Maximilian Sforza (also known as Ercole Massimiliano Sforza, 1493 – 1530). Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, son of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este. He was installed as a ruler of Milan in 1512 after the capture of Milan by the Holy League. He ruled 1512–1515, between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Maximilian was imprisoned by the returning French troops.
When Maximilian was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England. However, Henry VII rejected the proposal citing Mary's young age as the issue.
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