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

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together with his brothers Galeazzo II and Bernabò.

Biography

He was the eldest son of

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

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

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. His uncle

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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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Ancestry

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