Valentina VISCONTI

Family/Spouse: Louis Of Valois Duke Of ORLEANS. Louis (son of Charles V The Wise Of FRANCE and Jeanne DE BOURBON) was born on 13 Mar 1372; died on 23 Nov 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Louis Of ORLEANS was born in 1391; died in 1395.
2. John Philip Of ORLEANS was born in 1393 in Paris; died in 1393 in Chateau de Vincennes.
3. Margaret Countess Of VERTUS was born in 1406; died in 1466 in Abbaye-le-Guiche.
4. John Count Of ANGOULEME was born on 26 Jun 1400; died on 30 Apr 1467.
5. Daughter Of ORLEANS was born in 1390; died in 1390.
6. Marie Of ORLEANS was born in 1401 in Chateau de Coucy; died in 1401.
7. Philip Count Of VERTUS was born in 1396 in Paris; died in 1420.
8. Son Of ORLEANS was born in 1392; died in 1392.
9. Charles I De Valois Duke Of ORLEANS was born on 24 Nov 1394; died on 05 Jan 1465.

Notes:

Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351 ? September 3, 1402) was the first Duke of Milan and ruled the city for much of the early Renaissance.

Although most famous as Signore of Milan from 1386 to 1402 Gian Galeazzo was born into the branch of the Visconti that possed the signoria of the city of Pavia. In 1385 Gian Galeazzo gained control of Milan by overthrowing his uncle BernabÚ through treacherous means.

A devoted father to his daughter Valentina (wife of Louis, Duke of Orleans and mother of the famous poet, Charles of Orleans), Gian Galeazzo reacted to gossip about Valentina at the French Court by threatening to declare war on France.

Galeazzo's role as a statesman also took other forms. Soon after seizing Milan he took Verona, Vicenza, and Pavia and soon controlled almost the entire Po river valley. He used the bounty of these conquests to buy the title of Duke from the Holy Roman Emperor for the price of 100,000 florins. Galeazzo had dreams of uniting all of northern Italy into one kingdom, and many of the people of Italy supported this ambition. The obstacles to his success included Bologna and especially Florence. In 1394 Gian Galeazzo launched assaults upon these cities. The warfare was extremely costly on both sides, but it was universally believed the Milanese would emerge victorious. In 1395 Bologna fell and the final siege of Florence began. The Florentine leaders, especially Coluccio Salutati worked successfully to rally the people of Florence, but the Florentines were being taxed hard by famine, disease, and poverty. Galeazzo won another victory over the Bolognese at the Battle of Casalecchio on June 26, 1402.

Galeazzo's dreams were to come to naught, however, as he succumbed to a fever in August 10, 1402. He died on September 3. The siege of Florence was lifted and soon his entire empire crumbled as infighting among his successors wracked Milan.

Gian married Isabelle Of FRANCE. Isabelle (daughter of John II King Of FRANCE and Bonne Of BOHEMIA) was born on 01 Oct 1348; died on 11 Sep 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]