Filippo Maria Visconti

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Filippo Maria Visconti
Duke of Milan
Portrait of Filippo Maria Visconti preparatory drawing by Pisanello for the commemorative medal of the Duke
Duke of Milan
Reign	16 May 1412 - 13 August 1447
Predecessor	Gian Maria
Successor	Ambrosian Republic
Born	3 September 1392 Milan
Died	13 August 1447(1447-08-13) (aged 54) Milan
Spouse	Beatrice Lascaris di Tenda Marie of Savoy
Issue	(illeg.) Bianca Maria, Duchess of Milan
House	Visconti
Father	Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Mother	Caterina Visconti

Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447)^[1] was duke of Milan from 1412 to 1447. Known to be cruel and paranoid, but shrewd as a ruler, he went to war in the 1420s with Romagna, Florence and Venice in the Wars in Lombardy, but was eventually forced to accept peace under Pope Martin V. He would return to the offensive again where another peace agreement was required to end the fighting. He married twice, the second in 1428 to Marie, daughter of his ally Amadeus VIII. When he died, he was the last of the Visconti male line and was succeeded by Francesco Sforza, husband to his daughter.