Carlo I Cybo-Malaspina (18 November 1581 - 13 February 1662) was an Italian nobleman, who was
prince of Massa and marquis of Carrara from 1623 until his death.
Born in
Ferrara
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, he was the son of
Alderano Cybo-Malaspina and
Marfisa d'Este
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. He was also Duke of
Ferentillo
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and held other patrician positions in several of the numerous Italian states of the time. In 1605, he married the
Genoese noblewoman Brigida
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, from whom he had numerous children.
The eldest of them,
Alberico, succeeded him after his death in 1662.
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1581 births
1662 deaths
Nobility from Ferrara
Cybo-Malaspina