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Bernabò Visconti
Bernabò or Barnabò Visconti (1323 – 19 December 1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman who was Lord of Milan. Along with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo II, he inherited the lordship of Milan from his uncle Giovanni. Later in 1355, he and Galeazzo II were rumored to have murdered their brother Matteo since he endangered the regime. When Galeazzo II died, he shared Milan's lordship with his nephew Gian Galeazzo. Bernabò was said to be ruthless towards his subjects and did not hesitate to face emperors and popes, including Pope Urban V. The conflict with the Church caused him several excommunications. On 6 May 1385, his nephew Gian Galeazzo deposed him. Imprisoned in his castle, Trezzo sull'Adda, he died a few months later, presumably from poisoning.
Bernabò was born in Milan, the son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina (also known as Violante and Valenza) Doria. Through his mother he was related to the Dorias and the Fieschis, two of the most powerful families of the Genoese nobility. He was named after his maternal grandfather Bernabo Doria who had once been ruler of Genoa.
Bernabo had three sisters, Caterina and Grandiana, Taddea and three brothers Matteo, Galeazzo, and he also had a half sister Tiburzia del Carretto from his mothers first marriage.
The year before Bernabo was born the whole Visconti family were excommunicated with the charge of heresy. This was after his paternal grandfather Matteo I who was in conflict with the Catholic church had charges levelled against for planning to murder the Pope John XXII and for practicing necromancy.
His father Stefano died in the night of July 4, 1327, after a banquet he gave for the coronation of Louis the Bavarian as King of Italy. Stefano's contemporaries linked his death to an attempted poisoning of the king, leading to the imprisonment of Bernabos uncles, Galeazzo, Giovanni, and Luchino, as well as of his cousin, the future Lord of Milan, Azzo Visconti. Bernabo and his siblings now fatherless were brought up by their mother Valentina.
While under the reign of their uncle Luchino, Bernabo and his brothers were given some duties. Though their uncle would later suspect his nephews of conspiring against him, so from 1346 to 1349 Bernabo lived in exile, until he was called back to Milan by his uncle Giovanni Visconti after the death of Luchino.
On 27 September 1350 Bernabò married Beatrice Regina della Scala, daughter of Mastino II, Lord of Verona and Taddea da Carrara, and forged both a political and cultural alliance between the two cities. His intrigues and ambitions kept him at war almost continuously with Pope Urban V, the Florentines, Venice, and Savoy. In 1354, at the death of Giovanni, he inherited the power of Milan, together with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo. Bernabò received the eastern lands (Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona and Crema), that bordered the Veronese territories. Milan itself was to be ruled in turn by the three brothers.[citation needed]
Matteo died in 1355, rumored to have been poisoned by his brothers, who divided his inheritance.
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Bernabò Visconti
Bernabò or Barnabò Visconti (1323 – 19 December 1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman who was Lord of Milan. Along with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo II, he inherited the lordship of Milan from his uncle Giovanni. Later in 1355, he and Galeazzo II were rumored to have murdered their brother Matteo since he endangered the regime. When Galeazzo II died, he shared Milan's lordship with his nephew Gian Galeazzo. Bernabò was said to be ruthless towards his subjects and did not hesitate to face emperors and popes, including Pope Urban V. The conflict with the Church caused him several excommunications. On 6 May 1385, his nephew Gian Galeazzo deposed him. Imprisoned in his castle, Trezzo sull'Adda, he died a few months later, presumably from poisoning.
Bernabò was born in Milan, the son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina (also known as Violante and Valenza) Doria. Through his mother he was related to the Dorias and the Fieschis, two of the most powerful families of the Genoese nobility. He was named after his maternal grandfather Bernabo Doria who had once been ruler of Genoa.
Bernabo had three sisters, Caterina and Grandiana, Taddea and three brothers Matteo, Galeazzo, and he also had a half sister Tiburzia del Carretto from his mothers first marriage.
The year before Bernabo was born the whole Visconti family were excommunicated with the charge of heresy. This was after his paternal grandfather Matteo I who was in conflict with the Catholic church had charges levelled against for planning to murder the Pope John XXII and for practicing necromancy.
His father Stefano died in the night of July 4, 1327, after a banquet he gave for the coronation of Louis the Bavarian as King of Italy. Stefano's contemporaries linked his death to an attempted poisoning of the king, leading to the imprisonment of Bernabos uncles, Galeazzo, Giovanni, and Luchino, as well as of his cousin, the future Lord of Milan, Azzo Visconti. Bernabo and his siblings now fatherless were brought up by their mother Valentina.
While under the reign of their uncle Luchino, Bernabo and his brothers were given some duties. Though their uncle would later suspect his nephews of conspiring against him, so from 1346 to 1349 Bernabo lived in exile, until he was called back to Milan by his uncle Giovanni Visconti after the death of Luchino.
On 27 September 1350 Bernabò married Beatrice Regina della Scala, daughter of Mastino II, Lord of Verona and Taddea da Carrara, and forged both a political and cultural alliance between the two cities. His intrigues and ambitions kept him at war almost continuously with Pope Urban V, the Florentines, Venice, and Savoy. In 1354, at the death of Giovanni, he inherited the power of Milan, together with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo. Bernabò received the eastern lands (Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona and Crema), that bordered the Veronese territories. Milan itself was to be ruled in turn by the three brothers.[citation needed]
Matteo died in 1355, rumored to have been poisoned by his brothers, who divided his inheritance.
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