Tag: Galeazzo Visconti

• 135 – Savoy – different coloured counts and a murder mystery (1255 – 1391)

  We continue catching up with the house of Savoy picking up in 1255 and, after some zig-zagging succession, see the “colourful” green count Amedeo VI and then try to discover what really happened to his son, Amedeo VII the Red count, as the counts slowly continue to expand their lands and influence in France and…

  A History of Italy

  February 19, 2023

  Amedeo, Amedeo VI, Amedeo VII, Bona of Bornonne, Chambery, Crusade, France, Galeazzo Visconti, Odo of Grandson, Peter of Lompes, Piedmont, Savoy, VIII

• 126 – Visconti family feud and a new duchy is born (1378 – 1395)

  We see how the power-sharing solution for the government of Milan comes crashing down with power once again in the hands of a single man: Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who, after inheriting the holdings of his father and uncle, will create a Duchy that will last for centuries. meanwhile we also try and keep up with…

  A History of Italy

  November 30, 2021

  Alberico da Barbiano, Antonio della Scala, Asti, Bernabò Visconti, Boniface IX, Canfrande II della Scala, Cansignorio della Scala, Clement VII, Da Carrara, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gambacorta, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gubbio, Jacopo D'Appiano, Jacopo del Verme, John Hawkwood, Landau, Mantova, Milan, Monferrato, Montefeltro, Padova, Paolo Alboino della Scala, Pisa, Podcast, Pusterla, Regina della Scala, Savoy, Siena, Tuscany, Urban VI, Urbino, Venice, Vicenza

• 114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)

  The continuing consolidation of Milan under Bernabò and Galeazzo Visconti and the start of the Great Western Schism

  A History of Italy

  May 18, 2021

  Asti, Avignon, Bernabò Visconti, Blanche of Savoy, Bologna, Clement VII, Florence, Galeazzo Visconti, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Gregory XI, Novara, Podcast, Poiters, Rome, Urban V, Urban VI

• 113 – The definitive death of communal Milan (1339 – 1354)

  Milan passes from Azzone Visconti to Giovanni and Luchino, expanding among the constantly warring city states of Northern Italy.

  A History of Italy

  May 4, 2021

  Amedeo VI of Savoy, Azzone da Correggio, Azzone Visconti, Bernabò Visconti, Blanche of Savoy, Clement VI, Della Sua, Este, Ferrara, Galeazzo Visconti, Genoa, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Giovanni Visocnti, Lucca, Luchino Visconti, Milan, Monferrato, Parma, Podcast, Rome, Venice, Visconti