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Gian Galeazzo Sforza (20 June 1469 – 21 October 1494), also known as Giovan Galeazzo Sforza, was the sixth Duke of Milan.
978-0-520-91345-5. History, European Studies. Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Althou...
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.
Contents. Gian Galeazzo Sforza II. duke of Milan. Learn about this topic in these articles: relationship with Ludovico Sforza. In Ludovico Sforza: Early life and assumption of power. …duchy to his seven-year-old son, Gian Galeazzo, Ludovico first revealed his appetite for power, plotting to win the regency from the child’s mother, Bona of Savoy.
other name: Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza Details individual; ruler; Italian; Male. Other dates 1476-1494 (ruled) Biography Son of Bona Sforza (q.v.). 19 related objects ...
Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, early 1490s. West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 15.
In the dramatic days that followed the occupation of Milan by the troops of the King of France, Charles VIII of Valois, in 1499, Leonardo da Vinci, who had served Ludovico Maria Sforza for over twenty years, left the Lombard capital with all of his belongings.
