Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

Giovanni (Gian) Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio (1597 – 3 August 1656) was an Italian Cardinal who held several high functions in service of the Spanish Crown.

Portrait of Prince Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

Biography

Coat of arms of Cardinal Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

Trivulzio was born and died in Milan, Duchy of Milan. He was the son of Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio, Count of Melzo, who died when Gian Giacomo was still very young, and Catherina Gonzaga. His sister was Ippolita Trivulzio. In Austria, a 17th century bronze coin depicting the Cardinal's portrait still exists.

Titles

According to Sebastián Francisco de Medrano's miscellany Favores de las Musas, dedicated to Trivulzio himself in 1631, the Cardinal's full title is as follows: The Most Eminent and Excellent Lord His Excellency Theodoro Trivulzio Diacono, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church of the Title of San Crisogono, Legate a latere of the Holy Apostolic See and of our Most Blessed Lord Pope Urban VIII, in the Province of La Marca of Ancona, Vicar General in spiritual, civil, and temporal matters of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Misocco and the Misolcino, Count of Melcio and Gorgonzola, Lord of Cotoño and Venzaguelo.

Marriage and offspring

In 1615 he married Giovanna Maria Grimaldi, daughter of Hercule, Lord of Monaco, and wife Maria Landi.
They had two daughters and one son:

• Ottavia (1618), married Tolomeo II Gallio (1618 - Milan, 28 January 1687), 4th Duke of Alvito, great-grandson of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and had issue
• Caterina,
• Ercole Teodoro, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Career

When his wife died in 1620, Gian Giacomo entered the Church. On 19 November 1629, he became a cardinal. In 1642 he became Viceroy of Aragon, and Grandee of Spain.

He participated in the Papal conclave, 1644, which finally chose Pope Innocent X, and in the Papal conclave, 1655, which elected Pope Alexander VII, and where Gian Giacomo as protodeacon gave the Habemus Papam announcement.

Between 1647 and 1649 he was Viceroy of Sicily and between 1649 and 1651 Viceroy of Sardinia. In April 1656 he became interim Governor of the Duchy of Milan, a post he held until his death. He died in Milan on 3 August 1656 and was buried in the family vault in the Santo Stefano church.

Works

Gridario dell'eminentissimo e reverendissimo signore il signor Theodoro cardinale principe Trivulzio, 1656

• Gridario dell'eminentissimo e reverendissimo signore il signor Theodoro cardinale principe Trivulzio (in Italian). Milano: Marco Antonio Pandolfo Malatesta. 1656.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

16. Giovanni Fermo Trivulzio 8. Gerolamo Teodoro Trivulzio, Count of Melzo 17. Margherita Valperga 4. Giovanni Giacomo Trivulzio, Count of Melzo 18. Carlo Barbiano, Count of Belgioioso 9. Antonia Barbiano di Belgioioso 19. Caterina Visconti di Saliceto 2. Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio, Count of Melzo 20. Paolo Marliani 10. Pietro Antonio Marliani, Count of Busto Arsizio 21. Ippolita Landriani 5. Ottavia Marliani 22. Giovanni Giacomo Rajnoldi 11. Cornelia Rajnoldi 23. Elena Ghillia 1. Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio 24. Rodolfo Gonzaga, Lord of Castiglione 12. Luigi Alessandro Gonzaga, Lord of Castiglione 25. Caterina Pico della Mirandola 6. Alfonso Gonzaga, Marquis of Castel Goffredo 26. Gian Giacomo Anguissola, Count of Piacenza 13. Caterina Anguissola 27. Angela Tedeschi 3. Caterina Gonzaga 28. Bartolomeo Maggi 14. Cesare Maggi, Count Maggi 29. Francesca Bagarotta 7. Ippolita Maggi 30. Marcantonio dal Verme, Count of Sanguinetto 15. Bianca dal Verme 31. Ippolita Visconti Borromeo

External links

• The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary, Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644), Consistory of November 19, 1629 (V) Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine