Giovanni Sforza

Giovanni Sforza ( born July 5, 1466 Pesaro; † July 27, 1510 ibid ) was the illegitimate son of Costanzo Sforza I. ( 1447-1483 ) and Fiora bonuses, the beloved of his father. He was the grandson of Alessandro Sforza (1409-1473), both lords of Pesaro. He was Vicar of Church and Lord of Pesaro. He ruled the city from 1483 to 1500 and again from 1503 to 1510.

Giovanni married on October 27, 1489 in his first marriage Maddalena Gonzaga (* 1472 in Mantua, † January 8, 1490 in Pesaro ), the daughter of Federico I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, and his wife Margherita, Duchessa di Baviera Monaco. To celebrate this occasion led the Jewish community of Pesaro at his own expense to the story of Judith and Holofernes. His second wife he married on June 12, 1493 Lucrezia Borgia ( born August 14, 1480 Rome, † June 24 1519 in Ferrara), the Pope Alexander VI 's daughter. and sister of Cesare Borgia. On December 20, 1497, this marriage ended in divorce because of his alleged impotence. The Mad Giovanni retaliated by claiming that his marriage was only resolved in order for the Pope and Cesare could undisturbed drive incest with Lucrezia.

Giovanni married in 1502 his third wife Ginevra Tiepolo and got her son and heir, Giovanni Maria Sforza ( mentioned in other sources as Giuseppe Maria), called Costanzo II ( born February 24, 1510 Gradara; † August 5, 1512 ). He was from 1510 to 1512 Vicar of Church and Lord of Pesaro. Giovanni also had the illegitimate daughter Isabella ( * 1503, † 1561), which he later legitimized and Cipriano del Nero, Barone di Porcigliano married.

Giovanni Sforza died in 1510 in Pesaro.