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| Country |  Italy Former countries:  Republic of Florence .svg){kind=small} Grand Duchy of Tuscany  Papal States  Kingdom of Italy |
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The House of Aldobrandini is an Italian noble family originally from Florence, where in the Middle Ages they held the most important municipal offices. Now the Aldobrandini are resident in Rome, with close ties to the Vatican.
History
Their Roman fortunes were made when Ippolito Aldobrandini became pope under the name
Paolo Borghese
).
The family also lends its name to the
Palazzo Aldobrandini on the Quirinal Hill. The Aldobrandini family, having reached the height of its powers when Ippolito Aldobrandini became Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605), began the building of the villa. In 1600 Clement VIII acquired the Orti Vitelli on the Quirinal hill and in 1601 donated the property to his Cardinal-nephew Pietro Aldobrandini
. The old buildings of the Vitelli Family were demolished and construction began on the new villa and adjacent garden. The villa was never the family seat as the Aldobrandini family owned even more splendid residences elsewhere in Rome. The villa on the Quirinal hill served essentially for ceremonial functions.
More famous was the
Carlo Francesco Bizzaccheri
(early 18th century).
The
Doria Pamphilj (which is now extinct since the death of Princess Orietta Doria Pamphlij in 2000). The Aldobrandini family palazzo and its collections of works of art and furnishings is now the Doria Pamphilj Gallery
in Rome.
The family name lives on, however, via a branch of the
Black Nobility, who in turn was the younger brother of the then Prince Borghese and head of that family. Princess Olimpia Anna Aldobrandini, also a non-lineal descendant of Napoleon on her mother's side, married into the Rothschild family.[1]
The Head of the family today is Prince Camillo Aldobrandini (b. 1945), whose heir is Don Clemente Aldobrandini (b. 1982).[2]
Other notable members of the Aldobrandini family
- Alessandro Cardinal Aldobrandini (1667–1734), raised to the cardinalate 1730.[3]
- Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini
- Ippolito Cardinal Aldobrandini (Jr.)
- Silvestro Cardinal Aldobrandini
- Cinzio Passeri Cardinal Aldobrandini, a Cardinal-nephewof Clement VIII, raised to the cardinalate 1593.
- Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini (1571–1621), raised to the cardinalate 1593 by Clement VIII.[4]
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of Aldobrandini.
- Original 1922 Almanach de Gotha (edited by Justice Perthes) entry for the Borghese family (of which the Aldobrandini are a branch – see bottom of p288), link to the original universally-recognised genealogical reference document, with details of family honours
See also
- Palazzo Chigi
- Palazzo Borghese-Aldobrandini
- Aldobrandini Collection
- Villa Aldobrandini
- Aldobrandini Madonna (disambiguation)
- The Aldobrandini Wedding, a celebrated Ancient Roman fresco
References
- ^ [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3416. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
- ^ "Don Clemente Aldobrandini".
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Alessandro Cardinal Aldobrandini"
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini"
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