Matteo II Visconti
Matteo II Visconti | |
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Lord of Milan, Lodi, Piacenza, Parma and Bologna | |
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Reign | 1349 - 1355 |
Predecessor | Giovanni |
Successor | Bernabò and Galeazzo II |
Born | c. 1319 |
Died | 29 September 1355 |
Noble family | Visconti |
Spouse(s) | Egidiola di Filippino of Gonzaga |
Father | Stefano Visconti |
Mother | Valentina Doria |
Matteo II Visconti (c. 1319 – Saronno, 29 September 1355) was co-ruler of Milan together with his brothers Galeazzo II and Bernabò.
Biography[]
He was the eldest son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria. In 1342 he married Egidiola di Filippino of Gonzaga.
His uncle Luchino Visconti exiled him to Montferrat in 1346, but in 1350 returned to Milan. As co-ruler of the domain after the death of his uncle Giovanni Visconti (1354), Matteo was given Lodi, Piacenza, Parma and Bologna.
He died after a dinner in which, according to his mother and others, he had been poisoned by his brothers. His daughter Caterina was married to Ugolino Gonzaga of Mantua.
Ancestry[]
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Sources[]
- Volpi, Giuseppe Rocco (1737). Dell'istoria dei' visconti e delle cose d'Italia : avvenute sotto di essi, descritta [The History of the Visconti of Italy and a description of the things that took place under them] (in Italian). 1. Naples, Italy: Felice-Carlo Mosca. OCLC 229910176.
Categories:
- 1319 births
- 1355 deaths
- House of Visconti
- Rulers of Milan
- Assassinated Italian people
- 14th-century Italian nobility
- Italian nobility stubs