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Janmatino Visconti

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Janmastino Visconti (born March 1370 in Milan, Sanoria Milan, † 19 June 1405 in Bergamo, Milan) is the master of Bergamo, Val Kamonica and Jera D'Ada.

Origin
He was the son of Bernabo Visconti (* 1323,† 1385), ruler of Milan, and of his wife Beatrice Regina della Skala (* 1331 † 1384). His grandparents on the father line were Stefano Visconti, master of Milan, and Valentina Doria, and on the mother's mother's mother's day

There are four brothers and ten sisters:

Tadea (* 1351 † 1381), Duchess of Bavaria as wife of Stefan III and mother of the French Queen Isabella Bavarian

Verde (c. 1352 † 1414), Duchess of Austria as wife of Leopold III Habsburg
Mark (* 1355 † 1382), Lord of Parma (1364
Ludovico (* 1355 † 1404), Governor and Lord of Lodi (1379
Valentina (* 1357 or 1360/62 or 1367† 1393), Queen of Cyprus and Queen of Jerusalem from 1378 to 1382 as wife to Peter II de Luzian
Rodolfo (* 1358 † 1389), Lord of Parma (1364
Carlo (* 1359 † 1403), Lord of Parma (1364), Husband of Beatrice d.
Antonia (* 1364 † 1405), Countess of Württemberg as wife of Eberhard III
Catherine (* 1362† 1404), last mistress of Milan (1385
Anise (* 1363 † 1391), Countess of Mantua as wife of Francesco I Gonzaga
Madalena (* 1366 † 1404), Duchess of Bavaria (1381
Lucia (* 1372 † 1424), Marquise of Maisen as wife of Friedrich V von Turingen and Countess of Kent as wife of Edmund Holland
Elizabeth (* 1374 † 1432), Duchess of Bavaria as wife to Ernst Bavarian
Anglisia (* 1377 † 1439), Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia (oc. 1401

She also has six half brothers and nine half sisters from her father's extramarital relationship with five women.

His father Bernabò constantly fought wars with the Papal State: he was excommunicated from the Church and was a ruthless tyrant. In 1385 he was shot down by his nephew Zhang Galazzo Visconti and later poisoned in the castle of Trezzo.

Biography
In 1379 his father divided his territory between his legitimate sons Marco, Ludovico, Janmatino, Rodolfo and Carlo. Nine-year-old Janmastino had the territories of Brescia and Val Kamonica.

In May 1385 his cousin Zhang Galazzo Visconti, married from 1380 to his sister Katerina Visconti, took over all power by coup, ruled Milan himself and ordered the poisoning of his uncle Bernabo. After the coup d'état Janmastino hid in Brescia, then in Koyra at the bishop's