{{more citations needed, date=March 2012 The ''Aliprandi'' is an Italian family originally from

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, descending from the

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. Wealthy feudal lands in various parts of

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, had supremacy over the city of

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in municipal period. The House of Aliprandi gave the Catholic Church Blessed Catherine Aliprandi.AA.VV. ''"Libro d'oro della nobiltà italiana"'' Roma Collegio Araldico 2010-2014 Edizione XXIV vol.XXIX pag. 41-42; vol. XXX pag. 913

Origins

An ancient tradition derives the lineage of Aliprandi from the great Lombard King Liutprand (712-744). Documentation of this link consists of ancient manuscripts and other sources. The derivation of the Lombard royal lineage is attested by an inscription dated 1131 in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in

, published by eminent historians such as Cantù and Giulini and admitted as proof of nobility for the reception in ''Order of Santo Stefano'' and ''Noble College of Giureconsulti'' in Milan. The family Aliprandi was feudal in the eponymous village, which was an independent municipality until the late 19th century, when it was annexed to the city of

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. In Milan, the family appears in the list of noble houses that draw from

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in 1277.

Giovanni Aliprandi Giovanni Aliprandi (1426) was an Italian nobleman. He was Count Palatine and captain (immediate vassal) of the Holy Roman Empire and lived in Milan, in the parish of San Simpliciano. Biography He entered public life in 1386, when he was elected C ...

(1220) begat three sons, Arnolfo, Garibaldo and Bertarino, grandfather of

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, Lord of Monza. Giovannolo became the immediate vassal (with the rank of nobility, eminent) of Count Palatine and noble of the

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with his brothers, his nephew and descendants of Emperor Charles IV of Holy Roman Empire on May 15, 1355.

The Aliprandi-Fanzago

Coat of arms of the House of Fanzago degli Aliprandi

An important branch of the family lived in

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(near

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). At the time of Count Antonio Venturino the family name was changed to Fanzago.

Other Branches

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, a branch appeared in the 15th century as heir to the name and substance of the canon and the Count Palatine Bartolomeo Cartolari. The surname of ''Cartolari'' was ascribed to the Noble Council in 1524 and still flourishes in the same city as the best-known survivors of the branches of the lineage of Aliprandi. The nobleman Giulio Cesare Aliprandi, son of Gaspare Aliprandi, brother of Luigi in 1587 received the ''Order of Santo Stefano'', was admitted in 1584 with proof of nobility in the college of ''Nobles Giureconsulti'' of Milan. That branch of the family continues to live in

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. The branch of

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became extinct in 1910. It had descended from Count Paolo di Bonifazio di Giovannolo, started in

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by Giovanni Aliprandi. Giovanni was Treasurer of

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daughter of

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, had various fiefdoms including

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married Valentina Visconti, the daughter of Barnabò Visconti, Lord of Milan. Giovanni was banned from Milan banned for political reasons in 1413, giving rise to another branch in

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Origins

The Aliprandi-Fanzago

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