The Salviati family was an important Italian noble family in the Republic of Florence.
History
Some sources trace the origins of the family to a Gottifredo who lived in Florence in the twelfth century. The first documented member of the family is Cambio di Salvi, who in 1335 was among both the gonfalonieri and the . In all, twenty members were gonfaloniere and sixty-two occupied the position of priore.
Members
- Francesco Salviati, archbishop of Pisa, hanged from the walls of the Palazzo della Signoria in 1478 for his part in the Pazzi Conspiracy
- Giorgio Benigno Salviati (died 1520), Bosnian-born adopted member of the family, theologian and archbishop
- Jacopo Salviati (1461âÂÂ1533), married Lucrezia de' Medici
- Giovanni Salviati (1490âÂÂ1553), cardinal
- Maria Salviati (1499âÂÂ1543), daughter of Lucrezia di Medici and Jacopo Salviati, married Giovanni delle Bande Nere, mother of Cosimo I de Medici.
- Bernardo Salviati (1508âÂÂ1568), condottiere, 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 Pierre de Ronsard
- Diane Salviati, niece of Cassandre, dedicatee of the LâÂÂhécatombe àDiane of Agrippa d'Aubigné
- Antonio Maria Salviati (1537âÂÂ1602), appointed cardinal in 1583
- Alamanno Salviati, cardinal from 1727 until his death in 1733
- Gregorio Salviati, cardinal from 1777, died 1794
- Pietro Salviati, III Duke of Salviati (1887-1972), who in 1914 married in Palazzo Zilleri Maria Antoinetta Zilleri dal Verme, daughter of count Henri Zilleri dal Verme degli Obbizzi.
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