Ludovico Sforza Captured: Milan's Duke Betrayed by His Own Swiss Mercenaries
Swiss mercenaries didn't just take his sword; they took the man himself for forty thousand ducats, dumping him right into French hands at Novara. Ludovico Sforza, the "Il Moro," spent the rest of his days staring through iron bars in a dungeon, never seeing Milan again. His greed had sold Italy's heart to the highest bidder, leaving a power vacuum that invited decades of war. You won't believe who got the last laugh: the man who betrayed him was eventually thrown in the same cell, rotting beside his former master.
April 10, 1500
526 years ago
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