The Filangieri (

Old Norman Old Norman, also called Old Northern French or Old Norman French ( fro, Ancien Normant, nrf, Ancien Normaund), was one of many varieties of the '' langues d'oïl'' native to northern France. It was spoken throughout the region of what is now call ...

''Fitz Anger'',

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

''Filii Angerii'' meaning "sons of Angerio") were an

Italo-Norman The Italo-Normans ( it, Italo-Normanni), or Siculo-Normans (''Siculo-Normanni'') when referring to Sicily and Southern Italy, are the Italian-born descendants of the first Norman conquerors to travel to southern Italy in the first half of the ...

noble family with origins (c.1100) near Nocera in the

Kingdom of Sicily The Kingdom of Sicily ( la, Regnum Siciliae; it, Regno di Sicilia; scn, Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in the south of the Italian Peninsula and for a time the region of Ifriqiya from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 un ...

, but they rose to prominence at

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. Famous members include: * Giordano Filangieri I * Riccardo Filangieri I, son of Giordano I *

Giordano Filangieri II Giordano Filangieri (born 1195/1200) was a Neapolitan nobleman, the son of Giordano, lord of Nocera, and Oranpiassa, and younger brother of Riccardo. Both he and his brother became involved in the high politics of the Kingdom of Sicily. Giordan ...

, son of Giordano I * Lotterio Filangieri I *

Enrico Filangieri Enrico Filangieri (died 10 October 1258) was an Italian nobleman and Dominican friar who served as the archbishop of Bari in the Kingdom of Sicily from May 1252 until his death. Enrico was a scion of the Filangieri family, the son of Guido, lord ...

* Marino Filangieri * Lotterio Filangieri II, son of Giordano II * Aldoino Filangieri di Candida, son of Giordano II * Riccardo Filangieri di Candida * Guido Filangieri * Giordano Filangieri III *

Gaetano Filangieri Gaetano Filangieri (22 August 1753 – 21 July 1788) was an Italian jurist and philosopher. Filangieri was born in San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, in the province of Naples, Italy. He was born the third son of a sibship of the noble family of Fila ...

Carlo Filangieri Carlo Filangieri (May 10, 1784 – October 9, 1867), prince of Satriano (Calabria), Satriano, was a Naples, Neapolitan soldier and statesman. He was the son of Gaetano Filangieri, a celebrated philosopher and jurist, and father of Gaetano Filangi ...

, son of Gaetano * Gaetano Filangieri, prince of Satriano, son of Carlo, founder of the

Museo Civico Filangieri The Museo Civico Filangieri ("Filangieri civic museum") is an eclectic collection of artworks, coins, and books assembled in the nineteenth century by Gaetano Filangieri, prince of Satriano, who gave it to the city of Naples as a museum. It is ho ...

External links

Genealogia dei Filangieri (XIe s.–XVIe s.)

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Italo-Norman families