Galeazzo Visconti II
Milanese leader
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- 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. Ruling independently, the…
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