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Galeazzo II Visconti (c. 1320 – 4 August 1378) was a member of the Visconti dynasty and a ruler of Milan, Italy. His most notable military campaigns were against Pope Gregory XI, around 1367. These battles fought between the papacy and the Visconti family ultimately ended in a peace treaty.
Apr 15, 2024 · Gian Galeazzo Visconti was a Milanese leader who brought the Visconti dynasty to the height of its power and almost succeeded in becoming the ruler of all northern Italy. The son of Galeazzo II Visconti, who shared the rule of Milan with his brother Bernabò, Gian Galeazzo was married in 1360 to.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò.
Established at Pavia (south of Milan), Galeazzo II became a patron of artists and poets, including Petrarch, and founded the University of Pavia. Ruling independently, the brothers pursued a coordinated policy, their territorial interests involving them in all the Italian wars of the time, mainly against Florence and the popes.
Through the marriages of his nephews (Matteo II, Bernabò, and Galeazzo II), he linked the Visconti dynastically to the families ruling the territories to the west and east of the Visconti dominions: the Gonzaga, the Della Scala, and the Savoy.
Galeazzo Visconti II. Milanese leader. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Italy. In Visconti Family. 1319–55) died, Bernabò (1323–85) and Galeazzo II ( c. 1321–78) divided Milan and its territory, Bernabò taking the eastern area and Galeazzo II the western.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti was born on Oct. 16, 1351. He was the only son of Galeazzo II, who ruled the family's Milanese territories jointly with his brother Bernabò. As a boy, Gian Galeazzo was plagued by a delicate constitution that caused him to spend more time with books than in sports.
