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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)
The Kingdom of Italy was dissolved in 1946 and the use of titles of nobility is not currently recognized or regulated by the Italian state. [1] This list includes dukedoms in Italy which were created by sovereign rulers other than the King of Italy, such as the Holy Roman Emperor and the Holy See , as well as titles that originally belonged to ...
Consequently, Lombard Nobility has all Italian ranks, including Patricians of the most important cities. Just a few main existing houses being styled as Marquesses are listed hereafter in alphabetical order, indicating the house main title if other and – the case be – the city that houses are Patricians of.
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)
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 ...
The Corpo della nobiltà italiana (Italian, 'Body of the Italian Nobility'), sometimes referred to as CNI, is a private association established in 1957 to protect heraldic and nobility rights of Italian nobles after the republican constitution (promulgated in 1947) put an end to official recognition of nobility and noble titles.
House of Carafa. The House of Caracciolo (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈrattʃolo]) (Italian: Casa Caracciolo) (Latin: Domus Caracciolo) is a prominent aristocratic noble family that originated in the city of Naples. The Caracciolos are considered one of the most important families in the history of the Kingdom of Naples, and also held relevant ...