Filippo Maria Visconti

Filippo Maria Visconti
Duke of Milan
Portrait of Filippo Maria Visconti preparatory drawing by Pisanello for the commemorative medal of the Duke
Duke of Milan
Reign16 May 1412 - 13 August 1447
PredecessorGian Maria
SuccessorAmbrosian Republic
Born3 September 1392
Milan
Died13 August 1447(1447-08-13) (aged 54)
Milan
SpouseBeatrice Lascaris di Tenda
Marie of Savoy
IssueBianca Maria, Duchess of Milan (illegitimate)
HouseVisconti
FatherGian Galeazzo Visconti
MotherCaterina 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.