Massimiliano Sforza
Portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, c.1496–1499
Duke of Milan
Reign16 June 1512 – 11 October 1515
PredecessorLouis XII of France
SuccessorFrancis I of France
BornErcole Massimiliano Sforza
(1493-01-25)25 January 1493
Milan, Duchy of Milan
Died4 June 1530(1530-06-04) (aged 37)
Fontainebleu, France
HouseSforza
FatherLudovico Sforza
MotherBeatrice 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

  1. ^ Giuseppe Chiesi: Maximilian Sforza in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  2. ^ Die Malerfamilie Holbein in Basel. Kunstmuseum Basel. 1960. p. 174
  3. ^ Alexander 1978, p. 97.
  4. ^ Jansen 2002, p. 271.
  5. ^ a b Sadlack 2011, p. 27.

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Italian nobility Preceded byLouis XII of France Duke of Milan 1512–1515 Succeeded byFrancis I of France


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