Matteo II Visconti

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Matteo II Visconti (c.Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 29 September 1355 in Saronno) was co-ruler of Milan together with his brothers Galeazzo II and Bernabò.

Biography

Matteo was the eldest son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria.Template:Sfn In 1342 he married Egidiola di Filippino of Gonzaga.Template:Sfn

His uncle Luchino Visconti exiled him to Montferrat in 1346, but in 1350 returned to Milan. As co-ruler of the domain after the death of his uncle Giovanni Visconti (1354), Matteo was given Lodi, Piacenza, Parma and Bologna.

He died after a dinner in which, according to his mother and others, he had been poisoned by his brothers. His daughter Caterina was married to Ugolino Gonzaga of Mantua.Template:Sfn

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord of Milan
1349–1355
With: Bernabò Visconti
and Galeazzo II Visconti
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