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Gian Galeazzo Visconti, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, commissioned the building of the Certosa to the architect Marco Solari, inaugurating the works and laying the foundation stone on August 27, 1396, as recorded by a bas-relief on the facade.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, because of the important Sforza-Symbol of the chain of interconnected rings, which decorates the Duke, we know that this artpiece was created at the time, when Lodovico il Moro Sforza was the most important man in the Sforza-Dynasty, that means it was made between 1479 and 1500.
Galeazzo II Visconti. 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.
Galeazzo was the son of Matteo I Visconti and Bonacosa Borri. On 24 June 1300 he married 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.
Dec 15, 2009 · 1. Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351-1402): a study in the political career of an Italian despot. 1941, Cambridge U.P. in English. aaaa. Not in Library. 2. Giangaleazzo Visconti, duke of Milan (1351-1402): A study in the political career of an Italian despot. 1941, The University press.
In 1491 Ludovico Sforza had Gian Galeazzo Sforza and his wife Isabella of Aragon transferred to the Visconti Castle of Pavia where they created a brilliant court. Gian Galeazzo died in 1494 in the Visconti Castle, the summer home of the Visconti and Sforza families. During that time, he received a visit from Charles VIII of France.
Oct 16, 1351 - Sep 3, 1402. Gian Galeazzo Visconti, was the first duke of Milan and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He was the founding patron of the Certosa di Pavia, completing the Visconti Castle at Pavia begun by his father and furthering work on the Duomo of Milan.
