Caterina Sforza
Caterina Sforza was the Countess of Forlì and Imola and the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza. She married the Pope's nephew, Girolamo Riario, at only 14. He later became the Count of Forlì and Imola.
After somehow trapping herself on a small rock in the middle of a lake, Ezio Auditore da Firenze came and helped her back to land. Because he helped her, Caterina thanked Ezio by telling the guard of the Venice ship to let Ezio on the ship to get to Venice, and to use it whenever he wants to or needs to.
While sailing away from Forlì, Ezio stated that Caterina was "[his] next conquest" before being reprimanded by Leonardo da Vinci , who told him that it's not a good idea. Da Vinci described her as being "as powerful and dangerous as she is young and beautiful." Ezio replied that makes Caterina his "type" of lady.
Caterina and Ezio meet again during the Battle of Forli sequence, she even tells Ezio that she had her most recent husband, Girolamo killed by the Orsi brothers because of a number of reasons, including being "boring in bed" and a "lazy father". When Ezio came to store the Piece of Eden in Forli, the Orsi brothers came to the city once again to steal the piece of eden from Ezio and take control of Forli, taking Caterina's children hostage as a guise to steal the piece of Eden. They succeeded until Ezio found and killed them both before having the Apple stolen again from him by Savonarola.
Caterina died on May 28th, 1509 at the age of 46 from pneumonia.
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Portrait of Caterina Sforza, by Lorenzo di Credi, now in the Museum of Forli.
