Galeazzo II. Visconti

Galeazzo II, depiction from the 18th century

Galeazzo II Visconti (* around 1320; † August 4, 1378 ) from the Visconti family was the second son of Stefano Visconti . When the family was divided up after the death of Cardinal Giovanni Visconti in 1354, he got Pavia .

Life

Galeazzo was distinguished and handsome, a patron of Francesco Petrarcas , founder of the University of Pavia and a gifted diplomat. On September 10, 1350 he married Bianca Maria von Savoyen († December 31, 1387), the daughter of Count Aimone, and had two children with her.

After a long siege, Galeazzo II conquered Pavia in 1359 , which became the seat of his court.

Galeazzo's son and successor Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402) married Isabelle in 1360, daughter of King John II of France. His daughter Violante Visconti married Lionel, Duke of Clarence , a son of King Edward III of England in 1368 . which cost the Viscontis a dowry of 200,000 gold florins . After his death in 1368, she married two more times.

literature

Francesca Maria Vaglienti: Visconti, Galeazzo II. , In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Volume 8, 1997, Sp. 1722/23
Viscónti, Galeazzo II , in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (print version not yet published) online
Publications on Galeazzo II. Visconti in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii

Web links

Commons : Galeazzo II Visconti - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Fabio Romanoni: "Come i Visconti asediaro Pavia". Assedi e operazioni militari intorno a Pavia dal 1356 al 1359, in: "Reti Medievali - Rivista", VIII (2007). ( academia.edu [accessed May 25, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Visconti, Galeazzo II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Founder of the University of Pavia and a gifted diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1320
DATE OF DEATH	August 4, 1378

[1] Fabio Romanoni: "Come i Visconti asediaro Pavia". Assedi e operazioni militari intorno a Pavia dal 1356 al 1359, in: "Reti Medievali - Rivista", VIII (2007). ( academia.edu [accessed May 25, 2019]).