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Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. Two distinct Visconti families are known: the first one (chronologically) in the Republic of Pisa in the mid twelfth century, who achieved prominence first in Pisa, then in Sardinia, where they became rulers of Gallura; the second and most important one rose to power in Milan, where they left a permanent historical mark ruling the city from 1277 to 1447 and leaving several collateral branches still extant.
Any link between the two families in Pisa-Gallura and Milan has yet to be proved
Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia
The first Visconti of note in Pisa was Alberto, who bore the title patrician. Alberto's son, Eldizio, bore the titles patrician and consul from 1184 to 1185. It was Eldizio's sons, Lamberto and Ubaldo I, who brought the family to the height of its influence in Pisa and Sardinia. Both of them carried
the title of patrician and each served a term as podestà.
In 1212, there was complete anarchy in Pisa as various factions, pro- and anti-Visconti, warred over
the political authority. In mid-January 1213, William I of Cagliari led a coalition of anti-Visconti forces to victory in battle near Massa over the combined forces of Lucca and the Visconti under Ubaldo. Afterwards, Pisa divided power between four rectores, one of which was a Visconti.
The Visconti of Sardinia continued to take a part in Pisan politics to
the end of the century, but their influence there was greatly diminished after 1213.
In Sardinia Eldizio had married a daughter of Torchitorio III of Cagliari, who became the mother of Lamberto and Ubaldo. In 1207, Lamberto married Elena, the heiress of Barisone II of Gallura, thus securing control over the northeastern corner of Sardinia with his capital at Civita. In 1215, he and Ubaldo established their hegemony over the Giudicato of Cagliari in the south of the island as well. Through advantageous marriages, Lamberto's son, Ubaldo II, even secured power in Logudoro for a time. By mid century, Pisan authority was unopposed in Sardinia thanks to the Visconti,
who were allied by marriage with the other great families of Pisa (Gherardeschi and Capraia) and Sardinia (Lacon and Bas-Serra).
The Visconti of Gallura used a cock as their symbol (Gallura meaning 'land of cocks'), whereas
the later Visconti of Milan used a serpent swallowing a Saracen, or, according to another version, on the
contrary giving life to a child. This symbol is still closely connected with Milan.
Visconti of Milan
The effectual founder of the Visconti of Milan, Ottone, wrested control of the city from the rival Della Torre family in 1277.
The family, once risen to power, loved to claim legendary versions about its origins. Fancy
genealogies were "cool" at the time, while established facts reflecy quite sober and almost humble beginnings in the lesser
nobility. The branch of the Visconti family that came to rule Milan was originally entrusted with the lordship
of Massino (nowadays Massino Visconti), a hamlet in lovely position over Lago Maggiore, where they were in charge since the twelfth century as archiepiscopal vassals.
It is thought that the Milanese Visconti had their origins in a family of capitanei
(cfr. the modern surname Cattaneo) whom archbishop Landulf of Milan (978-998) had granted certain feudal holdings known as caput plebis (at the head, likely
in geographical and not hierarchical sense, of the pieve, an ecclesiastical lesser subdivision). A document from the
year 1157 says the Visconti were holders of the captaincy of Marliano (today Mariano Comense); late chronicler Galvano Fiamma confirms this version. Decades before that, surely before 1070, they had gained the public office of viscount, to be later inherited down the male line (Biscaro, ASL, "I maggiori dei Visconti di Milano").
Soon the family dispersed into several branches, some of which were entrusted fiefs far off from the Lombard metropolis; the one which gave the Medieval lords of Milan is said to be descended from Umberto
(d. in the first half of the 12th century).
The Visconti ruled Milan until the early Renaissance, first as Lords, then, from 1395, with the mighty Gian Galeazzo who almost managed to unify Northern Italy and Tuscany, as Dukes. Visconti rule in Milan ended with the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447. He was succeeded, after a short-lived republic, by his son-in-law Francesco I Sforza, who established the reign of the House of Sforza.
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Visconti of Milan family tree
Descendants of Uberto Visconte ( † mid-13th century)
1. Ottone{1207-1295}
archbishop
of Milan (1262)
Lord of Milan (1277-78) and (1282-85).
2. Andreotto
(13th century)
1. Teobaldo Visconti (1225-1275)
1. Matteo I Visconti
capitano del popolo of Milan (1287-1298)
lord of Milan (1287-1302) and (1311-1322)
1. Galeazzo I
lord of Milan (1322-1327)
1. Azzone
lord of Milan (1329-1399)
2. Marco († 1329)
3. Giovanni
archbishop of Milan (1339)
lord of Milan (1339-1354)
lord of Bologna and Genoa (1331-1354).
1. Giovanni da Oleggio (presumed)
lord of Bologna (1355-1360)
4. Luchino
lord of Milan (1339-1349)
1. Luchino Novello (died 1399)
5. Stefano (died 1327) & VALENTINA DORIASOPHIA
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1. Matteo II
lord of Milan (1354-1355)
2. Galeazzo II
lord of Milan (1354-1378)
1. Gian Galeazzo
lord of Milan (1378-1395)
Duke of Milan (1395-1402)
1. Valentina
married (1387) Louis of Orléans
2. Giovanni Maria
Duke of Milan (1402-1412)
3. Filippo Maria
Duke of Milan (1412-1447)
1. Bianca Maria (illegitimate, by Agnese del Maino)
in 1441 married to Francesco I Sforza, later duke of Milan
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BERNABO IS THE SON OF STEFNO & VALENTINA DORIA CRIVELLI VISCONTI
3. Bernaḅ
lord of Milan (1354-1385)
& REGINA DELLA SCALLA
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2. Uberto il Pico (1280?-1315)
1. Vercellino
podestà of Vercelli (1317) and Novara (1318-1320).
1. Line of the Visconti di Modrone, Marquesses(1694) and later Dukes (1813) of Vimodrone, whose members include
Luchino Visconti and Eriprando Visconti.
GRANDMA ESTELLA CRIVELLI CERVANTYES AND GRANDDAUGTHER CAROLINA
JOSEPH CERVANTES, JR.
SON
OF
ESTELLA CRIVELLI & JOSEPH CERVANTES
ANNOUNCEMENT
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CERTIFICATE
THE HISTORY OFTHE CRIVELLI
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Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.
The dynasty was founded by Muzio Attendolo, called Sforza (from sforzare, to exert or force, 1369-1424) a condottiero from Romagna serving the Angevin kings of Naples. He was the most successful dynast of the condottieri.
His son Francesco I Sforza ruled Milan for the first half of the Renaissance era, acquiring the title of Duke of Milan from the extinct Visconti family in 1447. While there were many good rulers in the family, there were also a number of despots, many of
which were mentally unstable.
The family also held the seigniory of Pesaro, starting from Muzio Attendolo's second son, Alessandro (1409-1473). The Sforza held Pesaro until 1519, with the death of Galeazzo. Muzio's third son, Bosio (1411-1476), founded the branch of Santa Fiora, who held the title of count of Cotignola; the Sforza ruled the small county of Santa Fiora in southern Tuscany until 1624. Members of this family also held important ecclesiastical and political position in the Papal
States, and moved to Rome in 1674.
The Sforza would later join with the Borgia Family, through the arranged marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni (the illegitimate son of Costanzo I of Pesaro[1]).
Ludovico Sforza (also known as Ludovico il Moro, famous also for taking Leonardo da Vinci at his service) was defeated in 1500 by the French army of Louis XII of France - see also Italian Wars.
After the French were driven out by Imperial Swiss troops Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico,
*****HIS MOTHER IS THE ONE WHO POSED FOR THE MADONNA ON THE ROCKS BT LEANDRO DA VINCI AND HIS
MOTHER WAS LUCEIZA CRIVELLI...
became Duke of Milan, until the French returned under Francis I of France and imprisoned him.
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