Ruler · 1469 – 1494

Gian Galeazzo Sforza

Lived 1469 – 1494; ruler. Duke of Milan of Duchy of Milan, 1476 – 1494.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1469 – 1494; 25 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Duchy of Milan
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Duke of Milan

Duchy of Milan · the 6th of 9 dated reigns · 1395 – 1535

2 before

Filippo Maria Visconti1412 – 1447

Francesco I Sforza1450 – 1466

Galeazzo Maria Sforza1466 – 1477

Gian Galeazzo Sforza1476 – 1494

Ludovico Sforza1494 – 1500

Maximilian Sforza1512 – 1515

Francesco II Sforza1521 – 1535

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1476 – 1494 · 18 years · came to it aged 7

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

According to the Italian historian Francesco Guicciardini in his History of Italy (Italian: La Historia di Italia), he was poisoned by his uncle, Ludovico il Moro.

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