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  2. Italian nobility - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of marquesses in Italy - Wikipedia

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    The main associations that privately protect titles and nobility are the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana (body of the Italian nobility, also known as CNI) and the Corpo della Nobiltà Sarda (body of the Sardinian nobility). In 14th and 15th centuries, no titles were granted, but only fief possession.

  4. List of dukes in the nobility of Italy - Wikipedia

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    22 September 1904. King of Italy. Prince Aimone of Savoy. Subsidiary title of the Duke of Aosta. Duke of Syracuse. 18 February 1940. Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. Princess Inés María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies [9][10] Substantive title of the Royal House of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.

  5. Ludovico Sforza - Wikipedia

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    Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; 'the Moor'), [b] and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, [3] was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499. Although he was the ...

  6. Orsini family - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Tommaso dei Cavalieri - Wikipedia

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    Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1509 —1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo 's love. [3][4] Michelangelo was 57 years old when he met Cavalieri in 1532. The young noble was exceptionally handsome, and his appearance seems to have fit the artist's notions of ideal masculine beauty, for ...

  8. Borghese family - Wikipedia

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    The House of Borghese is a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century and held offices under the commune. During the 16th century, the head of the family, Marcantonio, moved to Rome, where they rose in power and wealth following the election ...

  9. Poirot Investigates - Wikipedia

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    The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman – 14 February 1993; Miss Lemon is inserted into the adaptation and is a love interest for Foscatini's butler Graves who asks Poirot for help. The unnamed inspector from the short story is replaced by Chief Inspector Japp in the adaptation. Ascanio wasn't arrested. Ascanio's name is changed from Paolo to ...