Notarbartolo (noble family)

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Notarbartolo is the name of an Italian noble family from Sicily that still exists today and that belongs to the high nobility in two branches .

history

The name Notarbartolo goes back to a notary named Bartolo (Bartholomäus), who came from Andernach and is said to have come to Italy in 979 as an ensign in the entourage of Emperor Otto II , where he became governor of the city of Pisa . He was followed in this office by his son Lucchino, whom the Pisans called Lucchin di Noterbartolo . The descendants lived in Pisa, Siena , Perugia and other northern Italian cities, where they were knighted and married into local noble families and also produced scholars.

Due to the fighting between Ghibellines and Guelphs , a descendant, Pier Notarbartolo Farfaglia , moved to Catania , Sicily , where he became King Frederick II's secretary in 1309 .

As a result, the family lived mainly in Polizzi Generosa and later in Palermo . Filippo Notarbartolo became baron of Casal di Pietra in 1406; Giovanni Notarbartolo became Bishop of Patti in 1433 .

Pietro Notarbartolo, 5th Baron of Vallelunga († 1651) married Eleonora Cipolla e Graffeo, heiress of the Barony Sciara ; her son Filippo Notarbartolo, 6th Baron of Vallelunga (1643–1708), was made Prince (Principe) of Sciara in 1671; he married Donna Anna Sandoval, daughter of Don Diego Sandoval, Principe di Castelreale. Don Francesco Paolo Notarbartolo, 4th Principe di Sciara (1755–1823), inherited the title Principe di Castelreale from the Sandoval family in 1809 . He also bore the titles of Marchese di Bonfornello, Miraelrio, San Giovanni, Conte di Priolo , Barone di Bombinetto, Buccheri, Carcaci, Colla, Gasba, Landro, Magabeci e Manca, etc. The two still flourishing lines of the Principi di Sciara e Castelreale go to him , Marchesi di San Giovanni (current head: Don Francesco Notarbartolo e Scipioni Cianci, 11th Principe di Sciara, 8th Principe di Castelreale, 8th Marchese di S. Giovanni , * 1933) and the Principi di Furnari , Duchi di Villarosa (today Head: Alberto Notarbartolo, 6th Principe di Furnari , * 1934) back.

The Notarbartolo belonged to the Alliata , Filangeri , Gravina , Lancia , Moncada , Paternò , Spucches , Stagno , Tomasi di Lampedusa , Valguarnera and Ventimiglia among the most important royal houses in the former Kingdom of Sicily .

A notable representative of the family was the Marquis Emanuele Notarbartolo (1834-1893), Mayor of Palermo and General Manager of the Banco di Sicilia, who in 1893 became the first prominent victim of the Mafia . One of the most important streets in Palermo is dedicated to him, as is the Notarbartolo train station .

Known family members

Marchese Emanuele Notarbartolo (1834-1893)

literature

  • A. Mango di Casalgerardo, Il nobiliario di Sicilia , Palermo, 1915 (it.)
  • F. San Martino de Spucches,  La storia dei feudi e dei titoli nobiliari di Sicilia , Palermo, 1924 (it.)
  • M. Ganci,  I grandi titoli del Regno di Sicilia , Palermo - Syracuse, 1988 (it.)
  • V. Palizzolo Gravina,  Dizionario storico-araldico della Sicilia , II. Ed., Palermo, 1991 (it.)
  • A. Bisceglia,  Signori, patrizi e cavalieri nell'età moderna , Laterza, Rome - Bari, 1992 (it.)
  • L. Mendola,  Sicilian Genealogy and Heraldry,  Trinacria Editions LLC, New York, 2014 (eng.)
  • M. Papalia,  La Casa Notarbartolo - Storie e tavole genealogiche,  Antipodes, Palermo, 2016 (it.)

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