Di Sangro

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Di Sangro is the name of an Italian noble family from Naples that has flourished to this day and belongs to the high nobility .

Origin and history

The Neapolitan family seems to descend from an Oderisio, conte di Sangro (mentioned 1093), a son of Berardo Conte di Marsi, who was of Frankish descent.

The Counts of Marsi

It is only suspected, but cannot be proven, that Berardo di Marsi in turn goes back to a Berardo I, who is mentioned around 850 as the nephew of Charlemagne . The Sangro would be of a tribe with the Counts of Marsi , as is expressly mentioned in the Chronicle of Montecassino (Cronica Cassinensi) in Volume II, Chapter VII. In any case, the Marsi are a Frankish family who settled in Abruzzo between the end of the 9th and beginning of the 10th century and ruled the territory around Lake Fucin , Celano and other parts of the Sabina , the ancient tribal area of ​​the Martians , initially as vassals of the dukes of Spoleto until 950, then until 1143 as de facto independent counts. Between 1000 and 1100, however, they were pushed back during the defensive battles against the Saracens by the expanding Roman families Orsini and Colonna and finally subjugated by the Normans in 1143 . The main branches of the Counts of Marsi were then expelled or died out, in particular the inhabitants of Amiternum and Forcona rebelled against them, the castle of the Ocre branch was destroyed, in 1228 the Castel di Sangro was razed, the Counts of Sangro and those of Borrello fled to Apulia and Sicily, other branches to Rome, only the lords of Celano remained in the region until the beginning of the 15th century, as did the branch in Massa d'Albe .

The Counts of Sangro

Castel di Sangro in Abruzzo

Oderisio di Sangro was feudal lord of the valley of the river Sangro , other parts of Abruzzo and Marsica and is the first to be named Conte di Sangro. The uninterrupted lineage begins with Rinaldo di Sangro in 1248. Oderisio (1121) was abbot of Montecassino and cardinal, two other cardinals were Gregorio and Gentile, bishops were Consalvo and Alfonso, Alessandro was patriarch of Alexandria and then archbishop of Benevento. Nicolò was the Grand Seneschal of Charles II of Naples . Cola Tomaso di Sangro becomes Baron di Bugnara in 1383, Paolo di Sangro is appointed 1st Marchese di Torremaggiore by Emperor Charles V in 1521 .

Over the centuries, the family acquired numerous fiefs , including six associated with the title of prince (e.g. Fondi in 1534 , San Severo in 1579 , Castelfranco in Miscano , Casacalenda ), eleven duchies (including Torremaggiore , Vietri di Potenza and Martina), and six margraviates , nine counties and 109 dominions. While the line of the male family, elevated to Prince di Sansevero since 1589, expired in the 19th century, two other lines, that of the Princes of Fondi (Principi di Fondi) and that of the Dukes of Sangro (Duchi di Sangro), still exist today : Don Riccardo di Sangro (* 1959) is Principe di Fondi, di Gesualdo, di Striano, di Palazzo San Gervasio, Marchese di San Lucido, di Santo Stefano, di Genzano, patrician of Naples and grandee of Spain.

The ceramic collection of the Placido de Sangro, Duca di Martina, assembled in the second half of the 18th century, was donated to the city of Naples in 1911 by his descendant Placido de Sangro and today forms the Museo nazionale della ceramica Duca di Martina in the Villa Floridiana .

  • Palazzo De Sangro (di Torremaggiore), Naples

  • Palazzo De Sangro di Vietri, Naples

  • Palazzo Sangro di Casacalenda, Naples

  • Villa Fondi De Sangro, Piano di Sorrento

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the di Sangro family is gold with three blue bars. A prince's crown and a prince's coat are also depicted on the coat of arms.

Well-known namesake

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berardo Candida Gonzaga, Memorie delle famiglie nobili delle province meridionali d'Italia volume III pagina 206, Arnaldo Forni, ristampa anastatica, 1995 : "Questa casa ebbe origine da Odorisio primo conte di Sangro nel 1093 e figliuolo di Berardo Conte di Marsi che discendeva da Berengario primo conte dei Marsi nell'anno 850 ».

literature

  • Cronica Cassinensi, Volumes II and IV
  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Volume Fü III, CA Starke-Verlag, Glücksburg, 1955

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