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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.
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The book was made for Maximilian's future father-in-law Charles the Bold in 1466 by Bruges, [197] then given to Galeazzo Maria Sforza likely in 1475–76 during his and Charles's brief alliance, [198] became Bianca Maria Sforza's property, and was finally brought to Maximilian's library after Bianca's and Maximilian's marriage in 1494.
Maximilian I was a member of the Order of the Garter, nominated by King Henry VII of England in 1489. His Garter stall plate survives in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. [298] Maximilian was patron of the Order of Saint George founded by his father, and also the founder of its secular confraternity. [299]
The House of Sforza (Italian:) was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza, in 1535.
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor to Anne of Brittany, in 1490. [48] The marriage was declared null and void in 1492. Maximilian later married Bianca Maria Sforza and Anne later married Charles VIII of France, who was already bethrothed himself. After Charles died a few years later, she married his successor.
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The unpopularity of Maximilian Sforza, who was seen by the Milanese as a puppet of his Swiss mercenaries, enabled the French to move through Lombardy with little resistance; Trémoille, having seized Milan, besieged the remaining Swiss in Novara. [83]