Rulers of Milan: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present.

Lords of Milan, House of Visconti, 1277-1395

• Oddone Visconti, Archbishop of Milan 1277-1294
• Matteo I Visconti 1294-1302; 1311-1322
• Galeazzo I Visconti 1322-1327
• Azzo Visconti 1329-1339
• Luciano Visconti 1339-1349
• Barnabo Visconti 1349-1385
• Galeazzo II Visconti 1349-1378
• Matteo II Visconti 1349-1355
• Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1378-1395

• Gian GaleazzoVisconti1395-1402
• Gian Maria Visconti 1402-1412
• Filippo Maria Visconti 1412-1447
• Republic 1447-1450
• Francesco ISforza 1450-1466
• Galeazzo Maria Sforza 1466-1476
• Gian Galeazzo Sforza 1476-1494
• Lodovico Sforza 1494-1499
• Louis XII of France 1499-1500
• Lodovico Sforza (restored) 1500
• Louis XII of France 1500-1512
• Massimiliano Sforza 1512-1515
• Francis I of France 1515-1521
• Francesco II Sforza 1521-1535
• Emperor Charles V 1535-1554
• Philip II of Spain 1554-1598
• Philip III of Spain 1598-1621
• Philip IV of Spain 1621-1665
• Charles II of Spain 1665-1700
• Philip V of Spain 1700-1706
• Emperor Charles VI 1706-1740
• Maria Theresa 1740-1780
• Emperor Joseph II 1780-1790
• Emperor Leopold II 1790-1792
• Emperor Francis II 1792-1797
• Cisalpine Republic 1797-1799
• Emperor Francis II (restored) 1799-1800

Governors of Milan, 1538-1800

• Alfonso d'Avalos, Marques del Vasto 1538-1546
• Ferrante Gonzaga, Prince of Molfetta 1546-1555
• Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva 1555-1556
• Cristofero Cardinal Madruzzo 1556-1558
• Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba, Duke of Sessa 1558-1560
• Francisco Fernando d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara 1560-1563
• Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba, Duke of Sessa 1563-1564
• Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque 1564-1571
• Don Luis de Requesens 1572-1573
• Antonio de Guzmán, Marquis of Ayamonte 1573-1580
• Don Sancho de Guevara y Padilla 1580-1583
• Carlos de Aragona, Prince of Castelvetrano 1583-1592
• Don Fernando de Velasco 1592-1595
• Don Pedro de Padilla 1595-1600
• Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes 1600-1610
• Don Fernando de Velasco 1610-1612
• Juan de Mendoza, Marques de la Hinyosa 1612-1614
• Don Sancho de Luna 1614-1616
• Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Francavila 1616-1618
• Gomez Suarez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duke of Feria 1618-1625
• Don Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba 1625-1629
• Ambrogio, Marquis of Spinola 1629-1630
• Alvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz 1630-1631
• Gomez Suarez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duke of Feria 1631-1633
• Ferdinand, Cardinal-Infante of Spain 1633-1634
• Gil Cardinal Albornoz 1634-1635
• Diego Felipe de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés 1635-1641
• Juan de Velasco, Count of Sirvela 1641-1643
• Antonio Sancho Davila, Marquis of Velada 1643-1646
• Bernardino Fernando de Velasco, Count of Haro 1646-1647
• Iñigo Fernando de Velasco, Count of Haro 1647-1648
• Luis de Benavides, Marquis of Caracena 1648-1656
• Alonzo Perez de Vivero, Count of Fuensaldagna 1656-1660
• Francesco Gaetani, Duke of Sermoneta 1660-1662
• Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon 1662-1668
• Paolo Spinola, Marquis of los Balbases 1668-1670
• Gaspar Tellez Girón, Duke of Osuna 1670-1674
• Claude Lamoral, Prince de Ligne 1674-1678
• Juan Henriquez de Cabrera, Count of Melgar 1678-1686
• Antonio Lopez de Ayala Velasco y Cardeñas, Count of Fuensalida 1686-1691
• Diego Felipe de Guzmán, Marquies of Leganés 1691-1698
• Prince Charles Henry of Lorraine-Vaudemont 1698-1706
• Prince Eugene of Savoy 1706-1716
• Prince Maximilian Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim 1717-1719
• Count Girolamo Colloredo 1719-1725
• Count Wirich Philipp von Daun 1725-1736
• Count Otto Ferdinand von Traun 1736-1743
• Prince Georg Christian von Lobkowitz 1743-1745
• Gian Luca Pellavicini 1745-1747
• Count Ferdinand Bonaventura von Harrach 1747-1750
• Gian Luca Pellavicini 1750-1754
• Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena 1754-1771
• Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este 1771-1796
• Lombard Republic 1796
• Transpadane Republic 1796-1797
• Conte Luigi Cocastelli 1799-1800

• First Directory 1797-1798
• Second Directory 1798
• Third Directory 1798-1799
• Austrian Rule 1799-1800
• Provisional Government Committee 1800
• Extraordinary Government Commission 1800
• Executive Committee of the Extraordinary Government Commission 1800-1802

• Napoleon Bonaparte (President) 1802-1805

• Napoleon I 1805-1814

Viceroys of the Kingdom of Italy, 1805-1814

• Eugène de Beauharnais 1805-1814

• Franz I of Austria 1814-1835
• Ferdinand I of Austria 1835-1848
• Franz Joseph of Austria 1848-1859

Viceroys of Lombardy-Venetia, 1814-1859

• Prince Heinrich XV Reuss zu Plauen 1814-1815
• Count Friedrich Heinrich von Bellegarde 1815-1816
• Archduke Anton Viktor of Austria 1816-1818
• Archduke Rainer of Austria 1818-1848
• Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz 1848-1857
• Archduke Maximilian of Austria 1857-1859
• Count Franz Gyulai 1859
• Baron Heinrich Hermann von Hess 1859