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Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was duke of Milan from 1412 to 1447. Known to be cruel and paranoid, but shrewd as a ruler, he went to war in the 1420s with Romagna, Florence and Venice in the Wars in Lombardy, but was eventually forced to accept peace under Pope Martin V. He would return to the offensive again ...
- 16 May 1412 - 13 August 1447
- Caterina Visconti
Renaissance politics in Italy. His brother Filippo Maria (1392–1447), succeeding to the dukedom, managed, by marriage to the widow of the condottiere (mercenary captain) Facino Cane, to gain control of Cane’s troops and territories and gradually reconstructed the Visconti dominions.
Filippo Maria Visconti ( Milano, 3 settembre 1392 – Milano, 13 agosto 1447) è stato l'ultimo duca di Milano della dinastia viscontea . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Nascita e difetti fisici. 1.2 Conte di Pavia (1402-1412): un fratello "indesiderato" 1.3 Lungo regno (1412-1447) 2 Vita privata. 3 Matrimoni e successione. 4 Ascendenza. 5 Note.
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His brother Filippo Maria (1392–1447), succeeding to the dukedom, managed, by marriage to the widow of the condottiere (mercenary captain) Facino Cane, to gain control of Cane’s troops and territories and gradually reconstructed the Visconti dominions.
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Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was duke of Milan from 1412 to 1447. Known to be cruel and paranoid, but shrewd as a ruler, he went to war in the 1420s with Romagna, Florence and Venice in the Wars in Lombardy, but was eventually forced to accept peace under Pope Martin V.
Filippo Maria was born in Milan on September 23, 1392 as the youngest son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402) and Caterina Visconti (±1360-1404, to the right ). His parents were first cousins; Caterina was a daughter of Gian Galeazzo’s uncle Barnabo Visconti (±1323-1385). The marriage had united the Visconti lands.
Third duke of Milan. He became nominal ruler of Pavia in 1402, and succeeded his brother Giovanni Maria, the second duke, in 1412. The cruelty that he shared with ...
