Proposed Marriage
When he 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 a marriage proposal as Massimiliano's father was hoping that Henry would help him against the French. Henry was only interested in peace not war after founding his new dynasty from the War of the Roses
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