Estorre Visconti
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Estorre Visconti, or Astorre according to other sources (1346 – 7 January 1413), was one of the many illegitimate sons of the famous Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan and already deposed by his nephew Gian Galeazzo Visconti in 1385.
Biography
[edit]Estorre who is also known as Ettore or Astore[1] was born 1346 in Milan, son of Barnabò and Beltramola de' Grassi.
In 1385 his father was ambushed by his nephew Gian Galeazzo Visconti and subsequently imprisoned and murdered him. Unable of Estorres siblings where then forced to flee into exile.
Sometime around 1403 Estorre was in the city of Verona, where his half-brother Carlo Visconti ruled[2] after being forced into exile by their cousin Gian Galeazzo who had usurped the title of lord of Milan from their father Bernabo.
In 1407 he waalso oclaimed Lorhisf Monza and made a mint to mint its own coins with the words Hestor Vicecomes Modoetie.
Giovanni Maria Visconti, son of Gian Galeazzo and Duke of Milan, accused him of conspiracy and had him imprisoned in the Castle of Monza[3],where Gian Galeazzo had imprisoned and murdered Estorres father, Bernabo. Eventually Estorre was freed by his followers of the Ghibelline party
After the assasination of Giovanni Maria Visconti (16 May 1412), Estorre and his nephew Gian Carlo Visconti were acclaimed as the new rulers by the people of Milan, and remained so until June of that year when they werr defeated by his nephew Filippo Maria Visconti, brother of Gian Maria.
Estorre, his sister Valentina and her husband Giovanni Aliprandi, fled to Monza where he was besieged by the Count of Carmagnola. Here, in the courtyard of the castle, while he was watering his horse, a stone thrown at random from a catapult of the besiegers broke his leg causing death in Monza after a few days.
In 1711, following the work in the Duomo of Monza, his mummified body was found and is now preserved in the Museum. His sword, a valuable work of the Milanese armourer, is exhibited in the Museum of the Treasure of the Cathedral of Monza.
Marriage
[edit]Estorre was married to Margherita (also known as Donnina) d'Infrascati[1][4] daughter of Giovanni Infrascati, and they had the following issue.
Issue
Francesco[4] inherited the lordship of Monza after his fathers death.[4] Lord of Melenagno
Estore II Visconti ,married Francesca Simplatori[5] with issue. Lord of Melinagno[5].
References
[edit]- ^ a b Simonyi, Ludwig “von” (1846). Geschichte des Lombardisch Venezianischen Königreichs: Geschichte des Lombardisch-Venezianischen Königreichs. Von 1300 vor Ch. Geb. bis 1402 nach Ch. Geb. 1 (in German). Redaelli.
- ^ Mesquita, Daniel Meredith Bueno de (1941). Giangaleazzo Visconti: Duke of Milan : 1351-1402. CUP Archive.
- ^ Gu, Jenny; Bourne, Philip (June 16, 2009). "Bookcast - Structural Bioinformatics 2nd Edition Gu & Bourne (Eds.)". SciVee. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ a b c Storia della rigenerazione italiana descritta da centocinquanta rimembranze italiane dallo scorcio del secolo 9. fino alla riscossa italiana del 1860 scritta da illustri penne italiane e diretta da G. B. Sezanne (in Italian). Tip. Fioretti. 1867.
- ^ a b Nantigny, Louis Chasot de (1736). Les genealogies historiques des rois, empereurs, [et]c. et de toutes les maisons souveraines ...: Contenant les maisons souveraines d'Italie, avec les familles papales depuis cent cinquante ans (in French). chez Pierre-François Giffart.