Alessandro Sforza

His father arranged for Alessandros mother to wed one of the men under his command the captain Mario Fogligno of Ferrara.

[3] Alessandro collaborated actively with his brother Francesco in his military campaign, and with him he conquered Milan, Alessandria and Pesaro.

In 1442 at Assisi he commanded the troops besieged by Pope Eugene IV's condottiero Francesco Piccinino.

During the Wars in Lombardy in support of Francesco he presided Parma and, in February 1446, he proclaimed himself lord of the city.

In 1464 he obtained by Pope Pius II the seigniory of Gradara, which he defended by the Malatesta attempts of reconquest.

In 1457, fearing a possible conjure of the Malatesta family to regain the seigniory of Pesaro, he obliged her to become a nun in a monastery in the city.

Sforza's second wife Sveva da Montefeltro , also known as Blessed Seraphina after her beatification in 1754