Stefano Visconti

Stefano Visconti (c. 1287 – 4 July 1327) was a member of the House of Visconti that ruled Milan from the 14th to the 15th century.

Stefano Visconti
Coat of arms
Born	c. 1287 Milan
Died	(1327-07-04)4 July 1327 Milan
Noble family	Visconti
Spouse(s)	Valentina Doria
Issue	Matteo II Visconti Galeazzo II Visconti Bernabò Visconti
Father	Matteo I
Mother	Bonacossa Borri

Life

He was the son of Matteo I Visconti.^[1]

Marriage

In 1318 he married Valentina Doria,^[1] daughter of Bernabò Doria from Sassello and of Eliena Fieschi, with whom he had three children:

• Grandiana (also known as Diana) who married around 1333 Ramon de Vilaragut, Baron of Tripi and Lord of Alcaissia and Sollana, Captain-General and Admiral of the Army of the Kingdom of Sicily ;

• Matteo II^[1] who married Egidiola Gonzaga
• Galeazzo II^[1] who married Blanche of Savoy
• Bernabò,^[1] who shared the rule in Milan after his death and married Beatrice della Scala.

The marriage between Valentina and Stefano was to cement an alliance between their fathers wherein the Ghibelline party (of which the Viscontis were members) would aid Valentinas father Bernabo Doria to destroy the Genoese Guelphs.

Death

Stefano Visconti (kneeling). Portrait from his grave.

Stefano died in the night of July 4, 1327, after a banquet he gave for the coronation of Louis the Bavarian as King of Italy.

Stefano's contemporaries linked his death to an attempted poisoning of the King, leading to the imprisonment of three of Stefano's four brothers, Galeazzo, Giovanni, and Luchino, as well as of his nephew, the future Lord of Milan, Azzo Visconti, in the fortress of Monza: This event marked a crisis of the relations between the Holy Roman Empire and the Visconti.

The magnificent tomb of Stefano and his wife Valentina, carved in 1359 by Bonino da Campione, is located in the Basilica Sant'Eustorgio in Milan.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Stefano Visconti

16. Uberto Visconti 8. Obizzo Visconti 17. Berta Pirovano 4. Teobaldo Visconti 18. Ruffino Mandelli 9. Fiorina Mandelli 19. Aldesia Pietrasanta 2. Matteo I Visconti, Lord of Milan 20. Uberto IV. Pirovano 10. Ubertus Pirovano 21. 5. Anastasia Pirovano 22. 11. Casati 23. 1. Stefano Visconti, Lord of Milan 24. Lanzo Borri 12. Lanfranco or Ruffino Borri 25. Elsie Bouve 6. Squarcino Borri 26. 13. 27. 3. Bonacossa Borri 28. 14. 29. 7. Antonia 30. 15. 31.