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Galeazzo Maria Sforza | |
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![]() Galeazzo Sforza, by Piero Benci, Uffizi Gallery | |
Duke of Milan | |
Reign | 20 March 1466 – 26 December 1476 |
Predecessor | Francesco I Sforza |
Successor | Gian Galeazzo Sforza |
Born | Commune of Fermo (now in Italy) | 24 January 1444
Died | 26 December 1476 Milan, Duchy of Milan (now in Italy) | (aged 32)
Spouse | Dorotea Gonzaga Bona of Savoy |
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House | Sforza |
Father | Francesco I Sforza |
Mother | Bianca Maria Visconti |
Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical.
He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti.
He married into the Gonzaga family; on the death of his first wife Dorotea Gonzaga, he married Bona of Savoy. Cruel and vengeful, he was "a man who did great follies and dishonest things not to write".[1]