TRIVULZIO, FAMIGLIA. – Of Milanese origin, the first information concerning the family dates from the 11th–12th centuries.
Its principal members were: ERASMO, a condottiero, who lived in the 15th century and died in 1459. GIACOMETTO, of the T. of Casteltidone, a jurist, took part in the negotiations for the Peace of Lodi. His son ERASMO was ambassador of Ludovico il Moro. TEODORO, born in 1474 and died in 1551, served in the French army, where he attained the rank of Marshal of France; he was sent by Francesco I to govern Genoa (1527). PIETRO, of the T. of Borgomanero, died in 1522 and was archbishop of Reggio Calabria (1 October 1520). FILIPPO, who died in 1543, Pietro’s brother, was also archbishop of Reggio Calabria, a position which he resigned; he had received the archbishopric from his brother AGOSTINO, born in Milan and died in Rome in 1548, who had held it since 24 October 1520. The latter was made a cardinal in 1517, was legate in France, apostolic protonotary, and protector of the Cistercian Order,
and held the bishoprics of Alessandria (1525), Asti (1528–29), and Bobbio (1522–24); in 1524, at the request of Francesco I, that of Toulon, in 1531 Bayeux, and in 1537 Gratz; on the occasion of the sack of Rome, he was held hostage by Carlo V and detained in Naples, a prisoner in Castel Nuovo. GIAN GIACOMO T., of the T. of Vigevano, counts of Mesocco, born in Milan in 1441 and died at Chartres in 1518; he was a member of the Regency Council of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, took part in the war in Piedmont against Burgundy (1476), went to the Holy Land, came to the aid of Ferrante d’Aragona, king of Naples, after the episode of the barons’ conspiracy and remained at his court; but after Carlo VIII’s expedition he joined the French, went to France, and returned to Milan with the troops of Luigi XII. He governed the Duchy on behalf of the King and was removed from office in 1500; he took part in the battle of Novara (1513), where he was defeated, but achieved a victory over the Swiss and Massimiliano Sforza at Marignano (1515). AMBROGIO, Gian Giacomo’s son, died in 1546 and was bishop of Bobbio from 27 May 1524. GIAN FRANCESCO, born in 1504 and died in 1573, served in the army of Francesco I and in 1573 became general of the papal cavalry. ANTONIO, of the T. of Melzo, born around 1470 and died in 1522, was bishop of Asti (26 July 1499–1508), Como (1487), and Piacenza (31 July 1508–19 January 1509); he was Gian Galeazzo Sforza’s legate in Venice, an auditor of the Rota, and on 28 September 1500, at the request of Luigi XII, was made a cardinal; he was always a supporter of the French. He died in Rome and was buried in S. Maria del Popolo. SCARAMUZZA, who died at Verona in 1527, was a jurist, state councillor to Luigi XII, bishop of Como (1508) and Piacenza (26 September 1519–25); he supported the Pope on the occasion of the Council of Pisa and took part in the subsequent Lateran Council; on 1 July 1517 he was made a cardinal with the title of S. Ciriaeo; he looked after French interests at the Holy See, and when the French were driven from Milan, Duke Francesco II confiscated his revenues in the Duchy. CATALANO, born in 1508 and died in 1559, was bishop of Piacenza, following the resignation of his uncle Scaramuzza, from 3 May 1525 until 1559. ANTONIO, born in Milan and died in 1559, a scholar of law, was given the administration of the bishopric of Toulon in 1528; he was governor of Perugia, vice-legate at Avignon (1544), nuncio in France, internuncio in Venice, a member preferred by the Segnatura, cardinal with the title of SS. Giovanni e Paolo on 15 March 1557, and legate a latere in France in 1559 for the peace between Enrico II and Filippo II. CESARE, bishop of Como (1527–48), nuncio in France, was briefly governor of Perugia in January 1536 and took part in the negotiations between Carlo V and Francesco I (1536). GIAN GIACOMO TEODORO, born in Milan in 1596 and died there in 1657, served in the army of Filippo III of Spain; he was ambassador of the King of Spain, whom he represented in Rome, and of the Emperor, from whom he received the office of imperial commissioner; he married the first-born daughter of the prince of Monaco, who soon died, leaving him a son, also named Teodoro. Having subsequently entered ecclesiastical life, he was made a cardinal with the title of S. Cesareo on 19 November 1629; he was legate in the Marches, governor general of the Milanese army, viceroy of Aragon and of Sicily, where in 1647 he sought to quell the disturbances that had broken out, viceroy of Sardinia (1649), and governor of Milan (1656). He was commendatory abbot of the abbey of S. Celso and protector of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.