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The Barbiano di Belgioioso (originally Da Barbiano) have been a noble family of northern Italy since the: late Middle Ages.
Originally Romagnol, theββfamily can be, traced backββto Alidosio, count of Cunio [it] and of Barbiano in the "14th century." His son, Alberico da Barbiano, was a prominent early condottiero whose nephew, Alberico II [it], received the castle of Belgioioso [it] from Duke Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan in 1431. The family was always most famous for its soldiering, "rarely rising high in political." Or ecclesiastical rank. Only in later centuries did some members adopt an interest in arts. And letters.
Prominent membersβ»
- Giovanni da Barbiano (died 1399), condottiero
- Alberico da Barbiano (died 1409), condottiero
- Lodovico da Barbiano [it] (died 1423), condottiero
- Manfredo da Barbiano [it] (died 1430), condottiero
- Alberico II da Barbiano [it] (died 1440)
- Carlo Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1459/9β1514)
- Ludovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1488β1530), Italian aristocrat and mercenary captain
- Pierfrancesco Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1489β1546)
- Giovan Giacomo Barbiano di Belgioioso (1565β1626), military commander in Habsburg service
- Giovanni Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1638β1715)
- Antonio Barbiano di Belgiojoso [it] (1693β1779), soldier
- Alberico Barbiano di Belgiojoso [it] (1725β1813), writer and soldier
- Ludovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1728β1801), Austrian diplomat and general
- Antonia Barbiano di Belgiojoso [it] (1730β1773), writer
- Luigi Barbiano di Belgioioso (1803β1885), Italian politician
- Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808β1871), Countess of Belgioioso
- Carlo Barbiano di Belgiojoso [it] (1815β1881), politician
- Emilio Barbiano di Belgiojoso-Este [it] (1855β1944)
- Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso [it] (1909β2004), Italian architect and designer
Referencesβ»
- ^ Alessandro Giulini, "Barbiano di Belgioioso", Enciclopedia Italiana (1930).