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Filippo Maria Visconti | |
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Duke of Milan | |
Duke of Milan | |
Reign | 16 May 1412 - 13 August 1447 |
Predecessor | Gian Maria |
Successor | Ambrosian Republic |
Born | 3 September 1392 Milan |
Died | 13 August 1447 Milan | (aged 54)
Spouse | Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda Marie of Savoy |
Issue | Bianca Maria, Duchess of Milan (illegitimate) |
House | Visconti |
Father | Gian Galeazzo Visconti |
Mother | Caterina Visconti |
Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447)[1] was the duke of Milan from 1412 to 1447. Reports stated that he was "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 surrender under Pope Martin V. He would return to war again, where another peace agreement was required to stop the war. He married twice. Her second wife was Marie, from which he married in 1448. She was the daughter of his ally Amadeus VIII. When he died, Fillippo was the last of the Visconti male line and was succeeded by Francesco Sforza, husband to his daughter.