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Bernabó Visconti
1319 - 1385 (66 years)1. Bernabó Visconti was born in 1319 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy (son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria); died on 19 Dec 1385 in Castle of Trezzo d'Adda, Lombardy, Italy; was buried in San Giovanni in Conca, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Notes:
Duke of Milan. One of the seventeen tyrants treated in Chaucer's The Monk's Tale.
"[I]nvolved in constant warfare and intrigue, noted hunter, imposed high taxes on his dominions, fought Popes Innocent VI and Urban VI and the emperor Karl VI, left 17 legitimate and 20 bastard children upon his murder arranged by his nephew Duke Gian Galeazzo." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
"In 1373, the pope sent two papal delegates to serve Bernabò and Galeazzo their excommunication papers (consisting of a parchment bearing a leaden seal rolled in a silken cord). Bernabò, infuriated, placed the two papal delegates under arrest and refused their release until they had eaten the parchment, seal, and silken cord which they had served him." [Wikipedia]Family/Spouse: Montanina de Lazzari. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Doninna was born in 1360; died in 1406.
Bernabó married Beatrice della Scala on 27 Sep 1350 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Beatrice (daughter of Mastino II della Scala and Taddea da Carrara) was born about 1331 in Verona, Veneto, Italy; died on 18 Jun 1384 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy; was buried in San Giovanni in Conca, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Elisabetta Visconti died on 2 Feb 1432 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Taddea Visconti was born in 1352 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy; died on 28 Sep 1381 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany; was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Maddalena Visconti was born in 1361; died on 17 Jul 1404 in Burghausen, Bavaria; was buried in Raitenhaslach Cloister, Burghausen, Bavaria.
2. Stefano Visconti was born in 1289 (son of Matteo I Visconti and Bonacossa di Squarcino Borri); died on 4 Jul 1327 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy; was buried in Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1282
Notes:
Lord of Milan and Arona. "[R]uled under his father as Lord of Vercelli and Novara, lieutenant of King Robert of Naples as vicar of Pope John XXII, driven out of Milan with his brothers in 1322 by their cousin Lodrisio Visconti, died as a result of a drinking bout." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Stefano married Valentina Doria in 1318. Valentina (daughter of Bernabò di Brancaleone Doria and Eleonora di Federico Fieschi) was born in 1290 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy; died after 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Valentina Doria was born in 1290 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy (daughter of Bernabò di Brancaleone Doria and Eleonora di Federico Fieschi); died after 1322. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 27 Feb 1359, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Children:
- 1. Bernabó Visconti was born in 1319 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy; died on 19 Dec 1385 in Castle of Trezzo d'Adda, Lombardy, Italy; was buried in San Giovanni in Conca, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
Generation: 3
4. Matteo I Visconti was born on 15 Aug 1250 in Invorio, Novara, Piedmont, Italy (son of Teobaldo Visconti and Anastasia Pirovana); died on 24 Jun 1322 in Monastery of Cresconzago, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Notes:
Lord of Milan.
Matteo married Bonacossa di Squarcino Borri in 1269. Bonacossa (daughter of Squarcino Borri and Antonia) was born about 1254; died on 15 Jan 1321 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Bonacossa di Squarcino Borri was born about 1254 (daughter of Squarcino Borri and Antonia); died on 15 Jan 1321 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Notes:
Also called Violante Borri.
Children:
- 2. Stefano Visconti was born in 1289; died on 4 Jul 1327 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy; was buried in Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
6. Bernabò di Brancaleone Doria was born about 1255 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy (son of Branca Doria and Catharina Zancha); died in 1324. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1325
- Alternate death: Abt Jun 1325
Bernabò married Eleonora di Federico Fieschi in Sep 1275. Eleonora (daughter of Federico Fieschi) died after 1333. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Eleonora di Federico Fieschi (daughter of Federico Fieschi); died after 1333. Notes:
Also called Eliani. "[N]iece of Cardinal Ottobono Fieschi (Pope Hadrian V in 1276)." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]
Children:
- 3. Valentina Doria was born in 1290 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy; died after 1322.
Generation: 4
8. Teobaldo Visconti was born about 1225 (son of Obizzo Visconti and Florine Mandelli); died in 1274 in Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy. Notes:
Beheaded in Gallarate in 1276 after a contingent of the Visconti, who were Ghibellines supporting the Lombards, lost a battle to their enemies the Della Torre (Torriani) family, Guelphs supporting the Angevins
Teobaldo married Anastasia Pirovana. Anastasia died in 1276. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Anastasia Pirovana died in 1276. Notes:
She may have been a granddaughter of Uberto IV da Pirovano, archbishop of Milan.
Children:
- 4. Matteo I Visconti was born on 15 Aug 1250 in Invorio, Novara, Piedmont, Italy; died on 24 Jun 1322 in Monastery of Cresconzago, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
10. Squarcino Borri was born about 1230 in Santo Stefano Ticino, Milan, Lombardy, Italy; died in 1277 in Invorio, Novara, Piedmont, Italy. Notes:
Condottiero. A supporter of the Visconti family, he distinguished himself as a captain in the service of Ottone Visconti in the Battle of Desio in January 1277.
Squarcino married Antonia in 1254. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Antonia Children:
- 5. Bonacossa di Squarcino Borri was born about 1254; died on 15 Jan 1321 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
12. Branca Doria was born about 1230 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy (son of Niccolo Doria and Preziosa Torsilano); died after 1315. Notes:
A Ghibelline, he is shown in Canto 33 of Dante's Inferno murdering his father-in-law Michel Zancha, whom he had invited to a feast.
Branca married Catharina Zancha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Catharina Zancha (daughter of Michel Zancha). Children:
- 6. Bernabò di Brancaleone Doria was born about 1255 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy; died in 1324.
14. Federico Fieschi (son of Tedisio Fieschi and Simone della Volta). Notes:
Lord of Genoa.
Children:
- 7. Eleonora di Federico Fieschi died after 1333.