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On 5 October 1354, archbishop Giovanni died. A few days after, Petrarch held a commemorative oration in his honor. [ 53] In the same month, the three sons of Stefano agreed to share the power, dividing the Visconti domains according to geographic criteria.
After Giovanni’s death, the Visconti dominions were shared among his three nephews. When Matteo II ( c. 1319–55) died, Bernabò (1323–85) and Galeazzo II ( c. 1321–78) divided Milan and its territory, Bernabò taking the eastern area and Galeazzo II the western.
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Giangaleazzo Visconti died unexpectedly in 1402 just as he was beginning to mount his campaign against Florence. His son, Gian Maria (1402-1412) was a psychopath who quickly alienated his supporters and was assassinated by his brother, Filippo Maria (1412-1447).
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (born 1351, Milan—died Sept. 3, 1402, Melegnano, near Milan) was a Milanese leader who brought the Visconti dynasty to the height of its power and almost succeeded in becoming the ruler of all northern Italy.
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After his death the Visconti territories passed to Giovanni Maria Visconti, whose rule was so violent and corrupt that he was assassinated in 1412. The last Visconti duke, Filippo Maria Visconti, died in 1447, after which Milan came under the rule of his son-in-law, Francesco Sforza.
Nov 1, 2022 · How, for example, can one reconcile Decembrio's supposed picture of his former master as a tyrant with his own long career as a loyal Visconti apparatchik? Did he experience, once the prince was safely dead and his line extinguished, a sudden change of heart?
Giangaleazza came very close to unifying all of northern Italy in 1402. And then he died. In order to understand the power of Milan, we need to study the Visconti. (The name means Vice Count.) As many of you know, the Visconti are alive and well in Milan still to this day.
