, best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia and for his politically charged annulled marriage to her.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francesco II Sforza Target entity description: Francesco II Sforza was the last Duke of Milan from the Sforza dynasty, whose rule marked the end of the family's control over the city during the Italian Wars.
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A.
Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza was a 15th-century Duke of Milan from the powerful Sforza dynasty, known for his lavish court, political intrigue, and eventual assassination.
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B.
Massimiliano Sforza
Massimiliano Sforza was a Renaissance-era Duke of Milan from the influential Sforza dynasty, known for his brief and turbulent rule amid the Italian Wars.
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C.
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza was a Renaissance-era Duke of Milan best known as a powerful patron of the arts, particularly of Leonardo da Vinci.
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D.
Francesco Sforza
Francesco Sforza was a 15th-century Italian condottiero who became Duke of Milan and founded the Sforza dynasty, playing a key role in the politics of Renaissance Italy.
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E.
Giovanni Sforza
Giovanni Sforza was an Italian nobleman and lord of Pesaro, best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia and for his politically charged annulled marriage to her.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Duke of Milan
ⓘ
Italian noble ⓘ Renaissance ruler ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Habsburg–Valois rivalry in Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1495-01-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Italian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contestedBy | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1535-10-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Sforza dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOf | Sforza rule in Milan ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Sforza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father |
Ludovico Sforza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ludovico il Moro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Francesco Maria Sforza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Francesco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedFrom | Castello Sforzesco, Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Lombardy region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadNo | legitimate heirs ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Italian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| lostControlOf | Milan to Habsburg rule after his death ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1534 ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Sforza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | condottiero ⓘ |
| mother | Beatrice d’Este NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Sforza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last Sforza Duke of Milan
ⓘ
his role in the Italian Wars ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Duke of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Louis XII of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1535 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1521 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
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| spouse | Christina of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | His Excellency ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Charles V
NERFINISHED
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Habsburg rule in Milan ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Holy Roman Emperor Charles V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Duke of Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Francesco II Sforza Description of subject: Francesco II Sforza was the last Duke of Milan from the Sforza dynasty, whose rule marked the end of the family's control over the city during the Italian Wars.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.