Estorre Visconti

Estorre Visconti, or Astorre according to other sources (13467 January 1413), was one of the many illegitimate sons of the famous Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan and already deposed by his nephew Gian Galeazzo Visconti in 1385. Biography Born in Milan, son of Barnabò and Beltramola de' Grassi, Estorre in 1404 had received as its domain the Lordship of Martinengo and Morengo. He was a member of the Society of Braid, chivalric order founded Archduke Albert III of Austria. Giovanni Maria Visconti, son of Gian Galeazzo and Duke of Milan, and accused him of conspiracy and had him close in the terrible prison of Ovens in the Castle of Monza, from which he was freed by his followers of the Ghibelline party. In 1407 he was proclaimed Lord of Monza and made a mint to mint its own coins with the words Hestor Vicecomes Modoetie.