| Gian Galeazzo Visconti | |
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| Duke of Milan | |
| Reign | 5 September 1395 – 3 September 1402 |
| Coronation | 5 September 1395, Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio |
| Successor | Gian Maria Visconti |
| Lord of Milan | |
| Reign | 6 May 1385 – 5 September 1395 |
| Predecessor | Bernabò Visconti |
| Lord of Pavia | |
| Reign | 4 August 1378 – 5 September 1395 |
| Predecessor | Galeazzo II Visconti |
| Lord of Pisa | |
| Reign | 13 February 1399 – 3 September 1402 |
| Predecessor | Gherardo Appiani |
| Successor | Gabriele Maria Visconti |
| Born | 16 October 1351 Pavia, Italy |
| Died | 3 September 1402 (aged 50) Melegnano, Duchy of Milan, Italy |
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| House | Visconti |
| Father | Galeazzo II Visconti |
| Mother | Bianca of Savoy |
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395)[a] and ruled that late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò.[1] He was the founding patron of the Certosa di Pavia, completing the Visconti Castle at Pavia begun by his father and furthering work on the Duomo of Milan. He captured a large territory of northern Italy and the Po valley. He threatened war with France in relation to the transfer of Genoa to French control as well as issues with his beloved daughter Valentina. When he died of fever in the Castello of Melegnano, his children fought with each other and fragmented the territories that he had ruled.
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- ^ Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim (1978). A distant mirror : the calamitous 14th century. New York: Knopf. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-394-40026-6.