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arrests members of pope's cabinet,
[>]

College of Cardinals reach agreement with,
[>]

mobs destroy Girolamo's property,
[>]

persecution of Colonna family,
[>]
–
[>]

and Melozzo da Forlì,
[>]

Forlì acquired by,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

Forlì and Imola visited by,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

dazi
taxes abolished,
[>]
–
[>]

reluctant to mingle with crowds,
[>]

Forlì as residence of after leaving Rome,
[>]
,
[>]

assassination attempts against,
[>]
–
[>]

dazi
taxes reinstated,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and enemies seeking revenge in Rome,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

outlying fiefs seized from,
[>]
–
[>]

sequesters self during bubonic plague,
[>]

taxation changed at expense of nobles,
[>]

in Forlì after return from Imola,
[>]

and Father Giovanni Novello,
[>]
–
[>]

ill health of,
[>]

Imola acquired by,
[>]

Imola as residence after moving from Forlì,
[>]

life-threatening illness of,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and Roffi plot to seize Forlì,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

and Julius II,
[>]

in marriage to Caterina,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
(
see also
Marriage of Caterina and Girolamo)

absent from finalization,
[>]

and Caterina's journey to Rome and meeting,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

children,
[>]
,
[>]
(
see also
Children of Caterina Sforza)

love lacking in,
[>]

and Pazzi conspiracy failure,
[>]

murder of,
[>]
–
[>]

break with Orsis as occasion of,
[>]
–
[>]

funeral of compared with Giacomo's,
[>]

Antonio Orsi's criticism of,
[>]
,
[>]

and ransacking of palace,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

obesity of,
[>]

optimistic outlook of (1480),
[>]

pardons freely granted by,
[>]

and Pazzi conspiracy,
[>]
–
[>]

political maneuvers of,
[>]

aimed at acquiring Faenza,
[>]

attempts to usurp dead Malatesta's authority,
[>]
–
[>]

crude schemes against Medicis,
[>]
–
[>]

and trip to Venice,
[>]
–
[>]

and Riario empire,
[>]

in Salt War defense of Rome,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]

as warden of Saint Mary of the People,
[>]

Riario, Giulia (daughter of son Galeazzo), in Caterina's will,
[>]

Riario, Leonardo,
[>]

Riario, Ottaviano,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

in affair with carpenter's daughter,
[>]

and arrival of Milanese troops in Forlì,
[>]

and assassination plot against Caterina,
[>]
–
[>]

Cardinal Borgia as godfather to,
[>]

Lucrezia Borgia offered as wife for,
[>]

carnival sponsored by,
[>]

castellan of Mordano loyal to,
[>]

and Caterina in prison

Caterina refuses to sign away rights of,
[>]

Caterina's letters destroyed by,
[>]

complaints from Ottaviano,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and Ottaviano's aim of church career,
[>]

sister Bianca seen as burden for,
[>]

and Caterina after prison in Florence

Caterina met on arrival,
[>]

looks to Caterina for money,
[>]
,
[>]

and Caterina's illness,
[>]

Caterina's practical political advice to,
[>]

in Caterina's will,
[>]

childhood and infancy of

education of,
[>]

Girolamo's house in name of,
[>]

nurse and nursery of,
[>]

and possibility of Girolamo's death,
[>]

church aims to prevent Caterina's regency over,
[>]

coin designed to honor,
[>]

condetta
for

Caterina attempts to gain from France,
[>]

and Milan,
[>]
,
[>]

receives from Florence,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and conflict over Ravaldino,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Forlì's townspeople vow allegiance to,
[>]

at Girolamo's murder scene,
[>]

Imola affirms loyalty to,
[>]

Imola fortress held to be exclusively under lordship of,
[>]
,
[>]

Julius II deprecates as potential ruler of Forlì and Imola,
[>]
–
[>]

marriage plans and offers for,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

and Giovanni Medici (Il Popolano),
[>]

and murder of Giacomo Feo

accused of complicity,
[>]

present at scene,
[>]
,
[>]

in painting memorializing Giacomo Feo,
[>]

pleads for favors from church,
[>]
–
[>]

receives papal confirmation of rule over Forlì and Imola,
[>]

recompensed by Julius II for renouncing Forlì,
[>]

and recovery of Forlì and Imola as possible under Julius II,
[>]
,
[>]

reunited with Caterina after victory,
[>]
–
[>]

and siege of Forlì

Council of Forty promise loyalty to in face of attack,
[>]

sent to Florence with other children ahead of French attack,
[>]

and reinforcements for Forlì,
[>]

and status of Ravaldino fortress,
[>]

travels with Caterina to meet Medicis over Ludovico's inheritance,
[>]

Riario, Cardinal Pietro,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]

Riario, Cardinal Raffaello,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

and assassination plot against Giacomo Feo,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

attempts to restore Forlì and Imola to Riario family,
[>]

and castellan's demand for payment of Girolamo's debt,
[>]

Caterina's romance with Ordelaffi criticized by,
[>]

and Caterina's denial of possibility of marriage,
[>]

cedes dioceses to Ottaviano,
[>]

Cesare resides in palace of,
[>]

and confirmation of Caterina's rule,
[>]
–
[>]

dispatched to persuade Caterina to join in war against Milan,
[>]

and election of Sixtus IV's successor,
[>]
,
[>]

and Tommaso Feo,
[>]

flees after story of poison plot,
[>]

and Michelangelo's
Pietà,
[>]

on pope's side in attack on Forlì,
[>]

son Galeazzo sent to for education,
[>]

as hostage after Pazzi conspiracy,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

as needed connection after Girolamo's murder,
[>]
,
[>]

as papal representative in standoff between Caterina and Orsis,
[>]
,
[>]

renounces title in favor of Cesare Riario,
[>]
,
[>]

and source of reinforcements for siege of Forlì,
[>]

Riario, Scipione,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Riario family

as accursed,
[>]

and Caterina's concerns about control,
[>]

Julius II seen as returning Forlì and Imola to,
[>]

Ricci, Andrea,
[>]
,
[>]

Ricci, Domenico,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

Ricci, Violante Riario,
[>]
–
[>]

Ridolfi, Giovanni Maria,
[>]

Ridolfi, Simone,
[>]

Rigo (Francesca Manfredi's servant),
[>]

Rimini,
[>]
,
[>]

Roffi, Domenico,
[>]

Roffi, Nino,
[>]

Roffi conspiracy,
[>]
–
[>]

and exemplary punishment,
[>]

reminders of removed by Caterina,
[>]

Roffi family,
[>]

Romagna,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]

as Borgias' target,
[>]

Forlì as jewel in crown of,
[>]

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