Estorre Visconti, or Astorre according to other sources (13467 January 1413), was one of the many illegitimate sons of the famous

Bernabò Visconti Bernabò or Barnabò Visconti (1323 – 19 December 1385) was an Italian soldier and statesman who was Lord of Milan. Along with his brothers Matteo and Galeazzo II, he inherited the lordship of Milan from his uncle Giovanni. Later in 1355, he an ...

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and already deposed by his nephew

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foundi ...

in 1385.

Biography

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, son of Barnabò and Beltramola de' Grassi, Estorre in 1404 had received as its domain the Lordship of Martinengo and

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. He was a member of the ''Society of Braid'', chivalric order founded Archduke

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Giovanni Maria Visconti Gian Maria Visconti (or Giovanni Maria; 7 September 1388 – 16 May 1412) was the second Visconti of Milan, Visconti Duke of Milan, the son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Caterina Visconti. He was known to be cruel and was eventually assassinated. ...

, son of Gian Galeazzo and Duke of Milan, and accused him of conspiracy and had him close in the terrible prison of Ovens in the Castle of

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, from which he was freed by his followers of the

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party. In 1407 he was proclaimed Lord of Monza and made a mint to mint its own coins with the words ''Hestor Vicecomes Modoetie''. At the killing of Giovanni Maria Visconti (16 May 1412), Duke Estorre was acclaimed by the people of Milan, and remained so until June of that year. In fact defeated by

Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447)

, brother of Giovanni Maria; Estorre, his sister Valentina and the husband

Giovanni Aliprandi Giovanni Aliprandi (1426) was an Italian nobleman. He was Count Palatine and captain (immediate vassal) of the Holy Roman Empire and lived in Milan, in the parish of San Simpliciano. Biography He entered public life in 1386, when he was elected ...

, fled to Monza where he was besieged by the

Count of Carmagnola Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola (c. 1382 – 5 May 1432), was an Italian condottiero. Life Bussone was born at Carmagnola, near Turin, in a humble peasant family. He began his military career when twelve years old under Facin ...

. Here, in the courtyard of the castle, while he was watering his horse, a stone thrown at random from a

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of the besiegers broke his leg causing death in

after a few days. In 1711, following the work in the

Duomo of Monza The Duomo of Monza (), often known in English as Monza Cathedral, is the main religious building of Monza, Italy. Unlike most duomos, it is not in fact a cathedral, as Monza has always been part of the Diocese of Milan, but is in the charge of an ...

, his mummified body was found and is now preserved in the Museum. His sword, a valuable work of the Milanese armourer, is exhibited in the Museum of the Treasure of the Cathedral of Monza.

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