
Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan
with her first son Galeazzo Maria as St. Mary and her Child Jesus – she is Isabella of Aragon's maternal grandmother
31. March 1425
23. October 1468
Filippo Maria Visconti (1392-1447), Duke of Milan, youngest son of the most famous Milanese Duke of the Visconti dynasty, Giangaleazzo Visconti († 1402)
Agnese del Maino († 1465), the only woman (and the only person), who was ever loved by the shy and secluded Filippo Maria Visconti; there is a high probability that Agnese del Maino was not only his mistress, but his wife (clandestine marriage); they must have married before 1425
the Condottiere Francesco Sforza (1401-1466); marriage on 26. October 1441; in 1450 he became Duke of Milan
- her son Galeazzo Maria (1444-1476, assassinated), Duke of Milan 1466-1476
- her daughter Ippolita Maria (1445-1488)
- her son Filippo Maria (1446/48-1492), Count of Corsica; engaged to Maria of Savoy (c. 1450-1475) – this engagement was dissolved; married to his cousin Costanza Sforza († after 1497), a daughter of Bosio I. Sforza of Santa Fiora – one daughter (her name probably was Bianca [Maria] or Bona [Maria] ), born in c. 1470, who married Giovanni Galeazzo Visconti, Count of Sesto Calende
- her son Sforza Maria (1449-1479), Duke of Bari 1464-1479 (Bari including the lands of Palo and Modugno)
- her son Lodovico Maria il Moro (or Ludovico Maria il Moro) (1451-1508), Duke of Bari 1479-1494/99 (Bari including the lands of Borello, Longobucco, Rosarno, Rossano), Duke of Milan 1494-1499, 1500
- her son Ascanio Maria (1455-1505), Abbot of Chiaravalle, Bishop of Pavia, Cremona, Pesaro and Novara and Cardinal since 6. or 17. March 1484
- her daughter Elisabetta Maria (1456-1472), since 18. July 1469 married to Guglielmo VIII. Paleologo (1416-1483), Margrave of Montferrat
- her son Ottaviano Maria (1458-1477), Count of Lugano; he drowned in an attempt to escape
Reading Suggestion:
- Maike Vogt-Luerssen: Die Sforza I: Bianca Maria Visconti – The Mother of the Sforza (in German). Norderstedt 2008























































