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Galeazzo II Visconti
Co-ruler of Milan, 1354–1378, of the House of Visconti.
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Key details
Birth: después de 1323 Disputed
Death: 1378 Documented
Role: Lord
Dynasty: Visconti
Territories: Milan (ES)
Recorded governments and reigns
Lord · Milan · Lordship Documented1354–1378Co-ruler
Recorded relationships
Parents
Stefano ViscontiDocumentedValentina Doria · ESDocumented
Partners
Blanche of Savoy · ESDocumented
Children
Sources for this profile
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Visconti, Galeazzo II.
- Treccani · Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
6 recorded claims · 0 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDisputed
después de 1323
The DBI places his birth after 1323, his elder brother Bernabò’s birth year, and MedLands estimates 1324–1327; 1324 is used as the lower boundary.Recorded alternatives: 1320 (the Atlas’s previous value, for which no specific source was located) · 1319 (GND)Treccani · Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani · Galeazzo II Visconti · Vol. 99 (2020): born in an unspecified year after 1323, the birth year of the second son, Bernabò.Foundation for Medieval Genealogy · MedLands · Milan · Entry “GALEAZZO [II] Visconti ([1324/27]–Pavia, 6 August 1378)”.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Vital data: birth date (1319) - DeathDocumented
1378
The authority record gives the death as 1378.
Family and relationships (3/3 with a precise source)
- FatherDocumented
Stefano Visconti
Paternal relationship confirmed by the source. - MotherDocumented
Valentina Doria
Maternal relationship confirmed by the source. - Marriage or partnershipDocumented
Blanche of Savoy
Marriage confirmed by the source.
Governments (1/1 with a precise source)
- GovernmentDocumented
Lord · Milan · 1354–1378
The mandate establishes authority; territorial extents and conquests are dated separately.
Biographical and contextual references (3)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
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Stefano ViscontiNoble1288 – 1327Valentina Doria · ESConsort1290 – 1359Blanche of Savoy · ESConsort1336 – 1387
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