Sfondrati

The Sfondrati family comes from Milan and came to power and prestige with Francesco Sfondrati as Podestà of Pavia and Imperial Count. His son Niccolò Sfondrati became Pope in 1590 as Gregory XIV . Francesco's descendants became dukes of Montemarciano, Marchesi di Montefia and Conti della Riviera; the family died out at the end of the 18th century.

Known family members

• Niccolò Sfondrati (1535–1591), 1590 Pope Gregory XIV.
• Sigismondo Sfondrati († 1652), Spanish captain general of the artillery, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece ; ∞ Genoveva Anna (1618–1663), daughter of Leonhard II von Taxis
• Valentino (Celestino) Sfondrati (1644–1696), 1687–1696 Abbot of St. Gallen

Tribe list

1. Giovanni Battista Sfondrati, 1487 in Milan
   1. Francesco Sfondrati (1493–1550), 1527–1528 Podestà of Pavia , imperial count, 1543 Archbishop of Amalfi, 1544 cardinal; ∞ Anna Visconti († November 20, 1538), daughter of Antonio Visconti
      1. Niccolò Sfondrati (1535–1591), imperial count, 1583 cardinal, 1590 Pope Gregory XIV.
      2. Paolo Sfondrati († 1587), Imperial Count, Conte della Riviera; ∞ Sigismonda d'Este, daughter of Sigismondo, Signore de San Martino, governor of Pavia
         1. Anna Sfondrati, ∞ Ercole Visconti , Conte de Saliceto
         2. Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560-1618), cardinal
         3. Ercole Sfondrati (1569–1637), imperial count, Conte della Riviera, 1st Duca di Montemarciano; ∞ Lucrezia Cybo, daughter of Alberico Cybo, Marchese di Massa
            1. Valeriano Sfondrati (1606–1645), 2nd Duca di Montemarciano, Imperial Count, Conte della Riviera; ∞ Paola Marliano, heir to Luigi Conte di Busto
               1. Ercole Sfondrati († 1684), 3rd Duca di Montemarciano, Imperial Count, Conte della Riviera;
                  1. Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati (1678–1749), 4th Duca di Montemarciano, Imperial Count, Conte della Riviera,
                     1. Ercole (1711–1773), 5th Duca di Montemarciano, Imperial Count, Conte della Riviera
                     2. Carlo († 1788), 6th Duca di Montemarciano, Imperial Count, Conte della Riviera,
               2. Valentino (Celestino) Sfondrati OSB (1644–1696), 1687 Abbot of St. Gallen, 1695 Cardinal
               3. Carlo Filippo Sfondrati B. (1636–1680), Bishop of Volterra
         4. Francesco Sfondrati († after 1602), 1591 Marchese di Montefia; ∞ Bianca Visconti , daughter of Gian Pietro Visconti
            1. Sigismondo Sfondrati († 1652), 2nd Marchese di Montefia, Spanish captain general of the artillery, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece ; ∞ Genoveva Anna (1618–1663), daughter of Leonhard II von Taxis
            2. Giovanni Sfondrati († 1634), senator in Milan
            3. Carlo Sfondrati, governor of Vercelli ; ∞ Isabella Visconti , daughter of Carlo Visconti

Web links

• Genealogy of the Sfondrati family

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sfondrati, Francesco. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed April 19, 2017.
2. ^ Sfondrati, Paolo Emilio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed April 19, 2017.
3. ^ Sfondrati, OSB, Celestino. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website ), accessed April 19, 2017.
4. ^ Entry on Carlo Filippo Sfondrati on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 19, 2017.