Stefano Visconti
| Stefano Visconti | |
|---|---|
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| Born | c. 1287 Milan |
| Died | 4 July 1327 Milan |
| Noble family | Visconti |
| Spouse | Valentina Doria |
| Issue | Matteo II Visconti Galeazzo II Visconti Bernabò Visconti |
| Father | Matteo I |
| Mother | Bonacossa Borri |
Stefano Visconti (c. 1287 – 4 July 1327) was a member of the House of Visconti that ruled Milan from the 14th to the 15th century.
Life
He was the son of Matteo I Visconti.[1]
Marriage
In 1318 he married Valentina Doria,[1] daughter of Bernabò Doria from Sassello and of Eliena Fieschi, with whom he had three children:
- Grandiana (also known as Diana) who married around 1333 Ramon de Vilaragut, Baron of Tripi and Lord of Alcaissia and Sollana, Captain-General and Admiral of the Army of the Kingdom of Sicily;
- Matteo II[1] who married Egidiola Gonzaga
- Galeazzo II[1] who married Blanche of Savoy
- Bernabò,[1] who shared the rule in Milan after his death and married Beatrice della Scala.
The marriage between Valentina and Stefano was to cement an alliance between their fathers wherein the Ghibelline party (of which the Viscontis were members) would aid Valentinas father Bernabo Doria to destroy the Genoese Guelphs.
Death
Stefano died in the night of July 4, 1327, after a banquet he gave for the coronation of Louis the Bavarian as King of Italy.
Stefano's contemporaries linked his death to an attempted poisoning of the King, leading to the imprisonment of three of Stefano's four brothers, Galeazzo, Giovanni, and Luchino, as well as of his nephew, the future Lord of Milan, Azzo Visconti, in the fortress of Monza: This event marked a crisis of the relations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Visconti.
The magnificent tomb of Stefano and his wife Valentina, carved in 1359 by Bonino da Campione, is located in the Basilica Sant'Eustorgio in Milan.
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Stefano Visconti
- 16. Uberto Visconti
- 8. Obizzo Visconti
- 17. Berta Pirovano
- 4. Teobaldo Visconti
- 18. Ruffino Mandelli
- 9. Fiorina Mandelli
- 19. Aldesia Pietrasanta
- 2. Matteo I Visconti, Lord of Milan
- 20. Uberto IV. Pirovano
- 10. Ubertus Pirovano
- 21.
- 5. Anastasia Pirovano
- 22.
- 11. Casati
- 23.
- 1. Stefano Visconti, Lord of Milan
- 24. Lanzo Borri
- 12. Lanfranco or Ruffino Borri
- 25. Elsie Bouve
- 6. Squarcino Borri
- 26.
- 13.
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- 3. Bonacossa Borri
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- 14.
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- 7. Antonia
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References
Bibliography
- Paoletti, John T; Radke, Gary M (1997). "Genealogies (appendix)". Art in Renaissance Italy. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 517. ISBN 9780810919785. OCLC 36482283.