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Encyclopedia > Bianca Maria Sforza

Bianca Maria Sforza (Milan, April 5, 1472December 31, 1510 in Innsbruck) was the daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. In 1493, she married Emperor Maximilian I, who had been a widower since the death of his first wife Mary of Burgundy in 1482. Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Milan (MI) Mayor Letizia Moratti Elevation 120 m Area 182 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 1,308,311  - Density 6,988/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Milanesi Dialing code 02 Postal code 20100 Patron St. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... Galeazzo Maria Sforza (January 24, 1444 – December 26, 1476) was Duke of Milan. ... This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present. ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ... Mary of Burgundy Mary (February 13, 1457 – March 27, 1482), duchess of Burgundy, only child of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, was born on February 13 1457. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ...


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Bianca Maria Visconti Information (2138 words)
Bianca Maria Visconti, heiress of the Duchy of Milan, with her first-born son Galeazzo as Saint Mary with the child Jesus Christ.
Bianca Maria Visconti in a portrait by Bonifacio Bembo.
Sforza Maria, Duke of Bari from 1464 to 1479;
Sforza - LoveToKnow 1911 (1286 words)
GALEAllO Maria, who succeeded to the duchy, was born in 1 444, and was a lover of art, eloquent in speech, but dissolute and cruel.
The two Sons of Lodovico, Massimiliano and Francesco Maria, took refuge in Germany; the former was restored to the duchy of Milan by the Swiss in 1512, but after the overwhelming defeat of his allies at Marignano (1515) he abandoned his rights to Francis I.
The duchy went to Charles V. The dukes of Sforza-Cesarini and the counts of Santa Fiora are descended from collateral branches of the Sforza family.
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