Bernabò Visconti
Milanese leader
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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. Established at Pavia (south of Milan), Galeazzo II became a patron of artists and poets, including Petrarch, and founded the University of Pavia.…
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rule with Gian Galeazzo Visconti
- In Gian Galeazzo Visconti
The son of Galeazzo II Visconti, who shared the rule of Milan with his brother Bernabò, Gian Galeazzo was married in 1360 to Isabella of Valois, daughter of the king of France. After his father’s death in 1378, Gian Galeazzo succeeded him as ruler of the western half of Milan…
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