Conti (noble family)

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Coat of arms of the Conti

The Conti were an important Roman noble family that played an important role, especially in the 13th century. A total of four popes emerged from the family (see: Papal nobility ) .

history

Torre dei Conti in Rome

The first important representative was Trasimundo Conti, Count von Anagni , who had a property built in Rome with his family. The remainder of the Torre dei Conti can still be seen today.

His son Lotario became Pope Innocent III in 1198 . elected. This, probably the most important Pope of the Middle Ages and guardian of the Sicilian Staufer and later Emperor Frederick II , enfeoffed his brother Riccardo Conti with the dominions over Poli and Valmontone . With his sons Paolo and Giovanni, the family began to be divided into two branches:

The Conti di Valmontone : From this line of the House of Conti came two other popes who became opponents of the Hohenstaufen rule in Italy:

Ugolino Conti, Count of Segni (* around 1170) as Pope Gregory IX. ; March 19, 1227 to August 22, 1241
Rinaldo II Conti, Count von Segni (* around 1200) as Pope Alexander IV ; December 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261.

The Conti di Valmontone died out in the 16th century; with the marriage of Fulvia Conti to Mario Sforza in 1575, their rule Valmontone passed to the Sforza .

The Conti di Poli ruled Poli until their extinction in 1808. They presented with Michelangelo dei Conti, under the name (* 1655) Innocent XIII. , from May 8, 1721 to March 7, 1724 yet another Pope.

Tribe list

Count of Anagni

Pope Innocent III (1160-1216), around 1219
Pope Gregory IX (1167-1241)
Pope Alexander IV (1199–1261)
Pope Innocent XIII (1655-1724)
  1. Pedro Conti, Lord of Anagni (* approx. 1075)
    1. Filippo Conti, Count of Anagni (* approx. 1100)
      1. Tristeno Conti, Count of Anagni (* approx. 1125)
        1. Filippo Conti, Count of Segni (* approx. 1150)
          1. Mattia Conti, Count of Segni (* approx. 1175)
            1. Rinaldo II. Conti, Count of Segni (* around 1199 in Jenne ; † 25 May 1261 in Viterbo ), from 1254 Pope Alexander IV.
        2. Ugolino Conti, Count of Segni (* around 1167 in Anagni ; † August 22, 1241 in Rome ), from 1227 Pope Gregory IX.
    2. Trasimundo Conti, conte di Anagni (* approx. 1110)
      1. Lotario Conti, Count of Segni (* late 1160 / early 1161 at Gavignano Castle ; † July 16, 1216 in Perugia ), from 1198 Pope Innocent III.
      2. Riccardo Conti, Count of Poli and Valmontone since 1207
        1. Paolo Conti, Count of Valmontone, descendants see below
        2. Giovanni Conti, Count of Poli, descendants see below
        3. Adenolfo Conti, Count of Segni

Counts of Valmontone

  1. Paolo Conti, Count of Valmontone
    1. Giovanni Conti, Count of Valmontone
      1. Adenolfo Conti
        1. Giovanni Conti
          1. Aldobrandino Conti, ∞ Caterina di Sangro
            1. Lucrezia Conti, ∞ Orso Orsini
          2. Caterina Conti, ∞ Agapito Colonna

... Giusto Conti (* 1390 in Valmontone; † November 19, 1449 in Rimini ), important poet of the 15th century

... Fulvia Conti, ∞ Mario Sforza

Counts of Poli

  1. Giovanni Conti, Count of Poli

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  1. ↑ Matz, Klaus-Jürgen: Regent tables for world history. From the beginning to the present . Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, 1980, p. 269f
  2. ^ Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.
  3. ↑ www.geneall.net
  4. ^ Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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