Polissena Ruffo
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Polissena Ruffo (1400 Cariati - 17 July 1420) was a princess of Calabria. Princess of Rossano, countess of Corigliano and Montalto was the daughter of Carlo Ruffo di Montalto and Ceccarella Sanseverino.
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She married Francesco Sforza (founder of the Sforza dynasty in Milan) in 1418 as his first wife. In 1420, they had a daughter, Antonia Polissena, but Polissena died in childbirth and the baby girl also died shortly after.[1]
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