Matteo II Visconti ( – 29 September 1355 in Saronno) was co-ruler of

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together with his brothers Galeazzo II and Bernabò.

Biography

Matteo was the eldest son of

Stefano Visconti Stefano Visconti ( 1287 – 4 July 1327) was a member of the House of Visconti that ruled Milan from the 14th to the 15th century. Life He was the son of Matteo I Visconti. Marriage In 1318 he married Valentina Doria, daughter of Bernabò D ...

and Valentina Doria. In 1342 he married Egidiola di Filippino of Gonzaga. His uncle

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...

exiled him to

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in 1346, but in 1350 returned to Milan. As co-ruler of the domain after the death of his uncle Giovanni Visconti (1354), Matteo was given Lodi,

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and

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. He died after a dinner in which, according to his mother and others, he had been poisoned by his brothers. His daughter Caterina was married to Ugolino Gonzaga of

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* * 1310s births 1355 deaths Matteo II Visconti Matteo II Visconti Assassinated Italian people 14th-century Italian nobility People assassinated in the 14th century {{Italy-noble-stub