Ottone Visconti (1207 – August 8, 1295) was an archbishop of Milan, a member of the Visconti family and the founder of their rule in Milan. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.

Ottone Visconti in a hypothetical 19th century drawing.

Biography

He was the son of Ubaldo Visconti, lord of Massino, Albizzate and Besnate, and one Anastasia (some sources attribute her the Pirovano last name). Massino Visconti is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km northeast Albizzate is a town located in the Province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Besnate is a town in the Province of Varese in Lombardy in Northern Italy. Before the accession to the archbishopric, he was assistant to the Papal legate and cardinal Ottaviano Ubaldini. A Papal Legate – from the Latin authentic Roman title Legatus – is a personal representative of the Pope to Foreign nations or to some part of the Catholic In 1260 he was podestà of Novara. For information on the phantom island of the same name see Podesta (island. Novara ( Nuara in the local Novarese dialect of Western Lombard) is the capital city of the Province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest

On July 22, 1262 Visconti succeeded as archbishop of Milan to Leone da Perego, elected by Pope Urban IV in opposition to Martino della Torre and Manfredi of Sicily. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Martino della Torre (d 1263 was an Italian Condottiero and statesman Manfred ( Venosa, 1232 &ndash Benevento February 26, 1266) was the King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266 He fought for the rule of the city with the Torriani family, and especially with Napo della Torre, who had denied him access to Milan and had defeated an army under Teobaldo Visconti, Ottone's nephew, at Angera in 1276. The Della Torre (or Torriani, Italian for "Of the Tower" were an Italian noble family who rose to prominence in Lombardy during the 12th-14th centuries Angera is a town located in the Province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. However, in the following year Ottone decisively defeated him in the Battle of Desio: this victory began the rule of Visconti over Milan and Lombardy, which lasted until 1450. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the

As effective lord of the city, he embellished it and enhanced the economy.

As an old man he retired in the Abbey of Clairvaux, entrusting the seigniory to his nephew Matteo. Clairvaux Abbey ( Clara Vallis in Latin a Cistercian Monastery, was founded in 1115 by St Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. He died there in 1295.

Sources

• Crivelli Visconti, Vittorio Urbano (1972). La nobiltà lombarda, 6.