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Italian nobility. The nobility of Italy (Italian: Nobiltà italiana) comprised individuals and their families of the Italian Peninsula, and the islands linked with it, recognized by the sovereigns of the Italian city-states since the Middle Ages, and by the kings of Italy after the unification of the region into a single state, the Kingdom of ...
Boccanegra (5 P) House of Bonaparte (15 C, 94 P) Boncompagni (7 P) House of Boniface (9 P) House of Borghese (3 C, 20 P) House of Borgia (4 C, 64 P) House of Borromeo (18 P) Bourbon del Monte family (2 P) House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (8 C, 29 P)
Caterina Sforza. Caterina Sforza, reproduction of the medal about 1488. Caterina Sforza (1463 – 28 May 1509) was an Italian noblewoman, the Countess of Forlì and Lady of Imola, firstly with her husband Girolamo Riario, and after his death as a regent of her son Ottaviano. The descendant of a dynasty of noted condottieri, from an early age ...
Orsini family. Palazzo Orsini in Fara Sabina, northern Lazio, central Italy. The Orsini were amongst the main feudatories in Italy from the Middle Ages onwards, holding a great numbers of fiefs and lordships in Lazio and in the Kingdom of Naples. The House of Orsini is an Italian noble family that was one of the most influential princely ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total. Italian monarchs (10 C, 7 P) Italian noble families (146 C, 165 P) Italian nobles by title (16 C) Italian royalty (9 C, 14 P) Lists of Italian nobility (1 C, 51 P) Nobility of Italian states (9 C, 2 P) Italian women nobility (4 C)
The House of Piccolomini (pronounced [pikkoˈlɔːmini]) is the name of an Italian noble family, Patricians of Siena, who were prominent from the beginning of the 13th century until the 18th century. [3] The family achieved the recognized titles of Pope of the Catholic Church, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Grandee of Spain, and Duke of Amalfi.
Origins. According to tradition, the Colonna family is a branch of the Counts of Tusculum — by Peter (1099–1151) son of Gregory III, called Peter "de Columna" from his property the Columna Castle in Colonna, in the Alban Hills. Further back, they trace their lineage past the Counts of Tusculum via Lombard and Italo-Roman nobles, merchants ...
Da Polenta family. Coat of arms of da Polenta family. [ 1] The da Polenta family ( Italian: [da (p)poˈlɛnta]) [ 2] or Polentani ( Italian: [polenˈtaːni]) was an old Italian noble family whose name derives from the Castle of Polenta near Bertinoro in Romagna .