Wenceslaus IV elevates Milan to a duchy
May 1395
For a hundred thousand florins, the Holy Roman Emperor granted Gian Galeazzo Visconti the title of Duke of Milan, formalizing his accumulation of Lombard cities into a legitimate principality. Visconti would soon press south toward Florence and very nearly assemble the first Italian regional state before plague carried him off at the height of his ambition.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.