Owning houses in Italy

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The dominant houses of Italy are the late medieval and Renaissance dynasties that ruled the states, including the city-states that existed on the territory of modern Italy. In some cases, the management system was not monarchical, but oligarchic, therefore noble families that retained power over the state did not have titles and investors .

Most of these families played a large role in the history of Italy, as well as in the history of Italian art, being customers, patrons and collectors of many works of art ^[1] , court life at their courts gave a powerful impetus to the development of culture ^[2] .

The list does not include foreign dynasties, with the help of the conquests of the territories that occupied a number of territories - the Habsburgs, the Anjou House, and so on.

Content

1 Duchies, counties, etc.
- 1.1 Bologna
- 1.2 Verona
- 1.3 Mantova
- 1.4 Milan
- 1.5 Monferrat
- 1.6 Parma
- 1.7 Rimini and Urbino
- 1.8 Florence and Tuscany
- 1.9 Ferrara and Modena
2 Republics, etc.
- 2.1 Venice
- 2.2 Genoa
- 2.3 Rome
- 2.4 Siena
3 See also
4 notes
5 Bibliography

Duchies, counties, etc.

Bologna


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Bentivoglio	rulers of Bologna		XIV century

Verona


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Nogarola	counts		X century	XX century
Scaligers	podesta		XI century	XIV century

Mantova


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Borromeo
Gonzaga	C 1433 - Marquises (Margraves), since 1530 - Dukes of Mantua		13th century	XVIII century

Milan


Dynasty	Title	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Visconti	Dukes of Milan	12th century	XV century	1 pope
Della torre		12th century	XIV century
Sforza	Dukes of Milan	XIV century	XVI century

Monferrat


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Paleologists	Marquise of Monferrat				The dynasty of Byzantine origin, which held the city in the XIV-XVI centuries

Parma


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Farnese	Dukes of Parma and Piacenza		13th century	XVIII century	1 pope

Rimini and Urbino


Dynasty	Title	Note
Della rover	Dukes of Urban	2 popes
Malatesta	rulers of Rimini
Montefeltro	rulers of Urbino and Rimini

Florence and Tuscany


Dynasty	Title	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Albizzi		XIV century	XV century
Aldobrandini		XV century		1 pope
Barberini		XI century	XVIII century	1 pope
Malaspina	From 1568 the princes of Massa and Carrara, from 1633 the dukes	XI century	XVIII century
Medici	Dukes of Florence, Grand Dukes of Tuscany	XIV century	XVIII century	4 popes ^[3] . See also: List of rulers of Tuscany
Pazzi
Salviati
Strozzi

Ferrara and Modena


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Este	Margraves, Dukes of Modena and Reggio		X century	XIX century	See Rulers of Ferrara and Modena

Republic, etc.

Venice

Venice, being a republic, did not have a single ruling dynasty, which retained power for several generations. However, a number of aristocratic families had the strongest influence on state policy; and from among them doges were often chosen.


Dynasty	Has appeared	Note
Giustiniani
Dolphins	X century	1 doge
Dandola	X century	4 Doge
Contarini		8 Doges
Cornaro
Mocenigo		8 Doges
Morozini	X century	4 Doge
Orseolo		3 Doge
Ottoboni		1 pope

Genoa

Genoa, being a republic, did not have a single ruling dynasty, which retained power for several generations. However, a number of aristocratic families had the strongest influence on state policy; and from among them doges were often chosen.


Dynasty	Title	Coat of arms	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Adorno
Doria
Grimaldi					One of the branches still rules Monaco.
Spinola
Fieski
Frigoso

Rome

Rome was not ruled by a single dynasty, but a number of aristocratic families kept generations under control of its policy, and popes were often chosen from their ranks.


Dynasty	Title	Has appeared	Faded away	Note
Altieri	princes di Oriolo	12th century		1 pope
Borgia				2 popes
Caetani		X century		2 popes
Column		XI century		1 pope
Crescentia		X century	12th century	2 popes
Odeskalki		13th century		1 pope
Orsini		12th century		5 roman popes
Pumphiles		X century		1 pope

Siena

Genoa, being a republic, did not have a single ruling dynasty, which retained power for several generations. However, a number of aristocratic families had the most powerful influence on state policy.


Dynasty	Has appeared	Note
Borghese	13th century	1 pope , a family in Rome since the 16th century
Chigi		1 pope
Piccolomini		2 popes

Notes

↑ Charles M. Rosenberg. The Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini . - Cambridge University Press, 2010-06-21. - 477 p. - ISBN 9780521792486 .
↑ Edward Burman. Italian Dynasties: Great Families of Italy from the Renaissance to the Present Day. - 1989.
↑ George L. Williams. Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes . - McFarland, January 1998 .-- 280 p. - ISBN 9780786403158 .

Bibliography

Sergio Bertelli. The Courts of the Italian Renaissance. 1986
Edward Burman. Italian Dynasties: Great Families of Italy from the Renaissance to the Present Day. 1989
Charles M. Rosenberg. The Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. 2010

[1] Charles M. Rosenberg. The Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini . - Cambridge University Press, 2010-06-21. - 477 p. - ISBN 9780521792486 .

[2] Edward Burman. Italian Dynasties: Great Families of Italy from the Renaissance to the Present Day. - 1989.

[3] George L. Williams. Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes . - McFarland, January 1998 .-- 280 p. - ISBN 9780786403158 .