Niccolo Rising (6 page)

Milan and Genoa

Cicco Simonetta of Calabria, secretary to Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan

Alessandro Sforza, lord of Pesaro, brother of the Duke of Milan

Prosper Schiaffino de Camulio de’ Medici, envoy of the Duke of Milan

Francesco Coppini, Bishop of Terni, papal legate and secret envoy of Milan

Federigo da Montefeltro, Count of Urbino, captain of the Duke of Milan

Giammatteo Ferrari da Grado, professor and physician to the Duke of Milan

Tobias Beventini of Grado, his nephew, physician to captain Lionetto’s band

Count Jacopo Piccinino, mercenary captain, son of Milan army leader Nicholas

Prosper Adorno, future Doge of Genoa and kin to Anselm Adorne

Tomà Adorno of Chios, kinsman of Prosper Adorno

Naples

Ferrante, King of Naples, bastard son of Alfonso V of Aragon

John Duke of Calabria, son of King René of Sicily and claimant to Naples

Margaret of Anjou, sister of Duke John and wife of Henry VI, King of England

René, King of Sicily and Duke of Anjou, father of above and uncle of the Dauphin Louis