Caterina Visconti

Catherina Visconti
Duchess of Milan Regent of Milan
The painted figures of Caterina and Gian Galeazzo are shown kneeling in the foreground in this missal by Anovelo da Imbonate
Born	1361 Milan, Italy
Died	17 October 1404(1404-10-17) (aged 42–43) Castle of Monza, Italy
Noble family	Visconti
Spouse(s)	Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Issue	Gian Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti
Father	Bernabò Visconti
Mother	Beatrice Regina della Scala

Caterina Visconti (1361 – 17 October 1404) was Duchess of Milan as the second spouse of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the first Duke of Milan, and was the mother of two succeeding Dukes of Milan, Gian Maria and Filippo Maria Visconti. Caterina served as Regent of Milan from 1402 to 1404, during her elder son's minority, but due to Gian Maria's suspicion of her alleged treason (planted in his mind by her enemy, the condottiero Facino Cane), he had his mother arrested and imprisoned in the castle of Monza, where she was presumably poisoned in 1404.