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Galeazzo II Visconti ( c. 1320 – 4 August 1378) was a member of the Visconti dynasty and a ruler of Milan, Italy. His most notable military campaigns were against Pope Gregory XI, around 1367. These battles fought between the papacy and the Visconti family ultimately ended in a peace treaty.
Galeazzo II Visconti (Milano, 14 marzo 1320 – Pavia, 4 agosto 1378) fu Signore di Alessandria, Alba, Asti, Como, Tortona, Novara, Pavia, Vercelli e dal 1355 anche Signore di Bobbio e Piacenza, insieme ai fratelli Matteo II e Bernabò, co-Signore di Milano.
The Visconti ruled Milan until the early Renaissance, first as Lords, then, from 1395, with the mighty Gian Galeazzo, who endeavored to unify Northern Italy and Tuscany, as Dukes. Visconti rule in Milan ended with the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447.
Galeazzo Visconti II. Milanese leader. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Italy. In Visconti Family. 1319–55) died, Bernabò (1323–85) and Galeazzo II ( c. 1321–78) divided Milan and its territory, Bernabò taking the eastern area and Galeazzo II the western.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti was a Milanese leader who brought the Visconti dynasty to the height of its power and almost succeeded in becoming the ruler of all northern Italy. The son of Galeazzo II Visconti, who shared the rule of Milan with his brother Bernabò, Gian Galeazzo was married in 1360 to.
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Established at Pavia (south of Milan), Galeazzo II became a patron of artists and poets, including Petrarch, and founded the University of Pavia. Ruling independently, the brothers pursued a coordinated policy, their territorial interests involving them in all the Italian wars of the time, mainly against Florence and the popes.
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Aug 5, 2021 · Galeazzo II Visconti strengthened and reorganized the Visconti state, responding masterfully to changes in late medieval political structures. His reign also served to set up his son’s future rule of Pavia.
