Duke of Milan

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hereditary noble title sovereign ruler

The Duke of Milan was the sovereign ruler of the strategically important Duchy of Milan in northern Italy, a title historically held by powerful dynasties and later by foreign monarchs such as the kings of Spain.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Duke Ludovico Sforza	1
Ludovico Sforza	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary noble title ⓘ sovereign ruler ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Lombardy ⓘ Milan ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
coatOfArms	Imperial eagle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Visconti serpent ⓘ surface form: Visconti serpent (biscione)
country	Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause	Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic invasion of Italy abolition of the Duchy of Milan ⓘ
endTime	1797 ⓘ
firstHolder	Gian Galeazzo Visconti ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital	Milan ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Italian art patronage ⓘ Renaissance politics in Italy ⓘ
hasLanguage	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
hasMonarchType	duke ⓘ
hasNotableHolder	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Filippo Maria Visconti ⓘ Francesco Sforza ⓘ Francis I of France ⓘ Ludovico Sforza ⓘ Maximilian Sforza ⓘ Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	League of Cambrai ⓘ surface form: French occupation of Milan Habsburg Spain ⓘ surface form: Habsburg-Spanish rule in Italy Italian Wars ⓘ
hasSignificantRole	control of Alpine passes ⓘ control of trade routes between Italy and northern Europe ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	House of Habsburg ⓘ House of Sforza ⓘ surface form: House of Sforza-Visconti House of Orléans ⓘ surface form: House of Valois-Orléans King of Spain ⓘ surface form: Kings of Spain House of Sforza ⓘ surface form: Sforza family Visconti family ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Northern Italy ⓘ surface form: northern Italy
nobleRank	duke ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor Wenceslaus ⓘ surface form: Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
partOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Italian states ⓘ
precededBy	Lord of Milan ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Sforza Castle ⓘ surface form: Castello Sforzesco Sforza Castle ⓘ surface form: Ducal Palace of Milan
startTime	1395 ⓘ
succeededBy	Cisalpine Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis XII of France → claimedTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Donato Bramante → employer → Duke of Milan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke Ludovico Sforza

Leonardo da Vinci → employer → Duke of Milan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ludovico Sforza

Charles II of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Philip III of Portugal → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Philip III of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Philip IV of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Philip the Great → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain

Philippe, Duke of Anjou → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Emperor Charles VI → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand VI of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Philip II of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ

Rey Planeta → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain

Philippe, Duke of Anjou → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ