Stefano Visconti

Italian nobleman
Stefano Visconti
Coat of arms
Bornc. 1287
Milan
Died(1327-07-04)4 July 1327
Milan
Noble familyVisconti
Spouse(s)Valentina Doria
IssueMatteo II Visconti
Galeazzo II Visconti
Bernabò Visconti
FatherMatteo I
MotherBonacossa 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.

Family

He was the son of Matteo I Visconti.[1]

In 1318 he married Valentina Doria,[1] daughter of Bernabò Doria from Sassello and of Eliena Fieschi, with whom he had three children:

  • Matteo II[1]
  • Galeazzo II[1]
  • Bernabò,[1] who shared the rule in Milan after his death.

Death

Stefano Visconti (kneeling). Portrait from his grave.

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
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5. Anastasia Pirovano
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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.
27.
3. Bonacossa Borri
28.
14.
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7. Antonia
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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Paoletti & Radke 1997, p. 517.

Sources

  • Paoletti, John T; Radke, Gary M (1997). "Genealogies (appendix)". Art in Renaissance Italy. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 517. ISBN 9780810919785. OCLC 36482283.
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