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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.
hide. (Top) Life. Patronage. Reputation. Assassination. Aftermath of assassination. Children. References. Sources. External links. 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.
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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.
Sforza Family, Italian family, first named Attendoli, that produced two famous soldiers of fortune and founded a dynasty that ruled Milan for almost a century. The Attendoli were prosperous farmers of the Romagna (near Ravenna) who first assumed the name Sforza (“Force”) with the founder of the.
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At Christmastime in 1476, conspirators who hoped to start an insurrection assassinated Galeazzo Maria. He was succeeded by his young son Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469–94) under the regency of his widow, Bona of Savoy.
Marble medal of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan, by Benedetto Briosco, ca. 1490. Relations with her husband, Gian Galeazzo, worsened. The Duke preferred the company of young men sent to him by his uncle over his wife and reprimanded her Milanese pastimes, and during the quarrel there were fights.
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