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Lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327
Galeazzo I Visconti
(21 January 1277 ? 6 August 1328) was lord of
Milan
from 1322 to 1327. After being chosen Captain of Milan, he defeated two papal armies and was excommunicated by
Pope John XXII
. Temporarily imprisoned for murder, Galeazzo retired to
Pescia
and died in August 1328.
Biography
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Galeazzo was the son of
Matteo I Visconti
and
Bonacosa Borri
. On 24 June 1300 he married
Beatrice d'Este
,
daughter of
Obizzo II d'Este
. The following year the Visconti were however forced to leave Milan and he lived at the Este and Bonacolsi courts for several years.
In 1322 Galeazzo was named
capitano del popolo
in Milan, and defeated a Papal-Angevin army at Bassignana.
He was excommunicated by Pope John XXII in March 1323 and unrest in Milan impaired his authority.
With the support of Emperor
Louis IV
, at
Monza
Galeazzo defeated an army sent against him by John XXII.
In 1328, after accusations of betrayal from his brother Marco, as well as that of the assassination of his brother
Stefano Visconti
, the emperor had him imprisoned in Monza.
Galeazzo was freed in March 1328
and took shelter under the other
Ghibelline
leader of Italy at the time,
Castruccio Castracani
. However, he died at
Pescia
in August 1328.
His son
Azzone
succeeded him in Milan.
His daughter Ricciarda was married to
Tommaso II di Saluzzo
.
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Galeazzo I Visconti
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Uberto Visconti
| | | | | | | 8. Obizzo Visconti
| | | | | | | | | | 17. Berta Pirovano
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Teobaldo Visconti
| | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Ruffino Mandelli
| | | | | | | 9. Fiorina Mandelli
| | | | | | | | | | 19. Aldesia Pietrasanta
| | | | | | | 2.
Matteo I Visconti
, Lord of Milan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Uberto IV. Pirovano
| | | | | | | 10. Ubertus Pirovano
| | | | | | | | | | 21.
| | | | | | | 5. Anastasia Pirovano
| | | | | | | | | | | | 22.
| | | | | | | 11. Casati
| | | | | | | | | | 23.
| | | | | | | 1.
Galeazzo I Visconti, Lord of Milan
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Lanzo Borri
| | | | | | | 12. Lanfranco or Ruffino Borri
| | | | | | | | | | 25. Elsie Bouve
| | | | | | | 6.
Squarcino Borri
| | | | | | | | | | | | 26.
| | | | | | | 13.
| | | | | | | | | | 27.
| | | | | | | 3.
Bonacossa Borri
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28.
| | | | | | | 14.
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| | | | | | | 7. Antonia
| | | | | | | | | | | | 30.
| | | | | | | 15.
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References
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Sources
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- Black, Jane (2009).
Absolutism in Renaissance Milan: Plenitude of Power Under the Visconti and the Sforza 1329-1535
. Oxford University Press.
- Newman, Barbara (2005). "The Heretic Saint: Guglielma of Bohemia, Milan, and Brunate".
Church History
.
74
(1 Mar.). Cambridge University Press.
- Parker, Deborah (1993). "Ideology and Cultural Practice: The Case of Dante's Treatment of Beatrice d'Este".
Dante Studies, with the Annual Report of the Dante Society
(111). The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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