Gian Maria or Giovanni Maria Visconti (September 7, 1388 – May 16, 1412) was the second Visconti Duke of Milan, the son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Caterina Visconti. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Gian Galeazzo Visconti (November 1351 – September 3, 1402) son of Galeazzo II Visconti and Bianca di Savoia, was the first Duke of Milan
He assumed the title at thirteen, under his mother's regency. The Duchy soon disgregated: among the various parties contending its lands, the condottiero Facino Cane prevailed. Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle Facino Cane da Casale, born Bonifacio Cane (1360 - May 1412 was an Italian Condottiero. Taking advantage of Gian Maria's cruelty, he managed to create in him doubts about Caterina, who was imprisoned in Monza, where she died in 1404, most likely by poison. Monza ( Munscia in Western Lombard) is a city on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy The duke was famous for his dogs, which were trained to slaughter men.
In 1408 Gian Maria married Antonia Malatesta, daughter of Carlo I lord of Rimini. Carlo I Malatesta (June 1368 &ndash 13 September, 1429) was an Italian Condottiero during the Wars in Lombardy and lord of Rimini Rimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini.
A plot by a party of Milanese Ghibellines was raised against the Duke when Facino Cane was ill in Pavia, and Gian Maria was assassinated in front of the church of San Gottardo in Milan. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting respectively the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in central and northern Italy Pavia (pronounced Pavìa,) the ancient Ticinum, is a town and Comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south San Gottardo in Corte or San Gottardo a Palazzo is a church in Milan, northern Italy. The dying Facino had his officers swear to support Filippo Maria, Gian Maria's brother, who in fact succeeded him. Filippo Maria Visconti, ( September 23, 1392 &ndash August 13, 1447) was ruler of Milan from 1412 to 1447
| Preceded by Gian Galeazzo Visconti |
Duke of Milan 1402–1412 |
Succeeded by Filippo Maria Visconti |
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