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An ancient family of the
Milanese aristocracy, from Milano Porta Nuova, according to the tradition of descendant line of the De La Tour di Borgogna, of whom two members moved around the year 1000 in Val Sassina to marry two daughters of Count Tacius. The De La Tour in turn are said to be descendants
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Over the centuries, different branches of the family have acquired numerous titles: barons, counts, marquesses and even dukes and princes. Many members of the
Society have also been awarded various titles related to orders of knightly.
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The Della Torre family had been enfeoffed by the archdiocese of Milan with vast territories reaching as far as the Canton Ticino, whose main body was the county of
Valsassina, with the fortified village of Primaluna in the center.
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Medolago e Federico Oriani, Della Torre di Milano. Genealogiche chimere dalla Valsassina alle Fiandre, in Luca Giarelli (a cura di), I Signori delle Alpi. Famiglie e poteri tra le montagne d'Europa, 2015,
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Salvino della Torre's descendant
Eriprando married Eurilla, daughter and heiress of the Count of Valsassina. Made Barons zum Creutz by the Holy Roman Emperor in 1532, the
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imposed his personal power over the city, beginning the
Torriani lordship, which lasted some 50 years. He died in 1259 and was succeeded by another brother,
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According to the linealogy of the family, the house would descend from the imperial family of
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between 1277 and 1281, was returned to power, which he held until 1307, when he was succeeded by his son
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and baron of the Holy Roman Empire: he was ambassador to Venice (1558). Carlo
Torriani was governor of
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Raimondo della Torre
Patriarca di Aquileia (1273-1299): politico, ecclesiastico, abile comunicatore
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Florimondo della Torre, son of Corrado Mosca, attempted in vain to regain power in Milan. His son
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and Vercelli. The Torriani were staunch members of the
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Niedernondorf Schloss, owned by the family since 1872
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