Galeotto II Pico della Mirandola: Difference between revisions

[[File:Galeotto II Pico della Mirandola.jpg|thumb|Galeotto II ]]

He was the son of [[Ludovico I Pico]], who died in 1509 and [[Francesca Trivulzio]] and grew under the tutelage of his mother, who ruled the state in his name until 1511. He learned from it the hatred of his uncle [[Gianfrancesco II Pico]], lord of Mirandola. In [[1533]] he entered the castle and murdered his uncle, taking power. Then [[Emperor Charles V]] sent his commissioners to Mirandola, inviting Galeotto to hand over the State, but he refused and was therefore sentenced to death. But not even the sending of the general [[Antonio de Leyva]] succeeded in moving Galeotto.

He then placed himself in [[1536]], under the protection of [[Francis I of France|Francis I]], sending his children to the French court. In the [[Italian War of 1536–38]], when the war between the French and Charles V rekindled, Galeotto participated in [[Piedmont]] in the maneuvers against the imperials.

He died in Paris in [[1550]].