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'''Luchino Visconti '''(also spelled '''Lucchino''', [[1292]] - [[January 24]], [[1349]]) was [[rulers of Milan|lord of Milan]] from [[1339]] to [[1349]]. He was also a [[condottiero]].
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[[image:Lucchino Visconti.jpg|thumb|Luchino Visconti.]]
|type =
He co-ruled in [[milan]] with his nephew [[Azzone Visconti]] and his brother [[Giovanni Visconti|Visconti]], until Azzones's death in [[1339]]. He also took part in the victorious [[battle of Parabiago]] against his other nephew, [[Lodrisio Visconti|Visconti]], who had set a mercenary army to capture Milan.
| name = Luchino Visconti
| title = [[Rulers of Milan|Lord of Milan]] and [[Pavia]]
| image = Visconti, Luchino (12.. 1349).jpg | image_size=165px | caption= | alt=Luchino Visconti
| CoA = [[File:Coat of arms of the House of Visconti (1277).svg|65px]] | more= no
| reign = 1339 - 1349
| predecessor = [[Azzone Visconti|Azzone]]
| successor = [[Giovanni Visconti (archbishop of Milan)|Giovanni]]
| spouse = [[Margraves of Saluzzo|Violante of Saluzzo]]<br/>[[Spinola family|Caterina Spinola]]<br/>[[Isabella Fieschi]]
| issue =
| full name =
| noble family= '''[[Visconti of Milan|House of Visconti]]''' | house-type= | father=[[Matteo I Visconti]]
| mother = [[Bonacossa Borri]]
| birth_date = 1287 or 1292
| birth_place =
| death_date = January 24, 1349
| death_place =
| burial_date =
| burial_place=
| occupation = [[Condottiero]]<br/>[[Podestà]] of [[Vigevano]] }}

'''Luchino Visconti '''(also spelled '''Lucchino''', 1287 or 1292 – January 24, 1349) was [[rulers of Milan|lord of Milan]] from 1339 to 1349.<ref name="Storiadimilano">{{cite web |url=http://www.storiadimilano.it/Personaggi/Visconti/visconti.htm#Luchino|title= Storia di Milano ::: I Visconti |first1=Maria Grazia |last1= Tolfo |first2= Paolo |last2=Colussi |date=February 7, 2006 |work=Storia di Milano |publisher=Storiadimilano |location=Milano | language=it |trans-title=History of Milan::: The Visconti |access-date=August 25, 2010 }}</ref> He was also a [[condottiero]],<ref name="Archivio Storico Lombardo Vol. 7">{{cite book | access-date=September 11, 2010 | chapter=Bianca of Savoia e le sue nozze con Galeazzo II Visconti | url=https://archive.org/details/archiviostoricol34sociuoft | title=Archivio Storico Lombardo | publisher=[[Fratelli Bocca|Sede Libreria della Società Fratelli Bocca]] | editor=Società Storica Lombarda | series=Series 4 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/archiviostoricol34sociuoft/page/23 23], 27, 30, 33 | trans-title=Lombard Historical Archive | year=1907 | volume=7 | location=Milano | language=it | oclc=288710340 | trans-chapter=Bianca of Savoy and her wedding with Galeazzo II Visconti}}</ref> and lord of [[Pavia]].<ref name=Pullan>{{cite book |last1=Pullan |first1=Brian S. |title=A history of early Renaissance Italy: From the mid-thirteenth to the mid-fifteenth century. |year=1972 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |oclc=613989155 |page=160 |chapter=The Coming of the Signori }}</ref>

==Biography==
Ruler of [[Pavia]] from 1315,<ref name="Marek">{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |date=January 19, 2005 |title=Visconti 2 |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/italy/visconti2.html#L1 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |work=Genealogy.Eu}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2012}}</ref> five years later he was ''podestà'' of [[Vigevano]], where he erected the castle that is still visible. In 1323, along with all his family, he was excommunicated with the charge of [[heresy]]. The charges of heresy and excommunication were later withdrawn<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Ed.">{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Visconti |volume=28 |page=128}} "Lucchino made peace with the church in 1341, bought Parma from Obizzo d'Este and made Pisa dependent on Milan. Although he showed ability as general and governor, he was jealous and cruel, and was poisoned in 1349 by his wife Isabella Fieschi."</ref> and he became a Papal Vicar in 1341.<ref name=Marek />

He co-ruled in [[Milan]] with his nephew [[Azzone Visconti]] and his brother [[Giovanni Visconti (archbishop)|Giovanni]], until Azzones's death in 1339. He also took part in the victorious [[battle of Parabiago]] against his other nephew, [[Lodrisio Visconti|Lodrisio]], who had set a mercenary army to capture Milan.


With an army of mercenaries from northern Europe, which he entrusted to the sons of his brother [[Stefano Visconti|Stefano]], he expanded the duchy, capturing [[Pisa]] and buying [[Parma]] from [[Obizzo III d'Este]].
With an army of mercenaries from northern Europe, which he entrusted to the sons of his brother [[Stefano Visconti|Stefano]], he expanded the duchy, capturing [[Pisa]] and buying [[Parma]] from [[Obizzo III d'Este]].


Luchino Visconti was a patron of both music<ref name="Gallo">{{cite book |last1=Gallo |first1=F. Alberto |title=Music of the Middle Ages II |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=diuEQwh5dhQC&q=%22luchino+visconti%22+music+1349&pg=PA59 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |year=1985 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-28483-7 |oclc=12516508 |page=59 |chapter=14 The courts of Lombardy }}</ref> and literature, having invited [[Petrarch]] to Milan.<ref name="Archivio Storico Lombardo Vol. 1">{{cite book | access-date=September 13, 2010 | chapter=Società Storica Lombarda | editor1-first=Gaetano | editor1-last=Brigola | last1=Società Storica Lombarda | title=Archivio storico lombardo giornale della Società Storica Lombarda | location=Milano | page=[https://archive.org/details/archiviostoricol01sociuoft/page/386 386] | oclc=445904008 | trans-chapter=Petrarch | trans-title=Historical journal of Lombard Lombard Historical Society | url=https://archive.org/details/archiviostoricol01sociuoft | publisher=Società Storica Lombarda | year=1874 | volume=1 | language=it}}</ref>
He married three times: to Violante of [[Margraves of Saluzzo|Saluzzo]], daughter of [[Thomas I of Saluzzo]], then to Caterina Spinola, daughter of [[Obizzo Spinola]], and, in [[1349]], to Isabella [[Fieschi]]. He was a capable military commander and lord, but was also famous for his cruel behaviour. In January [[1349]] he discovered Isabella's unfaithful behaviour, and announced for her a terrible punishment. A few days later he was found poisoned, the people soon nicknaming his wife ''Isabella del veleno'' ("Isabella of poison").

He married three times: to Violante of [[Margraves of Saluzzo|Saluzzo]], daughter of [[Thomas I of Saluzzo]], then to Caterina Spinola, daughter of [[Obizzo Spinola]], and, in 1349, to [[Isabella Fieschi]], niece of [[Pope Adrian V]], who gave Luchino Visconti his sole legitimate son, Luchino Novello, although others of the Visconti later disputed his parentage.<ref name=Williams>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=George L. |title=Papal genealogy: The families and descendants of the popes |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mq7ctwMNdoC&q=%28%22Luchino+Visconti%22+OR+%22Lucchino+Visconti%22%29+1349&pg=PA34 |access-date=September 2, 2010 |year=1998 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |location=Jefferson, NC |isbn=978-0-7864-0315-8 |oclc=301275208 |page=34 |chapter=Two: The Papal Families at the Close of the Middle Ages, 1200-1471 }}</ref> He was a capable military commander and lord, but was also famous for his cruel behaviour.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Ed." /> In January 1349 he discovered Isabella's unfaithful behaviour, and announced for her a terrible punishment. A few days later he was found poisoned, the people soon nicknaming his wife ''Isabella del veleno'' ("Isabella of poison").

He was succeeded by his nephews [[Barnabò Visconti|Bernabò]], [[Galeazzo II Visconti|Galeazzo]] and [[Matteo II Visconti|Matteo II]], whom he had exiled from Milan in 1346.<ref name="Archivio Storico Lombardo Vol. 7" /> The infidelities of Isabella were used by him and his relatives to oust Luchino Novello from the heritage.

==Ancestry==
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| 9 = 9. Fiorina Mandelli
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 28 November 2024

For other uses, see Luchino Visconti (disambiguation).
Luchino Visconti
Lord of Milan and Pavia
Luchino Visconti
Coat of arms
Reign1339 - 1349
PredecessorAzzone
SuccessorGiovanni
Born1287 or 1292
DiedJanuary 24, 1349
Noble familyHouse of Visconti
Spouse(s)Violante of Saluzzo
Caterina Spinola
Isabella Fieschi
FatherMatteo I Visconti
MotherBonacossa Borri
OccupationCondottiero
Podestà of Vigevano

Luchino Visconti (also spelled Lucchino, 1287 or 1292 – January 24, 1349) was lord of Milan from 1339 to 1349.[1] He was also a condottiero,[2] and lord of Pavia.[3]

Biography

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Ruler of Pavia from 1315,[4] five years later he was podestà of Vigevano, where he erected the castle that is still visible. In 1323, along with all his family, he was excommunicated with the charge of heresy. The charges of heresy and excommunication were later withdrawn[5] and he became a Papal Vicar in 1341.[4]

He co-ruled in Milan with his nephew Azzone Visconti and his brother Giovanni, until Azzones's death in 1339. He also took part in the victorious battle of Parabiago against his other nephew, Lodrisio, who had set a mercenary army to capture Milan.

With an army of mercenaries from northern Europe, which he entrusted to the sons of his brother Stefano, he expanded the duchy, capturing Pisa and buying Parma from Obizzo III d'Este.

Luchino Visconti was a patron of both music[6] and literature, having invited Petrarch to Milan.[7]

He married three times: to Violante of Saluzzo, daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo, then to Caterina Spinola, daughter of Obizzo Spinola, and, in 1349, to Isabella Fieschi, niece of Pope Adrian V, who gave Luchino Visconti his sole legitimate son, Luchino Novello, although others of the Visconti later disputed his parentage.[8] He was a capable military commander and lord, but was also famous for his cruel behaviour.[5] In January 1349 he discovered Isabella's unfaithful behaviour, and announced for her a terrible punishment. A few days later he was found poisoned, the people soon nicknaming his wife Isabella del veleno ("Isabella of poison").

He was succeeded by his nephews Bernabò, Galeazzo and Matteo II, whom he had exiled from Milan in 1346.[2] The infidelities of Isabella were used by him and his relatives to oust Luchino Novello from the heritage.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Tolfo, Maria Grazia; Colussi, Paolo (February 7, 2006). "Storia di Milano ::: I Visconti" [History of Milan::: The Visconti]. Storia di Milano (in Italian). Milano: Storiadimilano. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Società Storica Lombarda, ed. (1907). "Bianca of Savoia e le sue nozze con Galeazzo II Visconti" [Bianca of Savoy and her wedding with Galeazzo II Visconti]. Archivio Storico Lombardo [Lombard Historical Archive]. Series 4 (in Italian). Vol. 7. Milano: Sede Libreria della Società Fratelli Bocca. pp. 23, 27, 30, 33. OCLC 288710340. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Pullan, Brian S. (1972). "The Coming of the Signori". A history of early Renaissance Italy: From the mid-thirteenth to the mid-fifteenth century. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 160. OCLC 613989155.
  4. ^ a b Marek, Miroslav (January 19, 2005). "Visconti 2". Genealogy.Eu. Retrieved September 13, 2010.[self-published source]
  5. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Visconti" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 128. "Lucchino made peace with the church in 1341, bought Parma from Obizzo d'Este and made Pisa dependent on Milan. Although he showed ability as general and governor, he was jealous and cruel, and was poisoned in 1349 by his wife Isabella Fieschi."
  6. ^ Gallo, F. Alberto (1985). "14 The courts of Lombardy". Music of the Middle Ages II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-521-28483-7. OCLC 12516508. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Società Storica Lombarda (1874). "Società Storica Lombarda" [Petrarch]. In Brigola, Gaetano (ed.). Archivio storico lombardo giornale della Società Storica Lombarda [Historical journal of Lombard Lombard Historical Society] (in Italian). Vol. 1. Milano: Società Storica Lombarda. p. 386. OCLC 445904008. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  8. ^ Williams, George L. (1998). "Two: The Papal Families at the Close of the Middle Ages, 1200-1471". Papal genealogy: The families and descendants of the popes. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7864-0315-8. OCLC 301275208. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
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