Van wie was Agnese del Maino?

Agnese del Maino (Milaan, begin 15e eeuw – Milaan, 13 december 1465) was de maîtresse van Filippo Maria Visconti, de laatste hertog van Milaan uit de dynastie Visconti. Agnese speelde een rol bij de hertogskroning (1450) van haar schoonzoon Francesco Sforza, die de meest luisterrijke dynastie stichtte die Milaan gekend heeft.

Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was the Duke of Milan from 1412 until his death in 1447. Contemporary accounts described him as paranoid, yet politically shrewd.

In the 1420s, he engaged in conflict with Romagna, Florence, and Venice during the Wars in Lombardy, but was eventually compelled to surrender under pressure from Pope Martin V. He later returned to war, which ended with another peace agreement.

Visconti married twice; his second marriage, in 1428, was to Marie of Savoy, daughter of his ally Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy. At his death in 1447, Visconti was the last male of the Visconti line. He was succeeded by Francesco Sforza, who had married his illegitimate daughter, Bianca Maria Visconti, born to Agnese del Maino.