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Matteo II Visconti
Lord of Milan, Lodi, Piacenza, Parma and Bologna
Coat of arms
Reign	1349 - 1355
Predecessor	Giovanni
Successor	Bernabò and Galeazzo II
Born	c. 1319
Died	29 September 1355
Noble family	Visconti
Spouse(s)	Egidiola di Filippino of Gonzaga
Father	Stefano Visconti
Mother	Valentina Doria

Matteo II Visconti ( c. 1319 – Saronno, 29 September 1355) was co-ruler of Milan together with his brothers Galeazzo II and Bernabò.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Stefano Visconti and Valentina Doria. In 1342 he married Egidiola di Filippino of Gonzaga.

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.

Ancestry

Sources

• Volpi, Giuseppe Rocco (1737). Dell'istoria dei' visconti e delle cose d'Italia : avvenute sotto di essi, descritta [The History of the Visconti of Italy and a description of the things that took place under them] (in Italian). Vol. 1. Naples, Italy: Felice-Carlo Mosca. OCLC  229910176.

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