Galeazzo I Visconti

Galeazzo I Visconti (21 January 1277 – 6 August 1328) was lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327.[1]

Galeazzo I Visconti
Lord of Milan
Coat of arms
Reign	1329 - 1339
Predecessor	Galeazzo I
Successor	Luchino
Born	21 January 1277
Died	6 August 1328 Pescia
Noble family	House of Visconti
Spouse(s)	Beatrice d'Este
Issue Azzone Ricciarda
Father	Matteo I Visconti
Mother	Bonacossa Borri

Biography

He was the son of Matteo I Visconti[2] and Bonacosa Borri. On 24 June 1300 he married Beatrice d'Este,[3] 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 he was named capitano del popolo in Milan, but was soon forced to leave again the city due to a revolt set up by his cousin Lodrisio Visconti. With the support of Emperor Louis IV, at Vaprio he defeated an army sent against him by the Pope. 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.[4] Galeazzo was freed in March 1328[4] and took shelter under the other Ghibelline leader of Italy at the time, Castruccio Castracani. However, he died at Pescia a few months later.[4]

His son Azzone succeeded him in Milan.[4] His daughter Ricciarda was married to Tommaso II di Saluzzo.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Galeazzo I Visconti

16. Uberto Visconti 8. Obizzo Visconti 17. Berta Pirovano 4. 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. 29. 7. Antonia 30. 15. 31.

References

1. Tolfo, Maria Grazia; Colussi, Paolo (February 7, 2006). "Storia di Milano ::: I Visconti:" [History of Milan::: The Visconti]. Storia di Milano (in Italian). Milano: Storiadimilano. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
2. Newman 2005, p. 18.
3. Parker 1993, p. 131.
4. Black 2009, p. 39.

Sources

• 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. Cambridge University Press. Vol. 74, No. 1 Mar.
• 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. The Johns Hopkins University Press. No. 111.