Sanseverino (family) The House of Sanseverino (or San Severino) is an Italian noble family that was very prominent in the Kingdom of Naples. The family owned 300 fiefs, 40 counties, nine marquessates, twelve duchies and ten principalities, primarily located in Calab ...

: The Sanseverino are one of the historical families most famous in the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...

and all of

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, having 300 strongholds, 40 counties, nine marquisates, twelve duchies and ten principalities primarily distributed in

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. Among its members, one finds a cardinal, a viceroy, marshals and condottiere. Sanseverino is also a surname, and may refer to: *

Roscemanno Sanseverino Roscemanno, O.S.B.Cas. (died in 1128 or later) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro. He was the son of the monk Roscemanno. He himself became a monk at the Benedictine abbey of Montecassino. Roscemanno was named a ca ...

, 12th century cardinal *

Antonio Sanseverino Antonio Sanseverino (died 1543) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop. Biography Antonio Sanseverino was born in Naples ca. 1477, the son of Giovanni Antonio Sanseverino, a Neapolitan patrician, and Enrichetta Carafa. Early in hi ...

, (ca. 1477-1543), Neapolitan branch; Cardinal Priest (1527-1537), Cardinal Bishop (1537–1543); Archbishop of Taranto (1528–1543). *

Ferdinando Sanseverino Ferdinando (Ferrante) Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno (18 January 1507 – 1568) was an Italian condottiero. Biography Born in Naples, he was the son of Roberto Sanseverino and a noble girl from a Salerno family. Fernando Sanseverino was the las ...

(1507–1572), prince of Salerno and Italian condottiero *

Aurora Sanseverino Aurora Sanseverino (28 April 1669 – 2 July 1726) was an Italian noblewoman, salon-holder, patron and poet. One of the most celebrated women in the highest rank of the Neapolitan aristocracy, she was known for her great cultural activity as a patr ...

(1669–1726), Italian noblewoman and salonniere *

Gaetano Sanseverino Gaetano Sanseverino (7 August 1811 – 16 November 1865) was an Italian philosopher and theologian. He made a comparative study including the scholastics, particularly Thomas Aquinas, and of the connection between their doctrine and that of ...

(1811–1865), Italian theologian *

Stéphane Sanseverino Stéphane Sanseverino (known as Sanseverino; born 9 October 1961, in Ajaccio) is a French singer, guitarist and songwriter of Neapolitan descent. He is a self-taught guitarist and an admirer of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhard ...

(born 1961), contemporary French singer, best known as

Sanseverino * Sanseverino (family): The Sanseverino are one of the historical families most famous in the Kingdom of Naples and all of Italy, having 300 strongholds, 40 counties, nine marquisates, twelve duchies and ten principalities primarily distributed in ...

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* Robyn Sanseverino, an FBI agent with a recurring role on HBO's popular crime-drama series, ''The Sopranos''

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