Sacchetti family

Italian noble family Coat of arms of the Sacchetti The Sacchetti family is an Italian noble family originating in Tuscany, whose earliest documented member Merlo lived during the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The name of the family is derived from one or more members known as Sacchetto. According to Ugolino di Vieri (1438–1516),"nobile Sacchetti genus est, moenia primus romanus sangius". In the 19th century, Luigi Sacchetti (1863-1936) son of Urbano Sacchetti, marchese di Castelromano and Principessa Beatrice Orsini upon his marriage to Maria Colonna Barberini-Colonna, daughter of Enrico Barberini-Colonna and Teresa Orsini inherited the title of Prince of Palestrina and permission to use the Barberini name. History The 17th century author, Eugenio Gamurrini in his Istoria genealogica delle famiglie nobili toscane et umbre (1668–1685) claimed with little evidence that this family, like many others in Florence, had roots in prominent Roman families. He claimed the family derived from the "gens Cornelia", one of the most distinguished families of the Roman Republic, from who arose in 485 BC the consul Servius Cornelius Cossus Maluginensis. According to Gamurrini the Sacchett