Stefano Visconti

Stefano Visconti
Stefano Visconti
Coat of arms
Born	c. 1287; Milan
Died	4 July 1327; Milan
Noble family	Visconti
Spouse(s)	Valentina Doria
	Issue Matteo II Visconti; Galeazzo II Visconti; Bernabò Visconti
Father	Matteo I
Mother	Bonacossa Borri

Stefano Visconti (c.1287-4 July 1327) was a member of the House of Visconti that ruled Milan from the 14th to the 15th century.

Family

He was the son of Matteo I Visconti.[1]

In 1318 he married Valentina Doria,[1] daughter of Bernabò Doria from Sassello and of Eliena Fieschi, with whom he had three children:

Matteo II[1]
Galeazzo II[1]
Bernabò,[1] who shared the rule in Milan after his death.

Death

Stefano Visconti (kneeling). Portrait from his grave.

Stefano died in the night of July 4, 1327, after a banquet he gave Louis the Bavarian, shortly after he was crowned King of Italy

His contemporaries linked his death to an attempted poisoning of the King, leading to the imprisonment of three of Stefanos' four brothers, Galeazzo, Giovanni, and Luchino, as well as of his nephew, the future Lord of Milan, Azzo Visconti, in the fortress of Monza: This event marked a crisis of the relations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Visconti.

The magnificent tomb of Stefano and his wife Valentina, carved in 1359 by Bonino da Campione, is located in the Basilica Sant'Eustorgio in Milan.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Stefano 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

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11. Casati

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1. Stefano Visconti, Lord of Milan

24. Lanzo Borri

12. Lanfranco or Ruffino Borri

25. Elsie Bouve

6. Squarcino Borri

26.

13.

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3. Bonacossa Borri

28.

14.

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7. Antonia

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15.

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References

Paoletti & Radke 1997, p. 517.

Sources

Paoletti, John T; Radke, Gary M (1997). "Genealogies (appendix)". Art in Renaissance Italy. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 517. ISBN 9780810919785. OCLC 36482283.

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[FOOTNOTEPaolettiRadke1997517-1] Paoletti & Radke 1997, p. 517.