Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Galeazzo Sforza, by Piero Benci, Uffizi Gallery
Duke of Milan
Reign20 March 1466 –
26 December 1476
PredecessorFrancesco I Sforza
SuccessorGian Galeazzo Sforza
Born(1444-01-24)24 January 1444
Commune of Fermo
Died26 December 1476(1476-12-26) (aged 32)
Milan, Duchy of Milan (now in modern-day Italy)
Spouse
(m. 1468)
Issue
among others
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HouseSforza
FatherFrancesco I Sforza
MotherBianca Maria Visconti

Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan on her own right. Sforza was betrothed into the Gonzaga family; after the engagement with Dorotea Gonzaga was called off, he married Bona of Savoy.