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The House of Salviati was a prominent and old noble family in the

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. Members of the family frequently occupied many important public positions. They held the title of Duke of Giuliano and Duke Salviati.

History

Some sources would trace the Salviati family back to a progenitor named Gottifredo who lived in the 12th century , but the first historically ascertained figure member of the family was Cambio di Salvi, who occupied both positions of ''gonfalonieri'' and ''

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i''. After him, there were twenty Salviati members who were gonfalonieri and sixty-two who occupied the position of priori.

Notable members

* Francesco Salviati,

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, hanged from the walls of the Palazzo della Signoria in 1478 for his part in the Pazzi Conspiracy * Jacopo Salviati (1461–1533), married Lucrezia de' Medici * Giovanni Salviati (1490–1553), Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal * Maria Salviati (1499–1543), daughter of Lucrezia di Medici and Jacopo Salviati, married

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, mother of Cosimo I de Medici. *

Bernardo Salviati Bernardo Salviati (17 February 1508 – 6 May 1568) was an Italian condottiero and Roman Catholic Cardinal. Salviati was born in Florence, the son of Jacopo Salviati and Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici, the sister of Giovanni de' Medici. The year ...

(1508–1568),

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, general of the galleys of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and cardinal * Cassandre Salviati, daughter of Bernardo Salviati, dedicatee of the ''Amours de Cassandre'' of

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* Diane Salviati, niece of Cassandre, dedicatee of the '' L’hécatombe à Diane'' of

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Antonio Maria Salviati Antonio Maria Salviati (January 21, 1537 – April 26, 1602) was a Florentine Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Salviati was born in Florence, son of Lorenzo Salviati and Costanza Conti, the nephew of cardinals Bernardo Salviati and Giovanni ...

(1537–1602), appointed cardinal in 1583 * Alamanno Salviati, cardinal from 1727 until his death in 1733 *

Gregorio Salviati Gregorio Antonio Maria Salviati (1722–1794) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Gregorio Salviati was born in Rome on 12 December 1722, the son of Giovanni Vincenzo Salviati, duke of Giuliano, and Anna Maria Boncompagni Ludov ...

, cardinal from 1777, died 1794.

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