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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. According to the Italian historian Francesco Guicciardini in his History of Italy ( Italian: La Historia di Italia ), he was poisoned by his uncle, Ludovico il Moro.
Jun 20, 2021 · Gian Galeazzo Sforza, the third member of the Sforza family to have the title Duke of Milan, was born on this day in 1469 in Abbiategrasso, a town in the Po Valley about 22km (14 miles) north of Milan.
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Ambitious, extravagant, progressive, and sexually notorious, Galeazzo Maria Sforza inherited the ducal throne of Milan in 1466, at the age of twenty-two. Although his reign ended tragically only ten years later, the young prince's court was a dynamic community where arts, policy making, and the panoply of state were integrated with the rhythms ...
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Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Ritratto di Gian Galeazzo, scuola di Benedetto Briosco, verso il 1490. Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza ( Abbiategrasso, 20 giugno 1469 – Pavia, 21 ottobre 1494 [1]) è stato il sesto duca di Milano e il terzo della dinastia Sforza. In linguaggio cifrato fu anche soprannominato Instabilis.
Jan 24, 2020 · Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who became the second member of the Sforza family to take the title Duke of Milan, was born on this day in 1444 in Fermo, in what is now the Marche region. Sforza was an effective ruler but is often remembered as a tyrant with a cruel streak.
Other articles where Gian Galeazzo Sforza II is discussed: 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. The plot failed, and Ludovico was exiled but eventually, through threats and flattery, won a reconciliation with ...
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 54 (2000) GIAN GALEAZZO MARIA Sforza, duca di Milano. Primogenito di Galeazzo Maria, duca di Milano, e di Bona, figlia del duca Ludovico di Savoia e cognata di Luigi XI di Francia, G. nacque il 20 giugno 1469 nel castello di Abbiategrasso, presso Milano. Il luogo era stato prescelto dal padre che ...
