The House of Pallavicini, also known as Pallavicino and formerly known as Pelavicino, is an ancient Italian noble family founded by Oberto II ''Pelavicino'' of the

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family.

The Pallavicini of Genoa

The first recorded member of the Pallavicini family was

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(died 1148). The first Pallavicino fief was created by

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, who received it from Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1162. A number of lines are descended from Guglielmo (died 1217), possessor of a series of fiefs between

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and

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The Pallavicini of the Latin Empire

Through the descendants of Guy and his brother Rubino, sons of Guglielmo, a branch of the family rose to prominence in the

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founded after the Fourth Crusade in 1204. They governed the Margraviate of Bodonitsa from 1204 to 1358. They grew in riches and, after 1224, became also the most powerful family in the former

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(northern Greece). The first margraves were of Guy's line until his daughter

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died, at which time the line of Rubino inherited the throne. The Pallavicini were related to the

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family then ruling in

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. After the death of

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in 1311 the Pallavicini influence slowly declined. The subsequent

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margraves were matrilineal descendants of the last Pallavicini marquise, Guglielma.

Notable members

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or Pallavicino (1197-1269), Italian field captain under Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor *

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* Guglielmo Pallavicino (Pallavicino) (died 1217)Pallavicino
from the ''Genealogie delle famiglie nobili italiane'' at sardimpex.com. * Guy (died 1237) * Ubertino (died 1278) *

(died 1286) *

(died 1311) *

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(born before 1286, died after 1331), margrave of Bodonitsa, grandson of Rubino * Guglielma (died 1358) *

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(sometimes Rolando) “il Magnifico” (c.1393–1457) * Antonio Pallavicini Gentili (1441–1507), Italian Cardinal considered papabile in 1492 * Battista Pallavicino (died 1466), Roman Catholic Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1444–1466) * Carlo Pallavicino (died 1497), Italian Roman Catholic bishop of Lodi (1456–1497) * Giovanni Battista Pallavicino (1480–1524), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Cipriano Pallavicino (1509–1585), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Genoa (1568–1585) and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1566) * Sir Horatio Pallavicino (c. 1540 – 1600), merchant, financier, and diplomat in England * Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 1601), from Cremona, composer * Francesco Sforza Pallavicino (1607–1667), Italian historian and cardinal * Ferrante Pallavicino (1618–1644), Italian writer of antisocial and obscene stories and novels with biblical and profane themes * Carlo Pallavicino (c. 1630 – 1688), Italian composer * Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino (1672–1742), Italian poet and opera librettist * Caterina Imperiale Lercari Pallavicini (fl. 1721), Neo-Latin poet * Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicino (1776–1777), Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals * Gian Carlo Pallavicino (1722-1794), the 179th Doge of the Republic of Genoa * Gianluca Pallavicino, general and governor of Lombardy (second half of 18th century) * Emilio Pallavicini (1823–1901), general and senator who defeated Garibaldi at the battle of Aspromonte * Johann von Pallavicini, Johann, Markgraf von Pallavicini (1848–1941), Austro-Hungarian diplomat * Marchesa Anna d'Androgna Parravicini, (1840-1922) Noblewoman and patron of the arts * Tamás Csáky-Pallavicini, Markgraf ''(Őrgróf)'' Tamás Csáky-Pallavicini (1960- ), Secretary General of the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations in the Vatican * Countess Elisabeth d'Udekem d'Acoz, sister of Queen Mathilde of Belgium, married Margrave Alfonso Pallavicini in July 2006.

Family tree

References

Sources

*Miller, W.
The Marquisate of Boudonitza (1204–1414)
" ''Journal of Hellenic Studies'', Vol. 28, 1908, pp 234–249. *Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) ''A History of the Crusades: Volume III — The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries''. Harry W. Hazard, editor. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, 1975. *

External links

The Pallavicino Foundation
(Genoa) {{Authority control House of Pallavicino, Italian noble families People of medieval Greece Republic of Genoa families