Rulers of Milan

This page lists rulers of Milan from the 13th century to the present.

Lords of Milan, House of Visconti, 1277–1395

• Oddone Visconti, Archbishop of Milan 1277–1294
• Matteo I Visconti 1294–1302; 1311–1322
• Galeazzo I Visconti 1322–1327
• Azzo Visconti 1329–1339
• Luciano Visconti 1339–1349
• Barnabo Visconti 1349–1385
• Galeazzo II Visconti 1349–1378
• Matteo II Visconti 1349–1355

Dukes of Milan 1395–1800

• Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1378–1395
• Gian Maria Visconti 1402–1412
• Filippo Maria Visconti 1412–1447
• Republic 1447–1450
• Francesco I Sforza 1450–1466
• Galeazzo Maria Sforza 1466–1476
• Gian Galeazzo Sforza 1476–1494
• Lodovico Sforza 1494–1499
• Louis XII of France 1499–1500
• Lodovico Sforza (restored) 1500
• Louis XII of France 1500–1512
• Massimiliano Sforza 1512–1515
• Francis I of France 1515–1521
• Francesco II Sforza 1521–1535
• Emperor Charles V 1535–1554
• Philip II of Spain 1554–1598
• Philip III of Spain 1598–1621
• Philip IV of Spain 1621–1665
• Charles II of Spain 1665–1700
• Philip V of Spain 1700–1706
• Emperor Charles VI 1706–1740
• Maria Theresa 1740–1780
• Emperor Joseph II 1780–1790
• Emperor Leopold II 1790–1792
• Emperor Francis II 1792–1797
• Cisalpine Republic 1797–1799
• Emperor Francis II (restored) 1799–1800

Governors of Milan, 1538–1800

• Alfonso d'Avalos, Marques del Vasto 1538–1546
• Ferrante Gonzaga, Prince of Molfetta 1546–1555
• Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva 1555–1556
• Cristofero Cardinal Madruzzo 1556–1558
• Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba, Duke of Sessa 1558–1560
• Francisco Fernando d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara 1560–1563
• Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba, Duke of Sessa 1563–1564
• Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque 1564–1571
• Don Luis de Requesens 1572–1573
• Antonio de Guzmán, Marquis of Ayamonte 1573–1580
• Don Sancho de Guevara y Padilla 1580–1583
• Carlos de Aragona, Prince of Castelvetrano 1583–1592
• Don Fernando de Velasco 1592–1595
• Don Pedro de Padilla 1595–1600
• Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes 1600–1610
• Don Fernando de Velasco 1610–1612
• Juan de Mendoza, Marques de la Hinyosa 1612–1614
• Don Sancho de Luna 1614–1616
• Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Francavila 1616–1618
• Gomez Suarez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duke of Feria 1618–1625
• Don Gonzalo Fernandez de Córdoba 1625–1629
• Ambrogio, Marquis of Spinola 1629–1630
• Alvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz 1630–1631
• Gomez Suarez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duke of Feria 1631–1633
• Ferdinand, Cardinal-Infante of Spain 1633–1634
• Gil Cardinal Albornoz 1634–1635
• Diego Felipe de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés 1635–1641
• Juan de Velasco, Count of Sirvela 1641–1643
• Antonio Sancho Davila, Marquis of Velada 1643–1646
• Bernardino Fernando de Velasco, Count of Haro 1646–1647
• Iñigo Fernando de Velasco, Count of Haro 1647–1648
• Luis de Benavides, Marquis of Caracena 1648–1656
• Alonzo Perez de Vivero, Count of Fuensaldagna 1656–1660
• Francesco Gaetani, Duke of Sermoneta 1660–1662
• Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon 1662–1668
• Paolo Spinola, Marquis of los Balbases 1668–1670
• Gaspar Tellez Girón, Duke of Osuna 1670–1674
• Claude Lamoral, Prince de Ligne 1674–1678
• Juan Henriquez de Cabrera, Count of Melgar 1678–1686
• Antonio Lopez de Ayala Velasco y Cardeñas, Count of Fuensalida 1686–1691
• Diego Felipe de Guzmán, Marquies of Leganés 1691–1698
• Prince Charles Henry of Lorraine-Vaudemont 1698–1706
• Prince Eugene of Savoy 1706–1716
• Prince Maximilian Karl of Löwenstein-Wertheim 1717–1719
• Count Girolamo Colloredo 1719–1725
• Count Wirich Philipp von Daun 1725–1736
• Count Otto Ferdinand von Traun 1736–1743
• Prince Georg Christian von Lobkowitz 1743–1745
• Gian Luca Pellavicini 1745–1747
• Count Ferdinand Bonaventura von Harrach 1747–1750
• Gian Luca Pellavicini 1750–1754
• Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena 1754–1771
• Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este 1771–1796
• Lombard Republic 1796
• Transpadane Republic 1796–1797
• Conte Luigi Cocastelli 1799–1800

Cisalpine Republic, 1797–1802

• First Directory 1797–1798
• Second Directory 1798
• Third Directory 1798–1799
• Austrian Rule 1799–1800
• Provisional Government Committee 1800
• Extraordinary Government Commission 1800
• Executive Committee of the Extraordinary Government Commission 1800–1802

Italian Republic, 1802–1805

• Napoleon Bonaparte (President) 1802–1805

Kings of Italy, 1805–1814

• Napoleon I 1805–1814

Viceroys of the Kingdom of Italy, 1805–1814

• Eugène de Beauharnais 1805–1814

Kings of Lombardy-Venetia, 1814–1859

• Franz I of Austria 1814–1835
• Ferdinand I of Austria 1835–1848
• Franz Joseph of Austria 1848–1859

Viceroys of Lombardy-Venetia, 1814–1859

• Prince Heinrich XV Reuss zu Plauen 1814–1815
• Count Friedrich Heinrich von Bellegarde 1815–1816
• Archduke Anton Viktor of Austria 1816–1818
• Archduke Rainer of Austria 1818–1848
• Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz 1848–1857
• Archduke Maximilian of Austria 1857–1859
• Count Franz Gyulai 1859
• Baron Heinrich Hermann von Hess 1859