Lotario is
Latin
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,
Italian
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, and
Spanish
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**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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masculine
given name, while Lotário is
Portuguese
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masculine given name. Both names are modern forms of the
Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of
Hlūdaz and
Harjaz).
People with this name include:
Surname
*
Bonifacio di Castel Lotario (died 1504), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
Given name
*Lotario dei Conti di Segni, birthname of
Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III ( la, Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 to his death in 16 ...
(1160 or 1161 – 1216), Italian Roman Catholic Pope
Fictional character
*Lotario, alto character in Handel opera, ''
Lotario
''Lotario'' ("Lothair", HWV 26) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Antonio Salvi's ''Adelaide''.The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 2 December 1729 ...
''
*Lotario, a character in Miguel de Cervantes’s ''
Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
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See also
*
Lothario
Lothario is a male given name that came to suggest an unscrupulous seducer of women, based upon a character in '' The Fair Penitent'', a 1703 tragedy by Nicholas Rowe.
Notes
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Italian masculine given names
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