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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. He would return to the offensive again ...
[2] [3] They were commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, and by his successor and son-in-law Francesco Sforza. They had a significant impact on the visual composition, card numbering and interpretation of modern decks.
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).
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.
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The earliest members of the Visconti lineage appeared in Milan in the second half of the 11th century. The first evidence is on October 5, 1075, when Ariprando Visconti and his son Ottone ("Ariprandus Vicecomes", "Otto Vicecomes filius Ariprandi") attended and signed together some legal documents in Milan. Ariprando Visconti's family is believed to...
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. He was succeeded by a short-lived republic and then by his son-in-law Francesco I Sforza, w...
Family branches have been continually arising since the appearance in Milan of the surname Visconti in the year 1075. During the first generations, the firstborn among brothers is supposed to have received the role of the most distinguished member of the house. The family of Archbishop Ottone and his grandnephew Matteo, first lords of Milan in the ...
In Thomas Harris's 1999 novel Hannibal, the serial killer Hannibal Lecteris a member of the Visconti family, descended from them through his mother Simonetta. The Visconti family crest is used as the cover of the book.
Primary sources
1. Vittani, Giovanni; Manaresi, Cesare, eds. (1969) [1933]. Gli atti privati milanesi e comaschi del sec. XI [The private acts of the Milanese and the Como in the 11th century]. Bibliotheca historica italica (in Italian and Latin). Vol. 6. Milano: Castello Sforzesco. OCLC 63137745. 2. Bethmann, Ludwig; Jaffé, Philipp, eds. (1868). Landulfi de Sancto Paolo Historia Mediolanensis [Landulf of Saint Paul's 'History of Milan']. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores (in folio) (in Latin). Vol....
Secondary sources
1. Biscaro, Gerolamo (1911). "I maggiori dei Visconti, signori di Milano" (PDF). Archivio Storico Lombardo (in Italian). 38: 5–76. Retrieved July 12, 2024. 2. Black, Jane (2009). Absolutism in Renaissance Milan. Plenitude of power under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329–1535. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199565290. OCLC 1007134403. 3. Bueno de Mesquita, Daniel Meredith (1941). Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351–1402): a study in the political career of an Italian despot. C...
Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (1392–1447), ca. 1441 Lead alloy, cast Diam.: 4 in. (10.12 cm) The Frick Collection; Gift of Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher, 2016. Cat. 6
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Agnese del Maino (c. 1411 – 13 December 1465) was a Milanese noblewoman and the mistress of Filippo Maria Visconti, the last legitimate duke of Milan of the Visconti dynasty. Agnese was the mother of Duchess Bianca Maria Visconti.
