Galeazzo I Visconti

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Galeazzo I Visconti
Beatrice d'Este
Issue
FatherMatteo I Visconti
MotherBonacossa Borri

Galeazzo I Visconti (21 January 1277 – 6 August 1328) was lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327. After being chosen Captain of Milan, he defeated two papal armies and was excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Temporarily imprisoned for murder, Galeazzo retired to Pescia and died in August 1328.

Biography

Galeazzo was the son of

Beatrice d'Este,[2] daughter of Obizzo II d'Este
. The following year the Visconti were however forced to leave Milan and he lived at the Este and Bonacolsi courts for several years.

In 1322 Galeazzo was named capitano del popolo in Milan, and defeated a Papal-Angevin army at Bassignana.

Castruccio Castracani. However, he died at Pescia in August 1328.[3]

His son

Tommaso II di Saluzzo
.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Newman 2005, p. 18.
  2. ^ Parker 1993, p. 131.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Black 2009, p. 39.

Sources

  • Black, Jane (2009). Absolutism in Renaissance Milan: Plenitude of Power Under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535. Oxford University Press.
  • Newman, Barbara (2005). "The Heretic Saint: Guglielma of Bohemia, Milan, and Brunate". Church History. 74 (1 Mar.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Parker, Deborah (1993). "Ideology and Cultural Practice: The Case of Dante's Treatment of Beatrice d'Este". Dante Studies, with the Annual Report of the Dante Society (111). The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Italian nobility
Preceded by
Lord of Milan

1322–1327
Succeeded by