| Name |
Reign |
Notes |
| Lords of Milan, houses of della Torre (also known as Torriani) and Visconti |
| Pagano I della Torre |
1197–1241 |
|
| Pagano II della Torre |
1247–1257 |
|
| Manfredi Lancia |
1253–1256 |
|
| Martino della Torre |
1257–1259 |
| Oberto Pelavicino |
1259–1264 |
|
| Filippo della Torre |
1263–1265 |
|
| Napoleone della Torre |
1265–1277 |
| Ottone Visconti, Archbishop of Milan |
1277–1294 |
|
| Matteo I Visconti |
1294–1302 |
|
| Guido della Torre |
1302–1311 |
|
| Matteo I Visconti |
1311–1322 |
restored |
| Galeazzo I Visconti |
1322–1327 |
|
| Azzone Visconti |
1329–1339 |
|
| Luchino Visconti |
1339–1349 |
|
| Barnabò Visconti |
1349–1385 |
|
| Galeazzo II Visconti |
1349–1378 |
|
| Matteo II Visconti |
1349–1355 |
|
| Gian Galeazzo Visconti |
1378–1395 |
|
| Dukes of Milan, rulers of the Duchy of Milan |
| Gian Galeazzo Visconti |
1395–1402 |
|
| Gian Maria Visconti |
1402–1412 |
Son of Gian Galeazzo; assassinated |
| Filippo Maria Visconti |
1412–1447 |
Brother of Gian Maria |
| Ambrosian Republic 1447–1450 |
| Francesco I Sforza |
1450–1466 |
married a daughter of Filippo Maria |
| Galeazzo Maria Sforza |
1466–1476 |
son of Francesco |
| Gian Galeazzo Sforza |
1476–1494 |
son of Galeazzo Maria |
| Lodovico Sforza |
1494–1499 |
son of Francesco |
| Louis XII of France |
1499–1500 |
grandson of Valentina, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti |
| Lodovico Sforza |
1500 |
(restored) |
| Louis XII of France |
1500–1512 |
restored |
| Massimiliano Sforza |
1512–1515 |
son of Lodovico |
| Francis I of France |
1515–1521 |
great grandson of Valentina |
| Francesco II Sforza |
1521–1535 |
son of Lodovico, brother of Massimiliano |
| Spanish Rule 1540–1706 |
| Philip II of Spain |
1540–1598 |
After the death of Francesco II, claimed by emperor Charles V as an imperial fief for his son. |
| Philip III of Spain |
1598–1621 |
son of Philip II |
| Philip IV of Spain |
1621–1665 |
son of Philip III |
| Charles II of Spain |
1665–1700 |
son of Philip IV |
| Philip V of Spain |
1700–1706 |
great-grandson of Philip IV |
| Austrian Rule 1706–1797 |
| Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor |
1706–1740 |
great-grandson of Philip III |
| Maria Theresa |
1740–1780 |
daughter of Charles VI |
| Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor |
1780–1790 |
son of Maria Theresa |
| Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor |
1790–1792 |
brother of Joseph II |
| Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor |
1792–1797 |
son of Leopold II |
| Cisalpine Republic 1797–1799 |
| Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor |
1799–1800 |
(restored) |
| Austrian Rule 1799–1800 |
| Provisional Government Committee 1800 |
| Extraordinary Government Commission 1800 |
| Executive Committee of the Extraordinary Government Commission 1800–1802 |
| President of the Italian Republic |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
1802–1805 |
|
| King of Italy |
| Napoleon I |
1805–1814 |
|
| Eugène de Beauharnais |
1805–1814 |
Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy |
| Kings of Lombardy-Venetia |
| Franz I of Austria |
1814–1835 |
previously Duke of Milan |
| Prince Heinrich XV Reuss zu Plauen |
1814–1815 |
Viceroy for Franz I |
| Count Friedrich Heinrich von Bellegarde |
1815–1816 |
Viceroy for Franz I |
| Archduke Anton Victor of Austria |
1816–1818 |
Viceroy for Franz I |
| Archduke Rainer of Austria |
1818–1835 |
Viceroy for Franz I |
| Ferdinand I of Austria |
1835–1848 |
son of Franz I |
| Archduke Rainer of Austria |
1835–1848 |
Viceroy for Ferdinand I |
| Franz Joseph of Austria |
1848–1859 |
nephew of Ferdinand I |
| Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz |
1848–1857 |
Viceroy for Franz Joseph |
| Archduke Maximilian of Austria |
1857–1859 |
Viceroy for Franz Joseph |
| Count Franz Gyulai |
1859 |
Viceroy for Franz Joseph |
| Baron Heinrich Hermann von Hess |
1859 |
Viceroy for Franz Joseph |