Maximilian Sforza
Massimiliano Sforza | |
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Duke of Milan | |
Reign | 16 June 1512 – 11 October 1515 |
Predecessor | Louis XII of France |
Successor | Francis I of France |
Born | Ercole Massimiliano Sforza 25 January 1493 Milan, Duchy of Milan |
Died | 4 June 1530 Fontainebleau, France | (aged 37)
House | Sforza |
Father | Ludovico Sforza |
Mother | Beatrice d'Este |
Maximilian Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530)[1] was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He was installed as a ruler of Milan in 1512 after the capture of Milan by the Holy League, supported by a Swiss militia led by Jakob Meyer zum Hasen.[2] He ruled from 1512 to 1515,[3] between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Maximilian was imprisoned by the returning French troops.[4]
When Maximilian was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England.[5] However, Henry VII rejected the proposal citing Mary's young age as the issue.[5]
References
- ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Maximilian Sforza in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Die Malerfamilie Holbein in Basel. Kunstmuseum Basel. 1960. p. 174
- ^ Alexander 1978, p. 97.
- ^ Jansen 2002, p. 271.
- ^ a b Sadlack 2011, p. 27.
Sources
- Alexander, J. J. G. (1978). Italian Renaissance Illuminations. Chatto & Windus.
- Jansen, Sharon L. (2002). The Monstrous Regiment of Women: Female Rulers in Early Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Sadlack, Erin A. (2011). The French Queen's Letters: Mary Tudor Brandon and the Politics of Marriage in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
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