Mattei family
The House of Mattei was one of the most powerful noble families of
The Mattei gave eight
History
Mattei family lines reportedly went back to an early Roman family, the
Though they lived in the
Property
In Rome the Mattei owned five palazzi in the rione, or quarter, of Sant'Angelo (together they formed the so-called "isola dei Mattei": see Palazzo Mattei), and one in Trastevere. Moreover, they owned Villa Celimontana in the rione Celio. The family assumed control over the bridges closest to their ancestral palace during the papal interregnum, levying charges on various types of traffic, including the Jews who lived in the nearby ghetto when burying their dead outside the city.
The purchase of the territory of
In 1580–1585, Muzio Mattei commissioned one of the most famous fountains in Rome, the Fontana delle Tartarughe (Turtle Fountain) in front of his residence.
Family tree
House of Mattei family tree during the 16th and 17th centuries:[4]
Alessandro Mattei | Emilia Mazzatosta | Muzio Mattei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Giove | Costanza Gonzaga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Giovanni Batista Mattei | Alessandro Mattei | Giove | Luigi Mattei Marquis di Belmonte | Paolo Mattei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Differentiation
Like many
Though direct relations are not clear, biographies of contemporaries Alessandro Mattei (1744–1820), Lorenzo Girolamo Mattei (1748–1833), Mario Mattei (1792–1870) and Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei (1811–1883) suggest they were all related.
See also
References
- ^ Genealogy of Mattei and Antici Mattei[permanent dead link]
- ^ Fontana delle tartarughe, the iconography of a Roman fountain by Anne Kristine Tagstad
- ^ Mattei home
- ^ Caravaggio's Taking of Christ by Francesca Cappelletti
- ^ Florida International University - Alessandro Mattei