Porcia (noble family)

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Coat of arms of Porcia, in the arcade courtyard of Porcia Castle in Spittal an der Drau
Porcia Castle

The Porcia (also spelled Porzia or Portia ) are a noble family who originally came from Friuli .

history

The family had their original castle in Prata di Pordenone . At the beginning of the 13th century Gabriel and Friedrich, the sons of Guecello I of Prata, drew the boundaries of their possessions. The first line descended from Gabriel and over time took possession of the castles of Porcia and Brugnera . The second line descended from Friedrich but came into conflict with Venice and eventually died out in the 16th century.

Other goods were in Treviso. Representatives of the family also became members of the clergy and held positions such as in the diocese of Ceneda . Bartolomeo Porcia (1525–1578) was an Apostolic Nuncio .

The Porcia marriages to other important families such as da Romano, da Carrara, da Camino, della Torre , Visconti , Scaligeri, Savorgnan, Polcenigo, Colloredo and the Fuggers to further strengthen their position.

With the beginning of Venetian rule in Friuli, the family voluntarily submitted to the republic in 1418 and were thus able to maintain their feudal rule until the arrival of the French.

Outstanding personalities of the family were Silvio da Porcia, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Lepanto , and Johann Ferdinand von Porcia (1605–1665), confidante of Emperor Leopold I and chief steward, who was raised to the rank of imperial prince in 1662 .

After Friuli came under Austrian rule, the Colleoni entered the service of the Habsburgs . As one of 16 non-mediatized princely families, the family had a hereditary seat in the manor house , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council .

Many graves of the noble family are in the Schottenkirche (Vienna) .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows six golden fleur-de-lis, one on top of the other, on a blue background, with an upper bar at the end. Little is known about the origin of the coat of arms. According to legend, an ancestor of Porcia went to France to obtain the privilege of leading the lilies on the blue field in his coat of arms from the royal family, which he was also granted.

Possessions

Porcia Castle (copper engraving by Andreas Trost, 1688)

In addition to the lands in Friuli, the Porcia owned other properties, including the Porcia Castle in Spittal an der Drau in Upper Carinthia, the Palais Porcia in Munich and the Palais Porcia in Vienna .

literature

  • PC Begotti. I signori di Porcia . in Le Tre Venezie , 2 (2003). Pp. 21-24.
  • F. Colussi. Musica e musicisti a Porcia e per i Porcia dal XV al XVII secolo . in Atti dell'Accademia San Marco , 10 (2008). Pp. 465-514.
  • A. del Col. La riforma a Porcia nel Cinquecento . in Le Tre Venezie , 2 (2003). P. 58.
  • A. de Pellegrini. Cenni storici sul castello di Porcia . Porcia 1925.
  • L. Gianni. Memorie di pre Antonio da Porcia, governatore di Fanna (1508-1532) . in Atti dell'Accademia San Marco , 10 (2008). Pp. 9-168.
  • P. Goi. La pittura a Porcia dal Duecento al Novecento . Porcia 1989.
  • A. Romor. Porcia passo passo . Porcia 2008.
  • A. Scala. Un eclettico protagonista dell'umanesimo pordenonese. Il conte Jacopo di Porcia (1462-1538) . in La Loggia , 7 (2004). Pp. 113-123.

Web links

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