Giovanni Aliprandi (1426) was an Italian nobleman. He was

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and captain (immediate vassal) of the

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and lived in

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, in the parish of San Simpliciano.

Biography

He entered public life in 1386, when he was elected Council Settler for

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Comacina in Milan. A few years later the

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wanted him among his advisers. He had also political and military roles outside

. In 1403 the City of

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asked him to support before the Duke

Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (16 October 1351 – 3 September 1402), was the first duke of Milan (1395) and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance. He also ruled Lombardy jointly with his uncle Bernabò. He was the foundi ...

the request to set up four teams for the defense of the city, in order to end the power of the Anguissola family. In 1412, he was appointed Mayor and Captain of the Army of

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. When, in the same year, Estorre Visconti was proclaimed Lord of Milan, Giovanni Aliprandi returned home. After

Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447)

occupied with troops the city of Milan, Estorre Visconti, his sister Valentina and her husband Giovanni Aliprandi fled to

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with their allies. Here the resistance was tenacious until Estorre Visconti died and, because of severe food shortage, Valentina Visconti agreed to surrender with honor in the hands of Captain who ran the siege,

Francesco Bussone Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola (c. 1382 – 5 May 1432), was an Italian condottiero. Life Bussone was born at Carmagnola, near Turin, in a humble peasant family. He began his military career when twelve years old under Facin ...

, called ''Count of Carmagnola''. Nothing is known about Giovanni Aliprandi and his wife and children, for over ten years afterwards. In 1425 they were in

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. There lived also the Count of Carmagnola, who had stopped serving the Duke of Milan and was offering his services to the

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. Documents that came to light in 1800, after the end of the Republic of Venice, and those of the ''Visconti Archive'', show that Giovanni Aliprandi conspired to kill the Count of Carmagnola, in hope to convince the

(his cousin) to remove the ban which had affected his family. The conspiracy was revealed, he was arrested and beheaded in 1426.Aliprandi.
Digilander It. Retrieved December 23, 2011.

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Biography

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