The House of Gualterio (in the past, also Gualtieri) is an Italian aristocratic family, with its first documented roots in the 12th century and links to

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and the

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. The Gualterio family has spawned various aristocratic titles including the extant Marquis of Corgnolo (1723) and, under the Jacobite peerage, Earl of Dundee (1705). The present head and heir to the titles is Luigi Gualterio (b. 1955).

History

The Gualterio family bore the surname Gualterini or Gualcherini when

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...

, around 975, appointed it among the hundred

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families for the government of

Orvieto Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...

. In addition to the noble status in

(1067), where many members of the family held roles such as

gonfaloniere The Gonfalonier (in Italian: ''Gonfaloniere'') was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval and Renaissance Italy, notably in Florence and the Papal States. The name derives from ''gonfalone'' (in English, gonfalon), the ter ...

, governatore and Signore Sette, the family was co-opted in the nobility of

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(1566),

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(1518),

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(1686),

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(1689), Camerino (1691), Loreto (1694) and

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(1704).

Members of the family

* Agnese Gualterio, founded in 1325 with her brother Vanne, the jus patronatus of St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist and St. Catherine in the church of St. Biagio in Orvieto. * Raffaele Gualterio, known as "il Moro", who gave his name to the Torre del Moro in Orvieto, citizen of the Roman Senate (1529),

Pope Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...

's ambassador to

Sebastian of Portugal Sebastian ( pt, Sebastião I ; 20 January 1554 – 4 August 1578) was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz. He was the son of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and hi ...

(by whom he was admitted in the Order of Christ).Amayden, T. (1979). ''La storia delle famiglie romane''. Rome: Arnaldo Forni * Sebastiano Gualterio (1513–1566), Bishop of Viterbo (1551–1566),

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(1554–1556 and 1560–1561) and delegate to the

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(1562). * Paolo Gualterio, Treasurer General of the

Patrimony of Saint Peter The Patrimony of Saint Peter ( la, Patrimonium Sancti Petri) originally designated the landed possessions and revenues of various kinds that belonged to the apostolic Holy See (the Pope) i.e. the "Church of Saint Peter" in Rome, by virtue of the ap ...

, in 1599 married Antonia Pamphilj, sister of Pope Innocent X. * Vittoria Gualterio in 1580 married Sforza Maidalchini and was mother to

Olimpia Maidalchini Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj (26 May 1591 – 27 September 1657), (also spelled Pamphili and known as Olimpia Pamphili), was the sister-in-law of Pope Innocent X (Pamphili). She was perceived by her contemporaries as having influence regarding pap ...

. * Cardinal

Carlo Gualterio Carlo Gualterio (1613 – 1 January 1673) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Gualterio was born at Orvieto. In his family, Silvio Antoniani was cardinal and Sebastiano Gualterio had been Bishop of Viterbo, Papal Nuncio to France a ...

(1613–1673). * Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio (1660–1728), Nuncio to France (1700–1706), from 1706 Cardinal Protector of Scotland and from 1717 Cardinal Protector of England, advisor to

James Francis Edward Stuart James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs, was the son of King James II and VII of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He was Prince of Wales from ...

, Founder of a monumental library and collector of antiquities. Honorary member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1715). * Sebastiano Giulio Gualterio (1667), Knight of Order of Santiago (1706). * Giovanni Battista (1668–1740), created

Marquis A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

of Corgnolo, near Orvieto, by Pope Innocent XIII in 1723. Between 1713 and 1720 he was

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of Cumia (created by King

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and, under the Jacobite peerage, Earl of Dundee, Viscount of Eythorne, Peer of Scotland, Knight of Saint Andrew (1705), Knight of the

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(1708). * Innocenzo Felice Raimondo Gualterio (1670), Knight of Order of Calatrava (1706). * Raffaele Benedetto Gualterio, Knight of

Order of Saint Stephen The Order of Saint Stephen (Official: Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire, "Holy Military Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr") is a Roman Catholic Tuscan dynastic military order founded in 1561. The order was created by C ...

(1696). * Cardinal Luigi Gualterio, also known as Ludovico (1706–1761), Nuncio to France (1754–1759). * Senator Filippo Antonio Gualterio, (1819–1874).

Historical buildings

The Palazzo Gualterio in Orvieto was built following the initial project of Antonio da Sangallo. According to Giorgio Vasari, Simone Mosca completed the façade. Various members of the family are buried in the family chapel, within the Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio in the Orvieto Cathedral.

References

{{reflist Italian noble families Jacobite peerage Peerages in the Jacobite peerage People from Orvieto Italian-language surnames