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Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was duke of Milan from 1412 to 1447. Known to be cruel and paranoid, but shrewd as a ruler, he went to war in the 1420s with Romagna , Florence and Venice in the Wars in Lombardy , but was eventually forced to accept peace under Pope Martin V .
- 16 May 1412 - 13 August 1447
- Caterina Visconti
Nov 15, 2019 · One major enemy during this period was Milan, lead by Duke Filippo Maria Visconti - Immensely fat, fearsomely ugly, rarely appeared in public, loved to roll around naked on the grass and murder his wives - and who made several attempts to invade Florence, urged on by the enemies of the Medici.
He is described as “repulsively ugly and grossly fat” with a receding chin, snub nose, a bull neck and deformed feet and legs. He had to lean on a staff or page to rise from his seat. Despite his protruding eyes, Filippo Maria was nearly blind. Filippo Maria reigned successfully for 30 years.
INTRODUCTION. biography of Duke Filippo Maria (1392. PIER CANDIDO DECEMBRIO’S –. 1447), the last member of the Visconti family to rule Milan, is one of the best known and least read of Renaissance classics.
Nov 1, 2022 · INTRODUCTION. Pier Candido Decembrio's biography of Duke Filippo Maria (1392–1447), the last member of the Visconti family to rule Milan, is one of the best known and least read of Renaissance classics.
Jul 10, 2020 · Decembrio’s Life of Filippo Maria Visconti is heavily indebted to the content and style of Suetonius. The translator and author of the notes, Gary Ianziti, describes Decembrio’s use of Suetonius to structure his text, its chapters, and even individual sentences.
His brother Filippo Maria (1392–1447), succeeding to the dukedom, managed, by marriage to the widow of the condottiere (mercenary captain) Facino Cane, to gain control of Cane’s troops and territories and gradually reconstructed the Visconti dominions.