Papafava

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Family arms of the Papafava family

The Papafava are an Italian noble family .

history

Family tree of the Papafava dei Carraresi (18th century)

Presumably the Papafava descended from the Padovan aristocratic family da Carrara , who ruled Padua in the fourteenth century.

The original tribe of Papafava dei Carraresi settled in Venice . They supported the republic financially in the war for Crete against the Ottoman Empire . In 1652 they were raised to the Venetian nobility. Knight Bonifacio Papafava became a member of the Grand Council. The nobility of the Papafava dei Carraresi was confirmed by the highest resolution of the Austrian government on November 22, 1817.

The subsidiary branch Papafava Antonini lived in Padua. Representatives of this branch were councilors from Padua and held important municipal offices. They were not Venetian patricians, but received the title of count in connection with the jurisdiction of the municipalities of Silvella and Coseano , with which they were invested by Doge Pietro Grimani on September 23, 1745.

After the fall of the Republic of Venice, however, the nobility was confirmed by the Austrian Emperor by the Most High Resolution of September 4, 1818. The Austrian count's diploma was awarded on October 19, 1823.

As one of 64 counts, the family had a hereditary seat in the manor house , the upper house of the Imperial Council .

An important member of the family was the writer Novello Papafava (1899-1973), who was president of Radiotelevisione Italiana from 1961 to 1964.

Possessions

Palazzo Papafava in Misericordia, Cannaregio

The family owns or owned a number of estates and palazzi in Venice and the region.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bettinelli: Dizionario Storico-Portatile Di Tutte Le Venete Patrizie Famiglie. Bettinelli, 1780, p. 119. Restricted preview in the Google book search
  2. ↑ a b c d e Franz Schroeder: Repertorio genealogico delle famiglie confermate nobili e dei titolati nobili esistenti nelle provincie venete .... Alvisopoli, 1830, limited preview in the Google book search

Web links

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