Gian Giacomo Trivulzio

Palazzo Trivulzio in Milan

Gian Giacomo Trivulzio , the Great, Marchese di Vigevano, (* 1440 / 41 or 1448 in Milan , † 5. December 1518 ) was an Italian-French military leader and Marshal of France . He had the Swiss citizenship of Lucerne (1513) and Altdorf (1518).

biography

Gian Giacomo Trivulzio came from a Milanese family, particularly flourishing in the 16th century, whose beginnings go back to 1120.

In 1466 he took part in the procession to France and in 1476 suppressed the Ghibelline revolt in Genoa . In 1480 he bought the Misox dominion in today's Canton of Graubünden from Count Johann Peter von Sax and expanded the Castello di Mesocco into an impregnable fortress. In 1483 he was exiled by Lodovico Moro out of jealousy . Trivulzio figured as the head of the Lombard Guelphs. He entered the service of the King of Naples in 1486, French in 1494, conquered the Duchy of Milan in 1499 (see History of Milan , Italian Wars ), became Marshal of France, later governor of Milan. In 1493 Trivulzio also acquired the rulership rights over the Rheinwald and Safien and in 1496 joined the Gray League with his rule Misox and his subjects . As governor of Milan between 1500 and 1512 he initiated the improvement and drainage of the Piano di Chiavenna.

In 1515 Trivulzio commanded the victorious French troops in the Battle of Marignano , which he called the "Battle of the Giants".

Suspected of having had ties with Venice and the Swiss Confederation , he fell out of favor with the king, and when he appeared at court for his justification in 1518, he was received so ungraciously that he died of anger soon afterwards.

His brother René sided with the Ghibellines and died in the Venetian service. Marshal Teodoro Trivulzio was his nephew. His first wife was Margherita Colleoni , who was buried in the Cappella Trivulzio in San Nazaro Maggiore in Milan.

literature

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles : Dictionnaire historique et biographique des généraux français, depuis le onzième siècle jusqu'en 1820. Volume 9, Paris 1823, pp. 362–365 ( PDF ; 29.6 MB).
Carlo De Rosmini: Istoria della vita e della gesta di Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. 2 volumes, Milan 1815.

Web links

Commons : Gian Giacomo Trivulzio - collection of images, videos and audio files

Annamaria Valenti, Marino Viganò: Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

↑ Marignano 1515: "Trivulzio, the captain, who had seen so much, affirmed that it was not a battle of men but of giants and that the eighteen battles in which he took part were compared to these children's battles." (Francesco Guiccardini: History of Italy. Book 12, Chapter 15)

personal data
SURNAME	Trivulzio, Gian Giacomo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trivulce, Jean-Jacques; the great; Marchese di Vigevano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian-French military leader and Marshal of France
DATE OF BIRTH	1440 or 1441 or 1448
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	December 5, 1518

[1] Marignano 1515: "Trivulzio, the captain, who had seen so much, affirmed that it was not a battle of men but of giants and that the eighteen battles in which he took part were compared to these children's battles." (Francesco Guiccardini: History of Italy. Book 12, Chapter 15)