Bianca Maria Visconti
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Bianca Maria Visconti, also known as Bianca Maria Sforza or Blanca Maria, was Duchess of Milan from 1450 to 1468 by marriage to Francesco I Sforza.
Bianca Maria Visconti in a portrait by Bonifacio Bembo, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Francesco Sforza.
Galeazzo Maria Sforza
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450,
Bianca Maria Visconti
…Piccinino, the son of Niccolò, and Drusiana, Sforza's illegitimate daughter. The main problems for Visconti in this period came from their eldest son, Galeazzo Maria, whose unstable and treacherous character created numerous troubles for her. On 13 December 1465, her mother, Agnese del Maino, died. Shortly afterward…
Galeazzo Sforza, by Piero Benci, Uffizi Gallery
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, c. 1464
Lament of the duke Galeazzo Maria (1476)
Lampugnani's Conspiracy by Francesco Hayez, 1826