Galeazzo II Visconti.

Galeazzo II Visconti (c. 1320 – August 4, 1378) was a member of the Visconti dynasty and a ruler of Milan, Italy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Events January 20 - Dante - Quaestio de Aqua et Terra January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March - John Wyclif tried to gain public favour by laying his theses before parliament, and then made them public in a tract. ... Visconti was a noble family that ruled Milan during the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance period. ... For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ...

He was the son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria. Stefano Visconti (died July 4 1327 or 1337[1]) was a member of the House of Visconti that ruled Milan from the 14th to the 15th century. ...

In 1343 he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Two years later he was ousted from by his uncle Luchino, returning under archbishop Giovanni Visconti, who made him governor of Bologna. Events Magnus II of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Luchino Visconti (also spelled Lucchino, 1287 or 1292[1] - January 24, 1349) was lord of Milan from 1339 to 1349. ... Giovanni Visconti in a 19th century fancy portrait. ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ...

In 1350 he married Bianca of Savoy, daughter of Aimone, Count of Savoy. Six years later he fought alongside his brother Bernabò against the Este and the Gonzaga, with Pandolfo II Malatesta as commander of his troops. Winner at Casorate, he was able to expand his territories. At the death of his brother Matteo II, Galeazzo obtained the western part of Lombardy, while Bernabò received the eastern one. Coat of Arms of the Counts of Savoy Aimone (1291–1343), surnamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1329 to 1343. ... Bernabò Visconti (1319-1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman, lord of Milan in the 14th century. ... For Tolkiens fictional character, see Estë To know more about the city, see Este The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. ... The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708. ... Pandolfo II Malatesta (1325 - January 1373) was an Italian condottiero. ... Matteo II Visconti. ... For the village of the same name in Ontario, Canada, see Lombardy, Ontario. ...

He was handsome and distinguished, the patron of Petrarch, the founder of the University of Pavia and a gifted diplomat. He married his daughter Violante to Lionel of Antwerp, son of Edward III of England, giving a dowry of 200,000 gold florins; and his son Gian Galeazzo to Isabelle, daughter of King John of France. From the c. ... The University of Pavia is a university in Pavia, Italy. ... Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, (November 29, 1338 - October 7, 1368) was the third son of Edward III of England, and was so called because he was born at Antwerp, Belgium. ... This article is about the King of England. ... A 19th century version of Giangaleazzo Visconti. ... John II the Good (French: Jean II le Bon) (April 16, 1319 – April 8, 1364), was King of France 1350–1364, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou and Maine 1332–1350, Count of Poitiers 1344–1350, and Duke of Guienne 1345–1350. ...

Galeazzo faced several rebellions during his reign. In 1362 his health worsened and he moved his court ot Pavia, which he had reconquered two years earlier, and where he died in 1378. Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Years: 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 - 1362 - 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 See also: 1362 state leaders Events Under Edward III, English replaces French as Englands national language, for the... For the municipality in the Philippines, see Pavia, Iloilo. ...

See also

• Visconti Castle

Castle Visconteo is a castle built in 1360 in the town of Pavia, Lombardia in Italy by Galeazzo II Visconti, soon after the take of the city, a free city-state until then. ...

External links

• Biography (Italian)