Massimiliano II Stampa
Massimiliano II Giovanni Stampa, 3rd marquess of Soncino (1545 – 1601) was an Italian nobleman and writer of the Stampa (family), Stampa family, also known after his profession as a Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin friar as frate or fra Ambrogio da Soncino. Life Early years He was born in Milan to Isabella Rangoni (a noblewoman from Modena) and her husband Ermes I Stampa, 2nd marquess of Soncino and younger brother of Massimiliano Stampa, 1st marquess of Soncino and noted castellan of Milan). Via his mother he was descended from a famous family of condottieri and he also boasted links with the House of Bentivoglio, Bentivoglio family, lords of Bologna, and with the Malaspina family, Malaspina family. His father's family, by contrast, was mainly made up of 'new men' from the duchy of Milan, where his uncle the 1st marquess had made his fortune. He succeeded his father's titles on his premature death in 1557. In Milan he married Marianna de Leyva, whose brother was father ...
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