Issue
Bianca Maria bore Francesco Sforza eight children, six sons and two daughters:
- Galeazzo, Duke of Milan from 1466 to 1476 (when he was assassinated);
- Ippolita Maria, wife of King Alphonse II of Naples and mother of Isabella of Aragon, who was to marry Galeazzo's heir;
- Filippo Maria, Count of Corsica;
- Sforza Maria, Duke of Bari from 1464 to 1479;
- Lodovico, Duke of Bari from 1479 to 1494 and Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499;
- Ascanio, Abbot of Chiaraville, Bishop of Pavia, Cremona, Pesaro, and Novara and Cardinal;
- Elisabetta, wife of Guglielmo VIII Paleologo, Margrave of Montferrat; and
- Ottaviano, Count of Lugano, who drowned while escaping arrest.
Bianca Maria Visconti's numerous descendants include Caterina Sforza, Marie de Medici, King Louis XIV of France, King Charles II of England, Diana, Princess of Wales, and Princess Michael of Kent.
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