Bettino Cassinelli

Bettino Cassinelli or Bétin Cassinel († October 18, 1312 in Paris ) was an Italian migrant who - from Lucca - rose to the highest ranks in Paris and became the progenitor of an important dynasty.

In 1287 he had already settled in France (and called Bétin Cassinel) and worked as a money changer in Paris. In that year he was appointed royal maître des monnaies . In 1300 he got the title of Panetier du roi and was responsible for supplying the farm with bread. In 1308 he was knighted.

Family and offspring

He married Jeanne Garnier, daughter of a Paris lawyer, and their descendants were able to establish themselves at the top of the French hierarchy; among her great-grandchildren were:

• Guillaume Cassinel, Lord of Romainville and Pomponne
• Ferry Cassinel , Archbishop of Reims
• Jean Cassinel, Knight in the Order of the Hospitallers
• Biette Cassinel , the wife of Gérard de Montaigu and lover of Charles V

Bettino Cassinelli was buried in Lagny Abbey . His tombstone is still there.

Cassinelli's descendants include his great-granddaughter Biette Cassinel and her son Jean de Montaigu

• Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
• Manuel II (1889–1932), last king of Portugal
• Umberto II (1904–1983), last king of Italy
• Juan Carlos I (* 1938), King of Spain
• Albert II , King of the Belgians (* 1934)
• Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) and through her
• Prince William of Wales (* 1982), the future King of Great Britain

literature

• Jean Favier : Dictionnaire de la France médiévale. Fayard 1993, p. 214.
• François-Charles Uginet: Cassinelli, Bettino. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 21: Caruso – Castelnuovo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1978 ( treccani.it ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettino Cassinelli persee.fr.