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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 Calabri ...
: 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
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, having 300 strongholds, 40 counties, nine marquisates, twelve duchies and ten principalities primarily distributed in
Calabria,
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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Apulia. Among its members, one finds a cardinal, a viceroy, marshals and condottiere.
Sanseverino is also a surname, and may refer to:
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Roscemanno Sanseverino, 12th century cardinal
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Antonio Sanseverino, (ca. 1477-1543), Neapolitan branch; Cardinal Priest (1527-1537), Cardinal Bishop (1537–1543); Archbishop of Taranto (1528–1543).
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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 last ...
(1507–1572), prince of Salerno and Italian condottiero
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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
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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 ...
(1811–1865), Italian theologian
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Stéphane Sanseverino (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 C ...
Fictional characters
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Robyn Sanseverino, an FBI agent with a recurring role on HBO's popular crime-drama series, ''The Sopranos''
See also
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San Severino (disambiguation)
References
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