Duke of Milan

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The Duke of Milan was the sovereign ruler of the strategically important Duchy of Milan in northern Italy, a title historically held by powerful dynasties and later by foreign monarchs such as the kings of Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary noble title ⓘ
sovereign ruler ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Lombardy ⓘ
Milan ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
coatOfArms Imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Visconti serpent (biscione) ⓘ
linked to: Visconti serpent
country Duchy of Milan ⓘ
endCause Napoleonic invasion of Italy ⓘ
abolition of the Duchy of Milan ⓘ
endTime 1797 ⓘ
firstHolder Gian Galeazzo Visconti ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Milan ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Italian art patronage ⓘ
Renaissance politics in Italy ⓘ
hasLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasMonarchType duke ⓘ
hasNotableHolder Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Filippo Maria Visconti ⓘ
Francesco Sforza ⓘ
Francis I of France ⓘ
Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
Maximilian Sforza ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent French occupation of Milan ⓘ
linked to: League of Cambrai

Habsburg-Spanish rule in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Habsburg Spain

Italian Wars ⓘ
hasSignificantRole control of Alpine passes ⓘ
control of trade routes between Italy and northern Europe ⓘ
hasTitleHolder House of Habsburg ⓘ
House of Sforza-Visconti ⓘ
linked to: House of Sforza

House of Valois-Orléans ⓘ
linked to: House of Orléans

Kings of Spain ⓘ
linked to: King of Spain

Sforza family ⓘ
linked to: House of Sforza

Visconti family ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
nobleRank duke ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Wenceslaus, King of the Romans ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Italian states ⓘ
precededBy Lord of Milan ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Castello Sforzesco ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle

Ducal Palace of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle
startTime 1395 ⓘ
succeededBy Cisalpine Republic ⓘ

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Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip III of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip II of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip IV of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Charles II of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Donato Bramante → employer → Duke Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci → employer → Ludovico Sforza ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
Ferdinand VI of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philippe, Duke of Anjou → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philippe, Duke of Anjou → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Charles VI
Philip III of Portugal → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip IV of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip the Great
Philip IV of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Rey Planeta
Louis XII of France → claimedTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip Massinger → notableWork → The Duke of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
Filippo Maria Visconti → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Francesco Sforza → nobleTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Francesco Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Ludovico Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Maximilian Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip II of Portugal → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Gian Galeazzo Visconti → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
House of Visconti → notableTitle → Dukes of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
House of Sforza → usedTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
The Two Gentlemen of Verona → character → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Visconti family → heldTitle → Dukes of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
Lord of Milan → followedBy → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Lord of Milan → replacedByOffice → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Planet King → relatedToTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Miranda → fatherOccupationInFiction → Duke of Milan (deposed) ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
Prospero → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Prospero → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Galeazzo Maria Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Galeazzo Maria Sforza → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Royal Ducal Theatre → patron → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip of Anjou → nobleTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Certosa di Pavia → founderTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → heldTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip II of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Sforza → titleHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Filippo Maria Visconti → laterHeldTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Count of Pavia
Filippo Maria Visconti → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Filippo Maria
Filippo Maria Visconti → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject linked to: Filippo Maria
Giovanni Maria Visconti → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ