Tigress of Forli

Botticelli painted her, Machiavelli slandered her. She led troops into battle, married a Medici, and was imprisoned by the Borgias. Between her birth in 1463 as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Milan, to her death in 1509 as a member of the powerful Medici family, Caterina Sforza's life crossed the firmament of Italy's High Renaissance like a shooting star.

Botticelli a pictat-o, Machiavelli a calomniat-o. A condus trupele in lupta, s-a casatorit cu un Medici si a fost inchisa de Borgia.