TRIVULZIO, FAMIGLIA

Among its principal members were: ERASMO, a condottiero who lived in the 15th century and died in 1459. GIACOMETTO, of the Trivulzio of Castelidone, a jurist, took part in the negotiations for the Peace of Lodi. His son ERASMO was ambassador to Ludovico il Moro. TEODORO, b. 1474, d. 1551, served in the French army, rising to the rank of Marshal of France; he was sent by Francis I to govern Genoa (1527). PIETRO, of the Trivulzio of Borgomanero, d. 1522, archbishop of Reggio Calabria (10 Oct 1520). FILIPPO, d. 1543, brother of Pietro, was also archbishop of Reggio Calabria, which he later resigned; he had received the archbishopric from his brother AGOSTINO, b. in Milan, d. in Rome in 1548, who had held it since 24 Oct 1520. Agostino was created cardinal in 1517, served as legate in France, protonotary apostolic, protector of the Cistercian Order, and held the sees of Alessandria (1525), Asti (1528–29), Bobbio (1522–24); in 1524, at the request of Francis I, Toulon; in 1531, Bayeux; and in 1537, Gratz. During the Sack of Rome he was held hostage by Charles V and detained as a prisoner in Castel Nuovo, Naples. GIAN GIACOMO T., of the Trivulzio of Vigevano, counts of Mesocco, b. in Milan in 1441, d. in Chartres in 1518; he was a member of the regency council of Gian Galeazzo Sforza, took part in the war in Piedmont alongside Burgundy (1476), went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, intervened to aid Ferrante d’Aragona, king of Naples, after the Barons’ Conspiracy and remained at his court, but after Charles VIII’s expedition he adhered to the French cause, went to France, and returned to Milan with the troops of Louis XII; he governed the Duchy on behalf of the King but was removed in 1500; he took part in the Battle of Novara (1513) where he was defeated, though he had earlier won a victory over the Swiss and Maximilian Sforza at Marignano (1515). AMBROGIO, son of Gian Giacomo, d. 1546, was bishop of Bobbio on 27 May 1524. GIAN FRANCESCO, b. 1504, d. 1573, served in the army of Francis I and in 1573 became general of the papal cavalry. ANTONIO, of the Trivulzio of Melzo, b. c. 1470, d. 1522, bishop of Asti (26 July 1499–1508), Como (1487), Piacenza (31 July 1508–19 Jan 1509); he was legate of Gian Galeazzo Sforza to Venice, auditor of the Roman Rota, and on 28 Sept 1500, at the request of Louis XII, was created cardinal and remained a consistent supporter of the French; he died in Rome and was buried in S. Maria del Popolo. SCARAMUZZA, d. in Verona in 1527, a jurist, counsellor of state to Louis XII, bishop of Como (1508) and of Piacenza (26 Sept 1519–25); he supported the Pope at the Council of Pisa and took part in the subsequent Council of the Lateran; on 19 July 1517 he was created cardinal with the title of S. Ciriaco; he safeguarded French interests at the Holy See, and when the French were driven from Milan his revenues in the Duchy were confiscated by Duke Francesco II. CATALANO, b. 1508, d. 1559, was bishop of Piacenza, succeeding his uncle Scaramuzza, from 3 May 1525 to 1559. ANTONIO, b. in Milan, d. 1559, a scholar of law, in 1528 was given the administration of the bishopric of Toulon, served as governor of Perugia, vice-legate at Avignon (1544), nuncio to France, internuncio to Venice, prefect of the Segnatura, and was created cardinal with the title of SS. Giovanni e Paolo on 15 March 1557; as legate a latere in France in 1559 he negotiated the peace between Henry II and Philip II. CESARE, bishop of Como (1527–48), nuncio to France, in January 1536 was for a short time governor of Perugia and took part in the negotiations between Charles V and Francis I (1536). GIAN GIACOMO TEODORO, b. in Milan in 1596, d. there in 1657, served in the army of Philip III of Spain, 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 eldest daughter of the Prince of Monaco, who died in childbirth leaving him a son, also named Teodoro. Later turning to an ecclesiastical career, he was created cardinal with the title of S. Cesareo on 19 Nov 1629, served as legate in the Marches, general governor of the Milanese army, viceroy of Aragon, of Sicily (where in 1647 he attempted to suppress the uprising), of Sardinia (1649), and governor of Milan (1656). He was commendatory abbot of S. Celso and protector of the Order of the Knights of Malta.