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The House of Gabrielli (sometimes known as "Gabrielli di

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

") is an Italian feudal family from

, a town in

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. Some historians trace their origins back to the Roman age and claim they descend from the emperor

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, however the first historical documents mentioning the family appear in the 10th century only when Cante Gabrielli was awarded by

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(according to some genealogists a family member himself), a few castles in central Italy and especially the castle at Luceoli which was renamed

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(i.e. belonging to Cante) after him. 220px, ''The Gabrielli Madonna'', by thumb The family grew in power and many of its members had remarkable lives: * Forte Gabrielli was a hermit in the mountains around Gubbio, and later on joined the Benedictines at

Fonte Avellana Fonte Avellana or the Venerable Hermitage of the Holy Cross, is a Roman Catholic hermitage in Serra Sant'Abbondio in the Marche region of Italy. It was once also the name of an order of hermits based at this hermitage. History Fonte Avellana wa ...

. He died on 9 May 1040 and was beatified by

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on 17 March 1756. His body is still exposed in the Cathedral of Gubbio. * Saint Rodolfo Gabrielli was born in 1034; in 1051 he bequeathed his castle at Camporeggiano to

Saint Peter Damian Peter Damian ( la, Petrus Damianus; it, Pietro or '; – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was a reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of '' Paradiso'' ...

and became a

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monk at the Monastery of Fonte Avellana. He was appointed

bishop of Gubbio The Italian Catholic Diocese of Gubbio ( la, Dioecesis Eugubina) is in the province of Perugia, in Umbria, central Italy.

in 1061 and died on 17 October 1064. He was later canonized. Saint Peter Damian described Rodolfo's life in his ''Vita Sancti Rodulphi Episcopi Eugubini'' (Life of St Rudolph Bishop of Gubbio). *His brother Pietro Gabrielli was also beatified. * Girolamo Gabrielli was the leader of 100 knights during the

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. According to an undocumented tradition he was the first Crusader to enter the Holy Sepulchre when

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was seized (1099). * Aldo (or Addo) Gabrielli was bishop of

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

from 1095 to 1121. * Ermanno Gabrielli was ''consul et rector comunis et civitatis Eugubii'' in 1181. * Cante Gabrielli was Commander in Chief of the

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League in Central

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and

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(Lord-Mayor) of

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. He condemned

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

, the famous poet, for barratry, and exiled him from

Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian people, Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', origin ...

took vengeance on Cante by giving the allusive name of Rubicante to the furious devil that

himself encounters in the ''

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'', in the bolgia of barratry (

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s XXI and XXII).

Giosuè Carducci Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (; 27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was very noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, h ...

, the famous Italian poet and

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winner in 1906, also dedicated a sonnet to Cante Gabrielli. * Ubaldo Gabrielli was bishop of

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and '' comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Ven ...

from 1323 to 1336. 220px, ''Madonna enthroned with Child and Saints of the Gabrielli di Gubbio family'', by Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_[ Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio,_Rome">San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio.html"_;"title="Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio">Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio,_ Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio,_Rome">San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio.html"_;"title="Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio">Pompeo_Batoni,_1732,_San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio,_Rome">thumb. *Beatification.html" ;"title="Rome.html" ;"title="an_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio,_Rome.html" ;"title="San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio.html" ;"title="Pompeo Batoni, 1732, San Gregorio Magno al Celio">Pompeo Batoni, 1732, San Gregorio Magno al Celio, Rome">San_Gregorio_Magno_al_Celio.html" ;"title="Pompeo Batoni, 1732, San Gregorio Magno al Celio">Pompeo Batoni, 1732, San Gregorio Magno al Celio, Rome">thumb. *Beatification">Blessed Castora Gabrielli joined the Franciscan order as a tertiary. She died on 14 June 1391 and was later beatified. *Giovanni Gabrielli, count of Borgovalle was lord of

from 1350 to 1354. * Paolo Gabrielli was

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from 1374 to 1380. He died in

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and was buried in the

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of that city. * Gabriello Gabrielli was lord and

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from 1381 to 1384. * Cecciolo Gabrielli, self-styled ''Duca di Gubbio'', tried without success to reconquer the city. * Gabriele Gabrielli (1445-1511), called ''Il Cardinal d'Urbino'' (the Cardinal of Urbino), was bishop of Urbino from 1504 until his death. He was created Cardinal in 1505, and died in the

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. * Francesco Gabrielli, count of Baccaresca, served as General of Italian troops during the

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war and died at the battle of Alcazarquivir in 1578. * Giulio Gabrielli the Elder (1604-1677) was created Cardinal in 1641. *

Domenico Gabrielli Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian Baroque composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players, as well as a pioneer of cello music writing. Born in Bologna, he worked in the orchestra of ...

(1651-1690) composer and virtuoso violoncello player. * Giovanni Maria Gabrielli (1654-1711) was created Cardinal in 1699. * Giulio Gabrielli the Younger (1746-1822) served as Cardinal Secretary of State from 26 March 1808 to 25 July 1814. * Pompeo Gabrielli (1780-1861) was Minister of War in 1848, the first layman to sit in the Pontifical States' Government ever. * Luigi Gabrielli (1790-1854) was a soldier and military writer. * Rodolfo Gabrielli di Montevecchio (1802-1855), considered a hero of the Italian

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, fought in the First Independence War, distinguishing himself at Santa Lucia (1848) and Sforzesca (1849), where he commanded the Piemonte Reale Cavalleria regiment. Deployed in

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as a General of the

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army, he was mortally wounded at Cernaia on 16 August 1855 and died two months later at the Balaclava hospital. *Count Nicolò Gabrielli (1814-1891) was a well known musician at the court of the French Emperor

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...

. * Placido Gabrielli, Prince of Prossedi and Roccasecca, Duke of Pisterzo, was the son of

Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli Filistine Charlotte Bonaparte Gabrielli (born Filistine Charlotte Bonaparte; 22 February 1795 – 13 May 1865) was a French Napoleonic princess and the eldest daughter of Lucien Bonaparte and Christine Boyer. She became princess Gabrielli follo ...

and the husband of

Augusta Bonaparte Gabrielli Augusta Amélie Maximilienne Jacqueline Bonaparte (9 November 1836 – 29 March 1900) was a French-Italian Napoleonic princess. Biography Augusta was born at Villa Bonaparte in Rome, the daughter of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 2nd prince of Canin ...

. Between 1880 and 1885 he served as the first president of the

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. The family divided over the centuries in many branches, the most famous of which was the one that settled in

and obtained the title of Prince of Prossedi. Two members of this branch married two princesses of the Bonaparte family. In 1749 the counts of Carpegna extinguished in the male line and the marquesses Gabrielli inherited their fief, with the principality of Carpegna-Gattara-Scavolino following in 1817. The line is currently continuing in the family of the princes di Carpegna-Falconieri-Gabrielli. A branch that settled in Fano was styled Gabrielli-Wiseman, and was related to Cardinal

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. Another branch settled in Fano was styled Gabrielli di Montevecchio, and bears the titles of Duke and Count. The branch that settled in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies bears the title of Count Gabrielli and Baron of Quercita. A branch bears the title of Count of Baccaresca and Corraduccio since 1581. It settled in

Comtat Venaissin The Comtat Venaissin (; Provençal: , Mistralian norm: , classical norm: ; 'County of Venaissin'), often called the for short, was a part of the Papal States (1274‒1791) in what is now the region of France. The entire region was an enclav ...

at the end of the 16th century when Bartolomeo de' Gabrielli di Gubbio became Governor of

Cavaillon Cavaillon (; Provençal: ''Cavalhon'') is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.Carpentras Carpentras (, formerly ; Provençal Occitan: ''Carpentràs'' in classical norm or ''Carpentras'' in Mistralian norm; la, Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. ...

. The line is continuing today in France. All the branches bear the title of ''Patrizio di Gubbio'' (Patrician of Gubbio).

References

* Francesco Sansovino, ''Della origine et de' fatti delle famiglie illustri di Italia''. Venezia, Salicato, 1609 * G. B. di Crollalanza, ''Dizionario Storico-Blasonico'', Pisa, 1886 * Vittorio Spreti, ''Enciclopedia Storico Nobiliare Italiana'', Milano, 1928-35 * ''Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana'', XXII edizione, Roma, 2000 * Annuario della Nobiltà Italiana, XXX edizione, 2006 *Rinaldo Reposati, ''Della zecca di Gubbio e delle geste de' conti, e duchi di Urbino'', 1773 Italian noble families Roman Catholic families History of Umbria