cotignuola

Updated: January 8, 2026

Ladislaus, king of Naples, at his death, left to his sister Giovanna the kingdom and a large army, under the command of the principal leaders of Italy, among the first of whom was Sforza of Cotignuola, reputed by the soldiery of that period to be a very valiant man.

Niccolò Machiavelli - History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy