Background
Viridis was born in Milan, Italy and was the second of seventeen children.
Viridis was born in Milan, Italy and was the second of seventeen children.
Viridis" father, Bernabò was described as a cruel and ruthless despot. He was also an implacable enemy of the Church. He seized the papal city of Bologna, rejected the Pope and his authority, confiscated ecclesiastical property, and forbade any of his subjects to have any dealings with the Curia.
He was excommunicated as a heretic in 1363 by Pope Urban V, who preached crusade against him.
When Bernabò was in one of his frequent rages, only the children"s mother, Beatrice Regina was able to approach him. was engaged to Jadwiga of Hungary, youngest daughter of the neighboring king, was one of the first attempts of the House of Habsburg to extend their sphere of influence in Eastern Central Europe by marrying heiresses, a practice that gave rise to the phrase Bella gerant alii: tu felix Austria nube (Let others make war: thou happy Austria, marry).