in 1493. In contrast, Isabella and her growing family were starved of household funds and she was forced to make petitions for allowance increases. It is of little surprise that she wrote to her father, asking him to intervene on her behalf. Ludovico used the Neapolitan connection to his advantage, portraying Isabella as working in the interests of her Neapolitan family or indeed in her own desire to dominate her husband and obtain power in Milan. Over time, the conflict between Isabella and Ludovico, fueled by Beatrice d'Este, intensified. The Regent gave Isabella a gloomy and insecure chamber intended to discourage her from staying in Milan. He also took on the responsibility of educating Francesco Maria, isolating him from his parents. When attempts to talk with Ludovico did not help, Isabella made efforts to get closer to the Regent's wife, her cousin and childhood friend Beatrice, who in exchange for her help urged Isabella to remove from the court Ludovico's mistress, Cecilia Gallerani. Isolation at the Milanese court Relations with her husband, Gian Galeazzo, worsened. The Duke preferred the company of young men sent to him by his uncle over his wife and reprimanded her Milanese pastimes, and during the quarrel there were fights. In the fall of 1492, a scandal broke out when Isabella was accused of attempted murder. When the Duchess found out that Gian Galeazzo had a special affection for a lover called Rozone, she (perhaps out of jealousy towards her husband) urged the servants to poison not only the Duke's favorite but also Galeazzo Sanseverino, probably another lover, who was accused by Isabella of persuading the Duke to led a life of debauchery. King Ferdinand I of Naples, informed on the matter, replied that it was impossible that Isabella had tried to poison Galeazzo, who was "loved by them as a son and always proved to be a good servant and relative"; as for Rozone, he justified the behavior of his granddaughter, saying indeed that he was surprised that "out of desperation" he had not done worse. Ludovico used this incident to completely discredit Isabella, who since then lived in complete isolation —appearing only at official ceremonies. When on 26 January 1493, Isabella gave birth to a daughter, Ippolita Maria (named after her maternal grandmother the Duchess of Calabria), the event passed without publicity, because the day before Ludovico's son, Ercole Massimiliano was born, and this