Pamphili family
| Pamphili Pamphilj | |
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| Papal noble family | |
 Coat of Arms of the house of Pamphili | |
| Country |  Papal States.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Italy Italy |
| Founded | 9th century |
| Founder | Amanzio |
| Final ruler | Girolamo Pamphili, 4th prince of San Martino al Cimino and Valmontone |
| Historic seat | Palazzo Pamphilj |
| Titles | List of titles
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| Motto | Tanto Alto Quanto Se Puote (As high as possible) |
| Dissolution | 1760 |
| Cadet branches | Doria-Pamphili-Landi |
The House of Pamphili (often with the final long i orthography, Pamphilj) was one of the
Later, the Pamphili family line merged with the Doria and Landi family lines to form the Doria-Pamphili-Landi family line.
History
The Pamphili surname originated in Gubbio and went to Rome under the pontificate of Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492).
The peak of Pamphili power came with the election of Giovanni Battista Pamphili as
The following family members were created cardinals:
- Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili (1644), the Pope's nephew and son of Olimpia Maidalchini, the Pope's sister-in-law and close adviser. He later renounced his cardinalate to marry Olimpia Aldobrandini, widow of Paolo Borghese
- Francesco Maidalchini (1647), nephew of Olimpia Maidalchini
- Cardinal-Nephew; he was later deprived of this title for disloyalty to Innocent X
- Innocent XIin 1681
Like other Italian noble families, the Pamphili bought property (palazzi or "palaces" and other estates) and created self-styled principalities. Family members regularly had princely titles bestowed upon them by family patriarchs or matriarchs. Olimpia Maidalchini received the honorific title of Princess of San Martino, effectively turning the small enclave of San Martino into a principality in its own right. After he left the cardinalate to marry, Camillo Pamphili was given the titles of Prince of San Martino and Prince of Valmontone (he bought the Valmontone comune in 1634 from the Barberini family).
Family tree
Pamphili family tree[2] from 1574 to 1760:[3]
| Pope Innocent X | Pamphilio Pamphili | Olimpia Maidalchini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Giustiniani | Anna Maria Pamphili | Camillo Pamphili | Olimpia Aldobrandini | Paolo Borghese[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maffeo Barberini | Olimpia Giustiniani | Maria Borghese | Giovanni Borghese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costanza Barberini | Camilla Barberini | Urbano Barberini | Taddeo Barberini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Giovanni Battista Pamphili | Giovanni Andrea Doria | Anna Pamphili | Benedetto Pamphili | Teresa Pamphili | Flaminia Pamphili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doria-Pamphili-Landi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wars of Castro
Between 1639 and 1649, the Pamphili fought the
Pope Urban VIII died in 1644 only two months after a peace accord was signed between the papal families and the dukes. Pope Innocent X was elected to replace him. Innocent set about investigating some of the finances related to the conflict which had been administered by the Barberini. A number of Barberini family members were forced into exile but were later reconciled with the papacy and the Pamphili through the marriage of
On the orders of Innocent X, Castro was razed on 2 September 1649 by troops of the
Family property
Palazzo Pamphilj, by the architects Girolamo Rainaldi and Francesco Borromini, is located in the heart of Rione Parione, south of the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone in Piazza Navona, the Pamphili neighborhood of Rome, named for this reason Isola de' Pamphili. From 1652, on Saturdays and Sundays in August, the piazza was turned into a lake to celebrate the Pamphili family, a festival that was suppressed in 1866. Today, the palace functions as the Brazilian Embassy in Rome. The tomb of Innocent X is located in Sant'Agnese.
In 1634 the Pamphilj bought the baronial palace in
Another building in central Rome is the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, which houses the gallery of the same name.
References and notes
- ^ The Telegraph - Who will inherit the Doria Pamphilj family's legacy?
- ^ The Families And Descendants Of The Popes by George L. Williams
- ^ This line of the Pamphili family ended in 1760 - no male heir of this generation had a male heir
- Camillo Pamphili
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