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      • On 6 January 1474 the 21-month-old Bianca was betrothed to her first cousin Duke Philibert I of Savoy, [a] the son of her uncle Amadeus IX of Savoy, and Yolande of France.
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  2. Jun 16, 2021 · Bianca had been betrothed to Philibert I, Duke of Savoy at a very young age, but he died at the age of 17 in 1481. Bianca Maria was then betrothed to the son of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, but this betrothal too fell through. 1

  3. In 1430, at the age of five, Visconti was betrothed to the condottiero Francesco I Sforza, [3] a man twenty-four years her elder. In that year the condotta (contract) between Milan and Sforza came to an end, and the betrothal was a move to keep the powerful general tied with Milan.

  4. Jun 14, 2016 · As Bianca entered her teenage years, her uncle (who saw his niece only as a pawn to use in the game of marriage) looked to marry her off to a powerful family in order to benefit himself. In 1485, she was betrothed to the illegitimate but only son of King Matthias of Hungary, Janus Corvinus.

  5. Jul 12, 2017 · In 1430, Bianca was betrothed to Francesco I Sforza, who was 26 years older than her but her father tried to dissolve the betrothal twice in later years. They were married in the Abbey of San Sigismondo on 24 October 1441.

  6. On 6 January 1474 the 21-month-old Bianca was betrothed to her first cousin Duke Philibert I of Savoy, the son of her uncle Amadeus IX of Savoy, and Yolande of France. Duke Philibert I died in the spring of 1482, leaving Bianca a widow at the age of ten.

  7. Bianca Maria Visconti was the only child of the duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti, and his mistress Agnes del Maino. When she was about nine years old, Filippo betrothed her to his ally, the Italian noble Francesco Sforza, whom she married in 1441.

  8. Jan 24, 2018 · Bianca Maria lived forever in the shadow of her predecessor, Mary of Burgundy. Growing up in the care of her power-hungry uncle, she was largely ignored and had never received the level of education and training befitting a noblewoman, such as that received by Mary.