Lucrezia Landriani (born c. 1440 – living 17 August 1507[1]) was the mother of Caterina Sforza, Lady of Imola, Countess of Forlì.[1] Lucrezia had three other children by the Duke of Milan, and two by her second husband.
Lucrezia was born in Milan around 1440.[1] A contemporary portrait of Lucrezia painted by Domenico Veneziano, shows her to have been quite beautiful, with blonde hair, blue eyes, a high forehead, and fine features.
Around 1450 Lucrezia married Cristoforo Lampugnani, son of Lucrezia Visconti and Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani.[2] Later, she married Count Gian Piero Landriani, a courtier at the ducal court and a close friend of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476), son of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan and Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan.[3] Galeazzo Maria would become Duke of Milan upon the death of his father on 8 March 1466.
She bore her husband Gian Piero two children: [4] a son, Piero Landriani, who later became castellan of the fortress of Forlimpopoli, and a daughter, Bianca Landriani, who married Tommaso Feo, castellan of Ravaldino Castle and the brother-in-law of Caterina Sforza.
She also had four children by Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the Duke of Milan:
Carlo Sforza (1461-1483), later Count of Magenta, married Bianca Simonetta, father of Ippolita Sforza and Angela d'Este
Caterina Sforza, Lady of Imola, Countess of Forli (early 1463 – 28 May 1509), married three times.[5]
Alessandro Sforza, Lord of Francavilla (1465–1523), married Barbara dei Conti Balbiani di Valchiavenna, by whom he had a daughter, Camilla.
Chiara Sforza (1467–1531), married firstly, Pietro, Count dal Verme di Sanguinetto, Lord of Vigevano, and secondly, Fregosino Fregoso, Lord of Novi, by whom she had issue.
