Alexander sent him to capture Imola and Forlì, ruled by Caterina Sforza ( mother of the Medici condottiero Giovanni dalle Bande Nere ).

**** illegitimate daughter Caterina Sforza married Giovanni de ' Medici il Popolano

* May 10 – Caterina Sforza, countess of Forli ( b. 1463 )

Several other individuals have been proposed as the subject of the painting including Isabella of Naples, Cecilia Gallerani, Costanza d ' Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla, Isabella d ' Este, Pacifica Brandano or Brandino, Isabela Gualanda, Caterina Sforza, and Leonardo himself.

It was completed by the Papal governor Lorenzo Zane in 1480, and was used by Cesare Borgia as jail for Caterina Sforza.

* Giovanni de ' Medici il Popolano, ( 1467-1498 ) husband of Caterina Sforza, Lady of Imola and Forlì

* Giovanni dalle Bande Nere ,( 1498-1526 ) ( son of Caterina Sforza, Lady of Imola and Forlì

From the fifteenth century hence, most condottieri were landless Italian nobles who had chosen the profession of arms as livelihood ; the most famous of such mercenary captains was the son of Caterina Sforza, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, from Forlì, known as The Last Condottiere ; his son was Cosimo I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ; besides noblemen, princes also fought as condottieri, given the sizable income to their estates, notably Sigismondo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, and Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino ; despite war-time inflation, soldier ’ s pay was high:

* Hairston, Julia L. ( Autumn 2000 ) Skirting the Issue: Machiavelli's Caterina Sforza.

Behind him, dragged in golden chains, was Caterina Sforza, the Lady of two of the cities Cesare had conquered.

On this occasion Sforza married Caterina Alopo, Pandolfello's sister.

* Rocca Sforzesca ( Sforza Castle ), built under the reign of Girolamo Riario and Caterina Sforza.

It houses a sarcophagus of Bianca Landriani ( 1496 ), daughter of Caterina Sforza.

* Caterina Sforza, who married 3 times: Girolamo Riario ; Giacomo Feo ; and Giovanni de ' Medici il Popolano

In recent times, one of di Credi's works gained attention when scholars pointed out a resemblance between the face of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and the face of Caterina Sforza in a portrait by him.

Caterina Sforza was the Lady of Forlì and Imola in Romagna, later prisoner of Cesare Borgia.

Bianca's older illegitimate half-sister was Caterina Sforza from her father's relationship with Lucrezia Landriani.

Caterina Sforza was born in Milan.

Upon the succession of Galeazzo Maria Sforza as Duke of Milan in 1466, following the death of his father Francesco, Galeazzo arranged for his four children to be brought to court: Carlo ( born in 1461 ), who later became Count of Magenta ; Caterina ( born in 1463 ); Alessandro ( born in 1465 ), who later became Lord of Francavilla ; and Chiara ( born in 1467 ).

At the Sforza court, frequented by writers and artists, Caterina and her siblings received a humanistic education.

Because of this staunch defence, many historians of the Romagna have bestowed on Caterina Sforza the nickname of " Il Tigre " ( The Tiger ).

In her book The Warrior Queens: Boadicea's Chariot, British historian Antonia Fraser presents Caterina Sforza as a contrasting figure to her contemporary Isabella I of Castile.

From Filippo's marriage to Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda, Countess of Biandrate and the unhappy widow of Facino Cane — the condottiere who had fomented strife between the factions of Filippo's elder brother and his mother, Caterina Visconti, the regent — Filippo Maria received a dowry of nearly half a million florins ; but when Beatrice took too great an interest in affairs of state, he accused her of adultery and had her beheaded at the castle of Binasco in 1418.

Raised in the refined Milanese court, Caterina later held the titles of Lady of Imola and Countess of Forlì, by her marriage to Girolamo Riario.

The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous And Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza De ' Medici, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston 2011.

# Caterina, Countess of Conversano, Signora di Casamassima e Turi.

The game also included appearances by notable real-life historical figures-including the Countess of Forlì Caterina Sforza, the historical battle actually was at the nearby Forlimpopolo.

In particular, Martin confirmed Giorgio Ordelaffi in Forlì, Ludovico Alidosi in Imola, Malatesta IV Malatesta in Rimini, and Guidantonio da Montefeltro in Spoleto, who would later marry the pope's niece Caterina Colonna.

On 30 April 1488 Caterina began her government as the regent of her eldest son Ottaviano, who was recognized as the new Lord of Forlì, though he was too young to rule in his own right.

" In the meantime, Forlì was visited by Cardinal Raffaele Riario, officially to protect the orphan children of his late cousin Girolamo Riario but, in agreement with the Pope, to oversee the government of Caterina.

Caterina chose to join Naples and the Pope and prepared the defence of Imola and Forlì against the French.

After having returned immediately to Forlì in order to make the preparations for the defense of her states, Caterina was kept occupied directing the military manoeuvres, the supply of troops, arms and horses.

After seeing what had happened with her more junior city, Caterina asked the people of Forlì if they also wanted to capitulate to Borgia, or if they wanted to be defended and endure the resulting siege.

Because the people hesitated to answer, Caterina absolved the citizens of Forlì from their oath of fealty, and defended herself in the citadel.

Riario was married to Caterina Sforza, the indomitable Lady of Forlì whose name is associated with the city's last independent history.

The roots of German schlager are old ; well-known singers during the 1950s and the early 1960s included Lale Andersen, Freddy Quinn, Ivo Robic, Gerhard Wendland, Caterina Valente, Margot Eskens and Conny Froboess.

Two of his oratorios date of this early period: San Antonio di Padova ( 1712 ) and Santa Caterina, Virgine e martire ( 1714 ).

Born in Naples to Ferdinand I and his first wife, Isabella of Taranto, the daughter of Tristan, Count of Copertino and Caterina Orsini, he succeeded his childless nephew Ferdinand II after the latter's early death in 1496, at the age of 28.

The descendant of a dynasty of noted condottieri, Caterina, from an early age, distinguished herself by her bold and impetuous actions taken to safeguard her possessions from possible usurpers, and to defend her dominions from attack, when they were involved in political intrigues that were a distinguishing feature of 15th century Italy.

* 1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer ( d. 2007 )

* 1567 – Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain ( d. 1597 )

* 1981 – Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress

), Maria Caterina ( 1877 – 1883 ), Teresa ( 1879 – 1954 ), Ancilla ( 1880 – 1953 ), Domenico Giuseppe ( 22 February 1888 – 14 March 1888 ), Francesco Zaverio ( 1883 – 1976 ), Maria Elisa ( 1884 – 1955 ), Assunta Casilda ( 1886 –??

* January 14 – Caterina Valente, French singer and actress

* April 2 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer

* October 2 – Caterina Visconti marries her first cousin, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, later Duke of Milan, at the Church of San Giovanni in Conca.

Catherine de ' Medici ( Italian: Caterina de ' Medici, 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589 ), daughter of Lorenzo II de ' Medici and of Madeleine de La Tour d ' Auvergne, was a Franco / Italian noblewoman who was Queen consort of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II of France.

Although Richard had been offered Caterina Visconti, one of the daughters of Bernabò Visconti of Milan, who would have brought a great deal of money with her as dowry – Anne was chosen, bringing no direct financial benefits to England.

Together they have three children, Caterina, Clarissa, and Romano – the latter named after his grandfather.

* The Hi-Fi Nightingale – Caterina Valente

* Rodolfo ( 1451 – 1495 ), married Antonia Malatesta and then Caterina Pico ( died 1501 )

She was born Adela Juana Maria Patti, in Madrid, the last child of tenor Salvatore Patti ( 1800 – 1869 ) and soprano Caterina Barilli ( died 1870 ).

* Franz Lachner – Caterina Cornaro

* Caterina de ' Medici ( 1593 – 1629 ) married Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, later Governor of Siena ;

Under Afonso V ( 1443 – 1481 ), surnamed the African, the Gulf of Guinea was explored as far as Cape St Catherine ( Cabo Santa Caterina ), and three expeditions in 1458, 1461 and 1471, were sent to Morocco ; in 1471 Arzila ( Asila ) and Tangier were captured from the Moors.

* Saint Caterina Volpicelli ( 1839 – 1894 )

Tartini was born in Piran, a town on the peninsula of Istria, in the Republic of Venice ( now in Slovenia ) to Gianantonio – native of Florence – and Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the oldest aristocratic Piranian families.