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I improved the list given at ...... https://gw.geneanet.org/comrade28?lang= ... &p=bernabo

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Bernabo's legitimate children with his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala

Taddea Visconti, Duchess of Bavaria (1351 - 28 September 1381), married on 13 October 1364 Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria, by whom she had three children including Isabeau of Bavaria, Queen consort of King Charles VI of France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taddea_Visconti

Viridis Visconti (1352-1414), married Leopold III, Duke of Inner Austria, by whom she had at least 7 children.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viridis_Visconti
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2686

Marco Visconti (November 1353-1382), married Elisabeth (= Isabella) of Bavaria
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Visconti_di_Parma
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_ ... 1361-1382)

Rodolfo Visconti, Lord of Parma (1358-1388)
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Visconti
https://www.geni.com/people/Rodolfo-Vis ... 3122427554
Rodolfo was captured with his father Bernabo and his brother Ludovico in 1385 by Giangaleazzo. Rodolfo died in prison 1389.

Ludovico Visconti (1358 - 7 March 1404), married Violante Visconti, widow of Lionel of Antwerp. They had a son, Giovanni, who left descendants.
https://gw.geneanet.org/wailly?lang=en& ... p=ludovico ... 3rd husband of Violante
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violante_Visconti .... Violante, sister of Giangaleazzo Visconti, 1354 - 1386.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_of ... f_Clarence .... 1338 - 1368, first husband of Violante
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondotto ... 1358/61- 1378
Ludovico was captured with his father Bernabo and his brother Rudolfo in 1385 by Giangaleazzo.

Carlo Visconti (September 1359 - August 1403), married Beatrice of Armagnac, daughter of John II, Count of Armagnac and Jeanne de Périgord, by whom he had four children.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Visconti-43
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II,_ ... f_Armagnac
Beatrice (c1365), married in 1379 to Gaston de Foix († 1381), son of Gaston III, Count of Foix, and 27 January 1382 to Carlo Visconti, lord of Parma, son of Bernabò Visconti and Beatrice Regina della Scala.

Valentina Visconti (1360-1393), married firstly in 1378, King Peter II of Cyprus, by whom she had one daughter who died in early infancy;
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Va ... us_%281%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Cyprus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina ... _of_Cyprus

Widowhood
On 13 October 1382, Valentina was widowed. She quarrelled with her mother-in-law, eventually expelling her from court. After her husband died, she attempted to seize the crown of Cyprus for herself. Her death is reported in a letter from Queen Helvis of Cyprus to the Duke of Milan which arrived 12 September 1393.

Queen Helvis, who wrote the letter .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvis_of ... rubenhagen
Husband of Helvis .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_Cyprus

Caterina Visconti, Duchess of Milan (1361 - 17 October 1404), married on 2 October 1380 as his second wife, Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke of Milan, by whom she had two sons, Gian Maria Visconti, 2nd Duke of Milan; and Filippo Maria Visconti, 3rd Duke of Milan, who fathered Bianca Maria Visconti by his mistress Agnese del Maino.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Visconti

Agnese Visconti (1362-1391), married in 1380 Francesco I Gonzaga, by whom she had one daughter. Agnes was executed for alleged adultery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnese_Visconti

Antonia Visconti (died 26 March 1405), married Eberhard III, Count of Wurttemberg, by whom she had three sons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Visconti
viewtopic.php?p=26045#p26045

Mastino Visconti (? 1371, died 1404 ? 1405), married 1385 Antonia della Scala (died 1400), daughter of Cangrande II.
https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/017010/2013-08-06/
Mastino escaped to Brescia in 1385, after Bernabo was prisoned.
? looks strange, possibly identical to .. ?
Giammastino Visconti (* 1370 - 19 June 1405), signore of Bergamo, married Cleofa della Scala (died 1403), by whom he had three children. She was the daughter of Cangrande II.
https://www.thepeerage.com/p49026.htm#i490257
"Giammastino Visconti was born in 1370.1 He was the son of Bernabò Visconti, Duca di Milano and Regina Beatrice della Scala.1 He married Cleofa della Scala, daughter of Cangrande II della Scala.1 He died on 19 June 1405."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangrande_II_della_Scala .... died 1359, so the two daughters Cleofa and Antonia were about 12 years older than the 2 boys. This
looks all rather strange.

Maddalena Visconti (* 1366, died 17 July 1404), married Frederick, Duke of Bavaria, by whom she had five children including Henry XVI of Bavaria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddalena_Visconti

Aymonette Visconti * 1368, married Louis I de Berton des Balbes
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/fr/L ... albes-1350
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L ... conti-1368

Anglesia Visconti (died 12 October 1439), in January 1400 married King Janus of Cyprus, but the marriage was childless and was dissolved 1407/1409; he married in 1411 as his second wife, Charlotte de Bourbon-La Marche by whom he had six children.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesia_Visconti
Son of Queen Helvis .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus,_King_of_Cyprus

Lucia Visconti (1372 14 April 1424), married Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, the marriage was childless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Visconti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Ho ... rl_of_Kent

Elisabetta Visconti (1374 - 2 February 1432), married on 26 January 1395 Ernest, Duke of Bavaria, by whom she had five children including Albert III, Duke of Bavaria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta_Visconti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest,_Duke_of_Bavaria

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Bernabo's illegitimate offspring by Donnina del Porri, legitimated in a ceremony after the death of his wife in 1384, were as follows:
Palamede (d. 1402)
Lancelloto
Sovrana, married Giovanni da Prato.
Ginevra, * before 1385, died 1438 (?), married Leonardo Malaspina (d. 1441).
according ,,,, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaspina_family ,,, there was ...
Leonardo II, Son of Leonardo I and Caterina Rossi/Caterina Malaspina of Lusuolo. Leonardo II ruled together with a brother Galeotto between 13 July 1403 – 1441 the Marquisate of Gragnola. Leonardo II was married to Ginevra Visconti (1385?-1418 ?) and had one child.

[Leonardo II and Galeotto I were] "Brothers, they shared the fief. Despite surviving his brother, Galeotto possibly had to hand over the marquisate to Fosdinovo, as the land was reabsorbed by Fosdinovo and (probably because Galeotto had no male heirs) given to a new heir in 1445, with Galeotto still living."
https://www.google.com/maps/place/54013 ... ?entry=ttu

Enrica, married Franchino Rusca ... is possibly also given to Beltramola Grassi, see below

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With Beltramola Grassi: .... https://www.geni.com/people/Beltramola- ... 1552824235
Ambrogio (* 1343 - killed in battle Caprino Bergamasco, 17 August 1373), condottiero and Governor of Pavia.
Isotta (d. 1388), married in 1378 to Count Lutz von Landau, condottiero under the name of Lucio Land (d. 1398).
Ettore (d. 1413), signore di Monza, who briefly took the Lordship of Milan (16 May-12 June 1412), married Margherita Infrascati.
Margherita Visconti, abbess .... https://www.storiadimilano.it/Personagg ... %20Bernabò .... "Nacque intorno al 1345. Entrò in monastero con una dote di 6000 fiorini"
Enrica Rusca * 1344 .... https://www.geni.com/people/Enrica-Rusc ... 6765775528 ... Wife of Lotario Rusconi, di Como
Mother of Franchino II Rusconi; Giovanni Rusconi, vescovo di Parma; Baldassarre Rusconi; Enrica Rusconi and Donnina Rusconi
Riccarda, married Bernard, Seigneur de La Salle (d. 1391). .... https://gw.geneanet.org/bella57?lang=en ... p=riccarda .... gives this daughter to Montanina de Lazzari (see below)

When Donnina de' Porri a favorite mistress was born about 1330, in Milano, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, her father, Leone Porro, was 22 and her mother, Franceschina de Varubiis, was 19. She had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Bernabò Visconti Lord of Milan. She died after December 1385.

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with Montanina de Lazzari * c1320 .... https://www.geni.com/people/Montanina-d ... 9121140389
Sagramoro (d. 1385), Lord of Brignano, married Achiletta Marliani.

Sagramoro (d. 1385), Lord of Brignano, married Achiletta Marliani, this branch finish with two Ladyes: Claudia Visconti of Brignano, married in 1585 to Lodovico Marazzani Landi, Lord of Paderna and Villa del Riglio from 1602 Lodovico Marazzani Visconti Lord of Paderna, from 1605 Count Lodovico Marazzani Visconti, Count of Paderna and Villa del Riglio and Flerida Visconti of Brignano married with Alessandro Marazzani Landi, Lord of Paderna and Villa del Riglio and one Lord: Alessandro Visconti, Lord of Brignano, Doctor in Laws in Pavia University
(by Bernabo biography ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernabò_Visconti )

Donnina (1360-1406), married in 1377 to Sir John Hawkwood.
https://www.geni.com/people/Donnina-Haw ... 5016640980
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hawkwood

His second marriage is well documented. He was married in 1377 to Donnina Visconti, an illegitimate daughter of the great Milanese ruler Bernabò Visconti. It was a political match; she is described as a "forceful character, in the mold of her father and the Visconti women in general".[1]: 13  Some sources say that he was almost on equal terms with her which was very uncommon for that period of time, and he even let her run part of his finances. They had four children: Janet, Catherine, Anna and John.

Riccarda, married Bernard, Seigneur de La Salle (d. 1391).
https://gw.geneanet.org/bella57?lang=en ... p=riccarda
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardon_de_la_Salle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_la_Salle

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with Giovanolla Montebretto
Bernarda (d. 1376), married Giovanni Suardi.
... connected to a ghost story ... https://www.secretmaps.net/en/cloister- ... -visconti/
... expanded story ... https://en.italiani.it/ghost-monastery- ... nda-milan/
Valentia, married Antonio Gentile Visconti, Lord of Belgioioso.
Belgioioso https://www.google.com/maps/place/27011 ... ?entry=ttu

Huck wrote,

Valentina Visconti (1360-1393), married firstly in 1378, King Peter II of Cyprus, by whom she had one daughter who died in early infancy; [ ....she married secondly, Galeazzo, Count of Virtù ...error?]
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Va ... us_%281%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Cyprus

I do not see this Galeazzo in either of your references. Where is your source for this second marriage?

There was, of course, another Valentina Visconti (1371-1408), the daughter of the (by marriage to Isabella, whose dowry was the County of Virtus) "Count of Virtu", Giangaleazzo Visconti. She married Louis I Duke of Orleans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina ... l%C3%A9ans.
But I have not yet seen where the genealogists confuse the two.

Valentina Visconti (13601393), married firstly in 1378, King Peter II of Cyprus, by whom she had one daughter who died in early infancy; she married secondly, Galeazzo, Count of Virtù

The quote is at the page, which I took as basic copy ... https://gw.geneanet.org/comrade28?lang= ... &p=bernabo

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-s ... 85-1618/p1
There appears a" Galeazzo, count of Virtu, of Milan," but this seems to be Giangaleazzo and Giangaleazzo was then married to another Bernabo daughter, Caterina.

Caterina Visconti, Duchess of Milan (1361 - 17 October 1404), married on 2 October 1380 as his second wife, Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke of Milan,

Valentina was then still married to Peter II of Cyprus, who died 1382. Wiki to Peter II of Cyprus ...

.... was married by proxy in Milan on 2 April 1376, and in person at Santa Sophia, Nicosia, in July or August 1378. His wife was Valenza or Valentina Visconti (Milan, 1360/1362 – in Italy, ca. 1393 before September, 1393), a daughter of Bernabò Visconti, co-lord of Milan, and his wife Beatrice della Scala. Peter II had one daughter by Valentina in 1379 or 1380, but the child died as an infant in Nicosia sometime not long before 3 October 1382 and was buried at St. Dominic's, Nicosia.

For Gian Galeazzo we have (Italian wiki) ...

Gian Galeazzo Visconti, detto Conte di Virtù dal nome di Vertus in Champagne, titolo portato in dote dalla prima moglie Isabella di Valois (Pavia, 16 ottobre 1351 – Melegnano, 3 settembre 1402), è stato un politico italiano, primo Duca di Milano, nonché conte di Vertus, di Pavia, Signore di Milano, Verona, Crema, Cremona, Bergamo, Bologna, Brescia, Belluno, Feltre, Novara, Como, Lodi, Vercelli, Alba, Asti, Pontremoli, Tortona, Alessandria, Valenza, Piacenza, Bobbio, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Vicenza, Pisa, Perugia, Siena, Assisi.

I think, there is an error.
This looks correct:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina ... _of_Cyprus

Widowhood
On 13 October 1382, Valentina was widowed. She quarrelled with her mother-in-law, eventually expelling her from court. After her husband died, she attempted to seize the crown of Cyprus for herself. Her death is reported in a letter from Queen Helvis of Cyprus to the Duke of Milan which arrived 12 September 1393.

No 2nd marriage.

I replaced the passage with ...

Valentina Visconti (1360-1393), married in 1378 King Peter II of Cyprus (died in 1382), by whom she had one daughter who died in early infancy;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_II_of_Cyprus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina ... _of_Cyprus

Widowhood
On 13 October 1382, Valentina was widowed. She quarrelled with her mother-in-law, eventually expelling her from court. After her husband died, she attempted to seize the crown of Cyprus for herself. Her death is reported in a letter from Queen Helvis of Cyprus to the Duke of Milan which arrived 12 September 1393.

Here is the story of "Queen Helvis"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvis_of ... rubenhagen

Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1353 – 15 January 1421), was the Queen consort of Cyprus and Queen consort of Armenia as the wife of King James I of Cyprus. He was also titular King of Jerusalem. She was styled Queen of Cyprus from 1382 to 1398; although at the time of his ascension to the Cypriot throne, he and Helvis were imprisoned in Genoa after they had been captured by the Genoese on the island of Rhodes. Almost all of Helvis' 12 children were born to her while she was held prisoner. In 1385, after negotiations and many ruinous concessions to the Genoese, they were released and James was crowned king. In 1393, she became Queen of Armenia.

Thanks.