Duchess of Milan

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The Duchess of Milan was a noble title in Renaissance Italy, most famously held by powerful women such as Christina of Denmark who played key roles in European dynastic politics.

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Label Occurrences
Duchess of Milan canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf noble title ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
Sforza family ⓘ
linked to: House of Sforza

Visconti family ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Italian Wars ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Milanese ducal court ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
country Duchy of Milan ⓘ
equivalentTitle Duca di Milano (Duke of Milan) ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Milan
genderOfTitleholder female ⓘ
heldBy Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Anne of Brittany

Beatrice d’Este ⓘ
Bianca Maria Sforza ⓘ
Bianca Maria Visconti ⓘ
Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Christina of Denmark ⓘ
Claude of France, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Isabella of Naples

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Margaret of Austria
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Renaissance Italy ⓘ
notableTitleHolder Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Anne of Brittany

Beatrice d’Este ⓘ
Bianca Maria Sforza ⓘ
Bianca Maria Visconti ⓘ
Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Christina of Denmark ⓘ
Claude of France, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Isabella of Naples

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Milan ⓘ
linked to: Margaret of Austria
politicalFunction instrument of dynastic alliance ⓘ
link between Italian and European courts ⓘ
means of territorial claim over Milan ⓘ
relatedTitle Duke of Milan ⓘ
seatOfPower Castello Sforzesco ⓘ
linked to: Sforza Castle

Milan ⓘ
subclassOf European noble title ⓘ
ducal title ⓘ
timeOfUse 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
titleHolderRole consort ⓘ
sovereign duchess ⓘ
usedInPeriod Renaissance ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Christina of Denmark → title → Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Anne of Brittany → title → Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Bianca Maria Visconti → positionHeld → Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Bona of Savoy → title → Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Caterina Visconti → title → Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Il conte di Carmagnola → hasCharacter → Duchess of Milan ⓘ
Maria Theresa → positionHeld → Duchess of Milan ⓘ