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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. He would return to the offensive again ...
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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. He would return to the offensive again ...
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Entering the service of Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, Sforza fought alternately for and against him in the succeeding 20 years. During periods of uneasy truce he became betrothed (1433) to and married (1441) the duke’s illegitimate daughter and only child, Bianca Maria. Read More.
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. See Also: Petrarch; Sforza dynasty
Lords and Dukes of Milan. The Visconti ruled Milan until the early Renaissance, first as Lords, then, from 1395, with the mighty Gian Galeazzo, who endeavored to unify Northern Italy and Tuscany, as Dukes. Visconti rule in Milan ended with the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447.
Filippo Maria was born in Milan on September 23, 1392 as the youngest son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402) and Caterina Visconti (±1360-1404, to the right ). His parents were first cousins; Caterina was a daughter of Gian Galeazzo’s uncle Barnabo Visconti (±1323-1385). The marriage had united the Visconti lands.
