Troilo I de' Rossi (c. 1462 - 3 June 1521) was an Italian

condottiero ''Condottieri'' (; singular ''condottiero'' or ''condottiere'') were Italian captains in command of mercenary companies during the Middle Ages and of multinational armies during the early modern period. They notably served popes and other Europe ...

and the first marquess of San Secondo.

Life

A son of Giovanni Rossi "il Diseredato" and Angela Scotti Douglas, he was born in San Secondo. He took part in

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's conquest of the

duchy of Milan The Duchy of Milan ( it, Ducato di Milano; lmo, Ducaa de Milan) was a state in northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had been ruling the city sin ...

in 1500, during which many lands taken from his grandfather by

Ludovico il Moro Ludovico Maria Sforza (; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (; "the Moor"). "Arbiter of Italy", according to the expression used by Guicciardini,

and ending up in the hands of members of the

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family were restored to him. However, it proved impossible to restore to him all the lands his family had controlled in the time of Pier Maria II and it was possibly as compensation for this fact that Louis made him marquess of San Secondo on 15 August 1502. Louis also made him a senator of Milan in 1505 and allowed him to accept the inheritance left him by his uncle

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in 1502 in return for a payment of 8000

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s and the promise never to rehabilitate his cousin Filippo Maria, Troilo's bitter rival and the designated heir of Pier Maria II. He restored the

Rocca dei Rossi Rocca dei Rossi is a castle located at piazza Mazzini #12 in the town of San Secondo Parmense, province of Parma, in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. A different ''Rocca dei Rossi'', also known as ''Castello di Roccabianca'', is located in the t ...

at San Secondo, rebuilding its bastions and towers, which had been demolished during the war with the Sforza, and expanding the defensive perimeter. He died there in June 1521, leaving the marquisate weak - his heirs were still in their minority and so the Rossi of Corniglio tried to take advantage of the situation with a force led by Filippo Maria and

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, descendants of

Guido de' Rossi Guido de' Rossi (c. 1440 - 1490) was an Italian condottiero. Life He was almost certainly born in the castle at San Secondo Parmense, San Secondo, the residence of his father Pier Maria II de' Rossi. His mother was Pier Maria II's wife Antonia Tor ...

, the son Pier Maria II had chosen to succeed himself.

Marriage and issue

In 1503 he married countess

Bianca Riario Bianca Riario (March 1478 – 1522) was an Italian noblewoman and regent, Marchioness of San Secondo by marriage to Troilo I de' Rossi, and regent of the marquisate and county of San Secondo for her son Pier Maria during his minority between 1521 ...

, daughter of

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, lord of Imola and sister of

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Lodovico de' Medici, also known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere (6 April 1498 – 30 November 1526) was an Italian ''condottiero''. He is known for leading the Black Bands and serving valiantly in military combat under his relatives, Pope Leo X and ...

pope Sixtus IV Pope Sixtus IV ( it, Sisto IV: 21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484), born Francesco della Rovere, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 August 1471 to his death in August 1484. His accomplishments as pope include ...

's nephew and

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's cousin. They had nine children: * Costanza (1503–?), married Girolamo degli Albizzi di Firenze; * Pietro Maria (1504–1547), 2nd marquess of San Secondo, married

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, daughter of

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, lord of Vescovato; * Gian Girolamo (1505–1564),

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; *

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(1506–1573), married

Vitello Vitelli Vitello Vitelli (1480 - May 1528) was an Italian knight and condottiero. Born in Città di Castello and belonging to the Vitelli family, he was the son of Camillo. He became count of Montone and is notable as the first husband of Angela de' ...

and later

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; * Bertrando (1508–1527), soldier in the army of

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; * Alessandro (1512-?), deaf and dumb, soldier; * Ettore (1515–1555), apostolic protonotary * Camilla (1516–1543), married Girolamo Pallavicino, marquess of

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; also became the lover of

; Cesare Marchi, ''Giovanni dalle Bande Nere'', Milano, 1981. *

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(1519–1554), married Maddalena Sanseverino (?-1551), countess of Cajazzo and Colorno, daughter of Roberto Ambrogio Sanseverino, count of Cajazzo.

References

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