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Galeazzo Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano , 1903-44, Italian foreign minister and Fascist leader; son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano, conte di Cortellazzo. He entered on a diplomatic career, married (1930) Mussolini's daughter Edda, and became foreign minister in 1936. He helped to create the Rome-Berlin Axis and the military pact... Read more
Sforza
Sforza , Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535. Rising from peasant origins, the Sforzas became condottieri and used this military position to become rulers in Milan. The family governed by force, ruse, and power politics. Under their rule the city-state flourished and exp... Read more
Visconti
Visconti , Italian family that ruled Milan from the 13th cent. until 1447. In the 12th cent. members of the family received the title of viscount, from which the name is derived. Ottone Visconti, 1207-95, archbishop of Milan, was recognized (1277) as lord of the city after he had defeated the... Read more
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza , b. 1451 or 1452, d. 1508, duke of Milan (1494-99); younger son of Francesco I Sforza. He was called Ludovico il Moro [the Moor] because of his swarthy complexion. In 1480 he deprived his sister-in-law, Bona of Savoy, of the regency for her infant son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza (see Sfo... Read more
Munich Pact
Munich Pact 1938. In the summer of 1938, Chancellor Hitler of Germany began openly to support the demands of Germans living in the Sudetenland (see Sudetes ) of Czechoslovakia for an improved status. In September, Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudetenland. Disorders broke out in Cze... Read more
Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus 1361-1419, Holy Roman emperor (uncrowned) and German king (1378-1400), king of Bohemia (1378-1419) as Wenceslaus IV, elector of Brandenburg (1373-76), son and successor of Emperor Charles IV. He was, even more than his father, a Bohemian rather than German king. Although gifted, he was g... Read more
Milan
Milan , Ital. Milano, Lat. Mediolanum, city (1991 pop. 1,369,231), capital of Lombardy and of Milan prov., N Italy, at the heart of the Po basin. Because of its strategic position in the Lombard plain, at the intersection of several major transportation routes, it has been since the Middle Ages ... Read more
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini , 1883-1945, Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist movement. Early Career His father, an ardent Socialist, was a blacksmith; his mother was a teacher. Mussolini taught briefly and lived (1902-4) in Switzerland to avoid military service. He achieved national prominence... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Galeazzo"

Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Gian Galeazzo Visconti The Italian despot Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan (1351-1402), succeeded in...place the entire Italian peninsula under his control. Gian Galeazzo Visconti was born on Oct. 16, 1351. He was the only...
Galeazzo Ciano
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Galeazzo Ciano , 1903-44, Italian foreign minister and Fascist leader; son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano, conte di Cortellazzo. He entered...
Ciano di Cortellazzo, Count Galeazzo
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Ciano di Cortellazzo, Count Galeazzo (1903–44),Mussolini's son-in-law and heir apparent, who served as his country's foreign minister for seven...
Visconti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...retire (1322) in favor of his son, Galeazzo I Visconti, 1277?-1328, who continued...struggle against popes and Guelphs. Galeazzo's son Azzone Visconti, 1302-39...among his three nephews, Matteo II, Galeazzo II, and Bernabò. Matteo II...
Sforza
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Francesco was succeeded by his eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 1444-76, a highly educated...Borgia (Pope Alexander VI ) as pope. Galeazzo's daughter Bianca Maria married Holy...Nere (see Medici, Giovanni de' ). Galeazzo's wife, Bona of Savoy, acted as regent...
Lodovico Sforza
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1466, he was succeeded by the dissolute Galeazzo Maria, elder brother of Lodovico. Galeazzo Maria ruled until his assassination in 1476...his throne to his 7-year-old son, Gian Galeazzo, Lodovico's nephew. A bitter struggle...
Ludovico Sforza
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the regency for her infant son, Gian Galeazzo Sforza (see Sforza , family), and...rule may be reckoned. In 1494, Gian Galeazzo died, a virtual prisoner, and Ludovico...Milan (he was a great-grandson of Gian Galeazzo Visconti), invaded Italy and expelled...
Francesco I Sforza
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1450 with the support of the Medici of Florence. He consolidated the power of Milan and in 1464 seized Genoa. An able prince, he patronized arts and letters and beautified Milan. His son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, succeeded him as duke.
Certosa di Pavia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...national monument since 1866. The church, forming its nucleus, was begun in the style of the Italian Gothic in 1396 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke of Milan. Little more than the nave was executed in this style, since the Renaissance, diffusing its new...
Giulio Campi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1500-c.1572, Italian painter and architect, founder of a school of painters at Cremona. He was a pupil of his father, Galeazzo Campi (c.1475-1536), a well-known painter, and of Giulio Romano, and he studied the works of Correggio and Raphael...

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Sabbatini, Galeazzo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Sabbatini, Galeazzo ( b ?Pesaro, 1597; d Pesaro, 1662). It. composer. Canon of Pesaro Cath., 1626–30 and from 1641. Mus. dir. to Duke of Mirandola 1630–9. Comp. madrigals and motets. Wrote treatise on figured bass.
Alessi, Galeazzo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Alessi, Galeazzo (1512–72). Born in Perugia and trained in Rome (where he was influenced by Michelangelo ), he became the leading...
Ciano, Count Galeazzo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Ciano, Count Galeazzo (1903–44) Italian politician. A leading fascist, he married MUSSOLINI's daughter and from 1936 to 1943 was Foreign...
Marliani, Giovanni
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Marliani ’ s appointment (probably in 1472) as court physician to Galeazzo Maria Sforza. He also enjoyed the favor of the latter ’ s successor, Gian Galeazzo. Despite his strongly Scholastic views, Marliani was well regarded by...
Dondi, Giovanni
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...and the Venetian Republic. Later he was befriended by Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Pavia and from 1379 to 1388 was connected with...moon ’ s orbit. The astrarium was acquired by Gian Galeazzo Visconti and installed in 1381 in the ducal library in the...
success
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...responsibility for failure is likely to be disclaimed. In his diary for 9 September 1942, the Italian fascist politician Galeazzo Ciano, son-in-law of Mussolini, noted, ‘Victory has a hundred fathers, but no-one wants to recognize defeat...
Bianco, Bartolommeo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...which is a splendid symmetrical double stair rising the full height of the building. The chief influence on Bianco was Galeazzo Alessi , who also constructed palazzi on sloping sites. Bibliography D. Watkin (1986); Wittkower (1982)
Capra, Baldassar or Baldksar
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Both these authors, besides giving a list of his works in Latin, emphasize the nobility of his family, which included Galeazzo Capra (or Capella), who was secretary and historian to Duke Francesco II, the last of the Sforzas of Milan. But Capra...
Ghini, Luca
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...father, Ghino Ghini, was a notary in Imola; this profession may have been in the family, for Ghini ’ s only son, Galeazzo, was also a notary. Ghini was sent to study medicine at Bologna, where he was appointed to read “ medicina practica...
Martini, Francesco Di Giorgio
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...had made him so famous that governments competed for his services. Francesco went to Milan in 1490 at the request of Gian Galeazzo Sforza. He submitted a proposal for the completion of Milan ’ s cathedral, which lacked its dome; his project...

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Galeazzo Scarampi New Head of Investor Asia Ltd.
Business Wire; 6/10/1999; 700+ words ; ...holding company, today announced that Galeazzo Scarampi del Cairo has been appointed...President of Exor Asia in Hong Kong. "Galeazzo's experience is important and serves...equity investor and I'm thus happy that Galeazzo will join us, as he will provide us...
A Renaissance Court: Milan Under Galeazzo Maria Sforza.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...of everyday life at the court of duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza, son of the military strongman...Court chronicles the rise and fall of Galeazzo Maria and his reign over the course of...corporate nature of government under Galeazzo. A body of twenty men known as the Privy...
Frederick A. Galeazzo Sr.
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 6/21/2005; ; 390 words ; OCALA, Fla. - Frederick A. Galeazzo Sr., 73, of Ocala, formerly of...Wednesday at home. He owned Fred Galeazzo Hair Styling in Braintree. He served...Ocala. A native of Boston, Mr. Galeazzo moved to Ocala from Braintree in...
Mussolini's Shadow: The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 7/1/2000; 535 words ; Mussolini's Shadow: The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano. Ray Moseley. Yale University Press. [pound...s regime inevitably comes across his son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano, who served as Il Duce's foreign secretary. He...
Ciano, Galeazzo.(Review) (book review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 1/1/2001; ; 386 words ; Mussolini's Shadow: The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano. Ray Moseley. New Haven: Yale UP, 2000. 302 pp. [pound]19.95. "... a very readable and lively account, which...
Keeping it in the family; Mussolini's Shadow: The Double Life of Count Galeazzo Ciano. By Ray Moseley (Yale University Press, pounds 19.95). Reviewed by Monica Foot.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/15/2000; 577 words ; Unmentioned in Paul Ginsborg's authoritative History of Contemporary Italy, Count Ciano was Benito Mussolini's son-in-law and his foreign minister for seven years from 1936. The appointment went down badly with the Italian in the street ("the son-in-law also rises" jokes were rife.) And, as this
Obituary: Edda Ciano
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/17/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Italy 1 October 1910; married 1930 Galeazzo Ciano (died 1944; two sons, and one...fell in love and decided to marry Count Galeazzo Ciano, the son of a popular hero of...the couple returned to Rome and Galeazzo was appointed under- secretary at the...
Saved by a miracle: in 1402 A.D., a miracle saved the Florentine Republic from being conquered by the Duke of Milan. Florence's story can inspire those who fight for liberty today never to lose hope. (History: Struggle for Freedom).
Magazine article from: The New American; 5/19/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...jointly ruled Lombardy with his brother Galeazzo -- the father of the aforementioned Giangaleazzo -- in nearby Pavia. Galeazzo was a studious man, unattracted...scholar of the age, at his court. Galeazzo was happy to leave the nuts and bolts...
Edda Mussolini Ciano, 85, Daughter of WWII Dictator
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/10/1995; ; 546 words ; ...father refused to stop the execution of her husband, Galeazzo Ciano. Galeazzo Ciano, a playboy count, held various top Cabinet...based in northern Italy. The new regime found Galeazzo Ciano guilty of treason and ordered him executed...
Sharon Ann Monaco, 50, of Braintree, teacher in area towns
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 2/23/2005; ; 455 words ; ...of Braintree; her parents, Frederick A. Galeazzo and Roseann (Gilbody) Granville- Galeazzo of Ocala, Fla.; three sisters, Kathleen G. Findlay of East Bridgewater, Laure J. Galeazzo of San Jose, Calif., and Roseann R. Paulson...