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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Milan canonical 30
Dukes of Milan 2
Duke 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 (36)

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

Philip III of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip II of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip IV of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Charles II of Spain → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Donato Bramante → employer → Duke of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke Ludovico Sforza
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci → employer → Duke of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ludovico Sforza
Ferdinand VI of Spain → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philippe, Duke of Anjou → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philippe, Duke of Anjou → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Emperor Charles VI → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip III of Portugal → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip the Great → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain
Rey Planeta → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain
Louis XII of France → claimedTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip Massinger → notableWork → Duke of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Duke of Milan
Filippo Maria Visconti → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Francesco Sforza → nobleTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Francesco Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Ludovico Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Maximilian Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Philip II of Portugal → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Gian Galeazzo Visconti → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
House of Visconti → notableTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Milan
House of Sforza → usedTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
The Two Gentlemen of Verona → character → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Visconti family → heldTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Milan
Lord of Milan → followedBy → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Lord of Milan → replacedByOffice → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Karl Franz Joseph von Habsburg → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Planet King → relatedToTitle → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Miranda → fatherOccupationInFiction → Duke of Milan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Milan (deposed)
Prospero → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Prospero → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza → positionHeld → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject surface form: Galeazzo Maria Sforza
Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza → title → Duke of Milan ⓘ
subject surface form: Galeazzo Maria Sforza