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Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) [1] 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.
Decembrio set out to sabotage Filippo Maria’s reputation. If the biography’s intent was to expose Filippo Maria as a bloodthirsty tyrant, why does it contain atthesametimesomuchpraisefortheman’s princely virtues? For besides both before and after 1447, Decembrio never uses the words tyrant or tyranny
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.
Jul 10, 2020 · This volume contains Decembrio’s biographies of two of the most important rulers in fifteenth-century Italy. Filippo Maria Visconti rose to power after the collapse of the empire of his father, Giangaleazzo Visconti, who died unexpectedly in 1402.
Nov 1, 2022 · 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. Written in 1447, in the immediate aftermath of Duke Filippo's death, the work covers the career of a prince whose thirty-five years in power (1412–47 ...
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.
