They were born to Rodolfo Maserati and his wife Carolina in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy.
[1] Rodolfo was a railway worker from Piacenza, driving a heavy Krupp locomotive,[2] and married Carolina Losi.
They had seven sons in total, but only six reached adulthood, as Alfieri I was only 1 year old when he died.
Alfieri, along with the remaining five brothers, Carlo, Bindo, Mario, Ettore and Ernesto, contributed to the sports luxury automobile manufacturer Maserati in one way or another.
[4] The Maserati brothers were: A memorial plaque for Alfieri II was placed at their birthplace in 1987.