Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Duke of Milan
Reign5 September 1395 – 3 September 1402
Coronation5 September 1395, Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
SuccessorGian Maria Visconti
Lord of Milan
Reign6 May 1385 – 5 September 1395
PredecessorBernabò Visconti
Lord of Pavia
Reign4 August 1378 – 5 September 1395
PredecessorGaleazzo II Visconti
Lord of Pisa
Reign13 February 1399 – 3 September 1402
PredecessorGherardo Appiani
SuccessorGabriele Maria Visconti
Born16 October 1351
Pavia, Italy
Died3 September 1402(1402-09-03) (aged 50)
Melegnano, Duchy of Milan, Italy
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1360; died 1372)
(m. 1380; died 1402)
Issue
HouseVisconti
FatherGaleazzo II Visconti
MotherBianca 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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  1. ^ Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim (1978). A distant mirror : the calamitous 14th century. New York: Knopf. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-394-40026-6.