Maximilian Sforza

Massimiliano Sforza
Portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, c.1496–1499
Duke of Milan
Reign	16 June 1512 – 11 October 1515
Predecessor	Louis XII of France
Successor	Francis I of France
Born	Ercole Massimiliano Sforza (1493-01-25)25 January 1493 Milan, Duchy of Milan
Died	4 June 1530(1530-06-04) (aged 37) Fontainebleu, France
House	Sforza
Father	Ludovico Sforza
Mother	Beatrice d'Este

Maximilian Maria Sforza (Italian: Massimiliano Maria Sforza; 25 January 1493 – 25 May 1530) was a Duke of Milan from the Sforza family, the son of Ludovico Sforza. He was installed as a ruler of Milan in 1512 after the capture of Milan by the Holy League, supported by a Swiss militia led by Jakob Meyer zum Hasen. He ruled from 1512 to 1515, between the occupations of Louis XII of France (1500–1512), and Francis I of France in 1515. After the French victory at the Battle of Marignano, Maximilian was imprisoned by the returning French troops.

When Maximilian was three his father tried to arrange a marriage between him and Mary Tudor, the younger daughter of King Henry VII of England. However, Henry VII rejected the proposal citing Mary's young age as the issue.

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