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<p>184.12.219.77: /* Assassination */</p> <hr /> <div>{{era|ACL}}{{WP-REAL}}<br /> {{Character_Infobox<br /> |name = Galeazzo Maria Sforza<br /> |image = Galeazzosforza.PNG<br /> |imgdesc = Galeazzo Sforza<br /> |birth = January 24, 1444&lt;br&gt;[[Wikipedia:Fermo|Fermo]], [[Italy]]<br /> |death = December 26, 1476&lt;br&gt;[[Milan]], [[Italy]]<br /> |period = Italian [[Renaissance]]<br /> |faction = Sforza<br /> |appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''<br /> |actor = [[wikipedia:Peter Miller (actor)|Peter Miller]]}}<br /> '''Galeazzo Maria Sforza''' (January 24, 1444 - December 26, 1476) was the duke of [[Milan]], husband of Lucreca Landriani and father of [[Caterina Sforza]], who would later become the countess of [[Forlì]] and Imola.<br /> <br /> ==Assassination==<br /> In 1476, the cities of [[Milan]] and [[Florence]] declared an alliance, thereby strengthening each other. The alliance had a negative impact on the [[Templars]] as they were conspiring to take the city of Florence. Aware of the fact that Sforza's death would weaken, at least temporarily, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]]'s hold on his city, they brought up a plan to murder him.<br /> <br /> During the same time in Florence, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]] and Lorenzo de' Medici were hearing rumors about an upheaval in Milan.<br /> <br /> [[File:galeazzo maria sforza.jpg|left|thumb|144px|Painting of Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]<br /> Lorenzo then sent his fellow assassin to investigate. Giovanni attacked a group of Templars led by [[Rodrigo Borgia]] one night. Borgia fled, but Giovanni could keep one of the Templars alive. Lorenzo's men tortured him, and under the pressure of pain, the Templar finally revealed their plan:<br /> <br /> On the 26th of December, the [[Wikipedia:St. Stephen's Day|day of Santo Stefano]] in Milan, Sforza would go in the city's greatest church to attend at the mass. Three Templars, [[Carlo Visconti]], [[Gerolamo Olgiati]] and [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani|Giovanni Lampugnani]] were chosen one to murder the duke. On the 26th of December, Giovanni Auditore traveled to Milan and entered the church during mass. He then saw Lampugnani kneeling before Sforza and kissing his hand. Giovanni tried to cross the crowd to reach them but he couldn't save the duke, as Lampugnani suddenly rose and stabbed his chest. The two others then joined him as a dozen of their armed allies fought Sforza's bodyguards and Giovanni. Visconti and Olgiati, having stabbed their enemy to death then fled. Lampugnani started running too as one of Sforza's bodyguards came after him. He ended up trapped in a cul de sac, and was killed by the bodyguard when Giovanni tried to convince him otherwise. Giovanni had failed to save the duke, and thus the plan was a success.<br /> <br /> All of these events are represented in the first part of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sforza, Galeazzo Maria}}<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Assassin's Creed: Lineage Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Historical Characters]]</div>

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