# Francesco Sforza — The Prince character guide

> Francesco Sforza in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Francesco, Sforza

**First appearance:** 0007-i-how-many-kinds-of-principalities-there-are-and-by-what-means-they-are-acquired

## Who they are

Mercenary captain who became Duke of Milan through ability and fortune.

## Links

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