Milanese War of Succession

Milanese War of Succession
Part of the Wars in Lombardy
Date13 August 1447 – 9 April 1454
Location
Lombardy
Result

Treaty of Lodi

Belligerents
Ambrosian Republic (1447–50)
Duchy of Savoy

Republic of Venice
Margravate of Mantua

Duchy of Orléans (1447)		 House of Sforza
Duchy of Milan (1450–4)
Republic of Florence (1452–4)
Kingdom of France (1452–4)
Commanders and leaders
Francesco Sforza (1447–8)
Bartolomeo Colleoni (1447–8)
Jacopo Piccinino (1447–50)
Francesco Piccinino †

Francesco Sforza (1448–9)
Bartolomeo Colleoni (1448–51, 53–54)
Jacopo Piccinino (1450–4)

Charles of Orléans		 Francesco Sforza (1449–54)
Bartolomeo Colleoni (1452–3)
Cosimo de' Medici (1452–4)
René of Anjou (1452–4)

The Milanese War of Succession[1][2] was a war of succession over the Duchy of Milan from the death of duke Filippo Maria Visconti on 13 August 1447 to the Treaty of Lodi on 9 April 1454.[3]

  1. ^ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. xxxiii, 153, 200. ISBN 9780313335372. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bibliotheque was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Ady & Armstrong 1907, p. 70.