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Bernabò Visconti

1323–1385 · 14th century

Bernabò Visconti was lord of Milan, ruling the eastern half of the Visconti dominions from 1354 while his brother Galeazzo II held the west. Known for his cruelty and his constant wars with the papacy, he governed from Milan. In 1385 his nephew Gian Galeazzo seized him by a ruse and imprisoned him at Trezzo, where he died months later, reportedly poisoned.

Bernabò Visconti
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Lordship of Milan

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