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Ercole Branciforte, 1st Duke Of San Giovanni
Ercole Branciforte, 1st Duke of San Giovanni ( – 1616), also 7th Count of Cammarata, was an Italian aristocrat and diplomat who served as ambassador to Emperor Rudolf. Early life Branciforte was born in in Palermo into the noble Branciforte family. He was eldest son of Girolamo Branciforte, 6th Count of Cammarata (–1568) and Ippolita Settimo (b. ). After his father's death, his mother married Giuseppe Francesco Landriani and had Vittoria Landriani (wife of Tommaso di Carpegna, Count of Carpegna), Ercole's younger half-sister. His paternal grandparents were Blasco Branciforte, Baron of Tavi, and Margherita Abbatellis, Countess of Cammarata. His maternal aunt, Belladama Branciforte, married Carlo Barrese, 1st Marquess of Militello. Through his half-sister Vittoria, he was uncle to Bishop Pietro Carpegna and Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna. His maternal grandparents were Michele Settimo, Marquess of Giarratana, and Belladama Barrese. Career From his father, he inherited the fiefdoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Cammarata
Cammarata is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about north of Agrigento on the eponymous mountain Mount Cammarata, which has an elevation above sea level in a territory rich in forests. Cammarata borders the following municipalities: Acquaviva Platani, Casteltermini, Castronovo di Sicilia, Mussomeli, San Giovanni Gemini, Santo Stefano Quisquina, Vallelunga Pratameno, Villalba. History The name derives from the Greek ''KÃ mara'', meaning "vaulted room". King Roger I laid siege to the Cammarata in 1087 and sold it to a relative Lucia d'Altavilla (or in English Lucy of Hauteville). She then assumed the title Dominae Camaratae or Lucy of Cammarata for the town she was given The town is mentioned in 1141 in a document mentioning several Arabic localities, a sign that it was settled at least from the Islamic domination of the island. The county of Cammarata followed the history of Sicil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Castelvetrano
The House of Pignatelli is the name an old and prominent Neapolitan family of Italian nobility, clergy, men of arts and sciences, whose members occupied significant positions in 18th and 19th century. The family has been regionally prominent since the 13th century. Among various titles, they held the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. History A member of the family, Antonio Pignatelli (1615-1700) was pope with the name of Pope Innocent XII. They were Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The lineage includes numerous cardinals, viceroys of Sicily and a saint, Giuseppe Pignatelli di Fuentes (1737–1811), canonized in 1954 by Pius XII . The inheritances in titles and affiliations of three great European genealogies gradually flowed into the family, the Aragona, the Tagliavia and the Cortés, so much so that in the end the representatives of the family bore all four surnames: "Pignatelli Aragona Tagliavia Cortés". Notable members *Ettore Pignatelli, 1st Duke of Monteleone (†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Trabia
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, prince". In a related sense, now not commonly used, all more or less sovereign rulers over a state, including kings, were "princes" in the language of international politics. They normally had another title, for example king or duke. Many of these were Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, ), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the ''princeps senatus''. Emperor Augustus established the forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesarò
Cesarò is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. It is included in the Parco dei Nebrodi. References Cities and towns in Sicily {{Sicily-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiumedinisi
Fiumedinisi ( Sicilian: ''Ciumidinisi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Fiumedinisi borders the following municipalities: Alì, Alì Terme, Itala, Mandanici, Messina, Monforte San Giorgio, Nizza di Sicilia, Roccalumera, San Pier Niceto, Santa Lucia del Mela. Fiumedinisi is known for the celebration of The Annunciation of Mary, called the Festa Della Vara(Feast of the Float). People * Cateno De Luca Cateno Roberto Salvatore De Luca (born 18 March 1972) is an Italian politician who has been the mayor of Messina from 2018 to 2022 and the mayor of Taormina since 2023. He was also the mayor of Fiumedinisi, his hometown, from 2003 to 2011 and ... (born 1972) * Clementina Cicala (born 1946) References External linksOfficial website Cities and towns in Sicily {{Sicily-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonna Family
The House of Colonna is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It played a pivotal role in Middle Ages, medieval and Roman Renaissance, Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Pope Martin V, Martin V), 23 cardinals and many other Catholic Church, church and political leaders. Other notable family members are Vittoria Colonna, close friend of Michelangelo, Marcantonio II Colonna (Marcantonio Colonna), leader of the papal fleet in the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and Costanza Colonna, patron and protector of Caravaggio. The family was notable for its bitter feud with the Orsini family over their influence in Rome, which was eventually settled by the issuing of the papal bull ''Pax Romana'' by Pope Julius II in 1511. In 1571, the heads of both families married nieces of Pope Sixtus V. Thereafter, historians recorded that "no peace had been concluded between the princes of Christendom, in which they had not been included by name". Today, the family is led by Don Prosper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niccolò Branciforte, 1st Prince Of Leonforte
'' Don'' Niccolò Placido Branciforte, 1st Prince of Leonforte ( – 16 September 1661), was an Italian nobleman and politician of the 16th and 17th centuries. Early life He was born around 1593 into the noble Branciforte family. He was the son of Giuseppe Branciforte Moncanda, 5th Count of Raccuja (1560–1596), and his second wife, the noblewoman Agata Lanza Gioeni (b. 1568). From his parent's marriage, he had a sister, Giovanna Flavia Branciforte. From his father's first marriage to Beatrice Barrese (a daughter of Carlo Barrese, 1st Marquess of Militello), he had an elder half-sister, Melchiora Branciforte. After his father's death, in 1599 his mother married Ercole Branciforte, 1st Duke of San Giovanni, who belonged to a collateral branch of his family. From that marriage, he had several younger half-siblings, including Antonio Branciforte, 1st Prince of Scordia, Bishop Ottavio Branciforte, and Bishop Luigi Branciforte. His paternal grandparents were Niccolò Branciforte, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
