- The
House of
Riario,
sometimes referred to as
Riario-Sforza, is an
Italian noble family from Savona, near Genoa.
Closely ****ociated with the
Papal States...
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Girolamo Riario (1443 – 14
April 1488) was Lord of
Imola (from 1473) and Forlì (from 1480). He
served as
Captain General of the
Church under his uncle...
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Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario (3 May 1461 – 9 July 1521) was an
Italian cardinal of the Renaissance,
mainly known as the
constructor of the
Palazzo della...
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Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola,
firstly with her
husband Girolamo Riario, and
after his
death as a
regent of her son Ottaviano. The
descendant of...
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Ottaviano Riario (born
September 1479 – 1523) was an
Italian condottiero and Lord of
Imola and Forlì.
Despite his
nominal leadership, the real
power lay...
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Alessandro Riario (1543–1585) was an
Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Alessandro Riario was born in
Bologna on 3
December 1543, the son of...
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Rovere and
Riario families.
Within months of his election, he had made
Giuliano della Rovere (the ****ure pope
Julius II) and
Pietro Riario both cardinals...
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accompanied by his
Della Rovere and
Riario nephews, not all of whom were made cardinals; the
protonotary apostolic Pietro Riario (on his right), the ****ure Pope...
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Bianca Riario (March 1478 – 1524) was an
Italian noblewoman and regent,
Marchioness of San
Secondo by
marriage to
Troilo I de' Rossi, and
regent of the...
- who
later became Pope
Sixtus IV – and his nephews,
Girolamo and
Pietro Riario. This paid off in his
appointment as archbishop. The
Medici family, who...
