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The Fenzi Bank and family were key players in both the economical growth of the Italian industrial revolution and the expansion of the north Italian

Italy

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Railways

Rail transport

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between Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

and Livorno

Livorno

Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...

in 18th and 19th century Italy

Italy

The Family

The old Florentine aristocratic family produced several generations of noteworthy citizens who enhanced and enabled many different aspects of both the Florentine political life and economic market during the 17th, 18th and 19th century. Much although the origins of the Fenzi family can be traced back to the Italian Renaissance

Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe...

, it was not until the mid 17th century that the fortune of the family was to become as substantial as the name Fenzi during the 18th and 19th century. The main founder of the Fenzi dynasty was Francesco Fenzi, who became financial adviser and creditor to the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany at the end of the 17th century; from that point onwards the family fortunes were to rise in connection with the financing of both private and public initiatives. The Fenzi family were to benefit from all the notable privileges of the nobility

Nobility

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such as exemptions of taxes granted by the favors of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence...

.

One of the most successful Fenzis was Cavalier

Cavalier

Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

Emanuele Fenzi
Emanuele Fenzi
Emanuele Fenzi , was an Italian a leading banker, iron producer, concessionaire of the Livorno–Florence railway and other railway enterprises, merchant for exportation of Tuscan products, and landowner...

1784 - 1875, elder son of Cavalier

Cavalier

Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

Jacopo Orazio Fenzi, a Magistrate in the Florentine courts. By 1805 Emanuele had already established himself as a successful entrepreneur working for Bosi, Mazzarelli & C. By 1810 his reputation and talent as an entrepreneur were so well recognized in the trade that he decided to set up his own firm la Bandi, Orsi, Fenzi & C. making and selling tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

. In this same year he acquired a Palazzo in the centre of Florence

Florence

from where he set up his headquarters. By 1820 the tobacco industry had grown to such an extent due to Emanuele’s entrepreneurial initiatives and the extension of trade in Italy

Italy

and Europe

Europe

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that by 1821 Emanuele had accumulated enough wealth to establish the Fenzi Bank. By 1829 the Bank was established in what today known as the Fenzi Palace via San Gallo, one of the best addresses in Florence

Florence

. In 1860 Emanuele Fenzi became Senator

Senate

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. He later built the Palazzo Fenzi

Palazzo Fenzi

Palazzo Fenzi is a palace in Florence, Italy.Built in the 16th century for the Castelli family by Gherardo Silvani, it was later enlarged by the Marucelli family...

on Piazza della Signoria

Piazza della Signoria

Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio....

(designed by Giuseppi Martelli), and now the Assicurazioni Generali

Assicurazioni Generali

Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is the largest insurance company in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. It has its headquarters in Trieste...

.

One of the main factors linked to the success of the Fenzi family was the ability with which they managed to expand their ties to not only Italian investors but also the different financial market places in Europe as well as maintaining links with other European aristocracy

Aristocracy

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. They were central players in the financing of the Suez Canal

Suez Canal

The Suez Canal , also known by the nickname "The Highway to India", is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigation...

.

The Fenzies historic Seat was the Villa de Granatier, but their principal residence was their estate at Sant'Andrea in Percussina, San Casciano (altered by Giuseppe Martelli).

The Bank

Established in 1821 by Emanuele Fenzi the bank, also known as the "Cassa di Sconto" is most famous for being the first public Bank in Italy. Based in the heart of Florence in the Fenzi-Murucelli Palace on Via San Gallo. They later built the Palazzo Fenzi Piazza della Signoria designed by Giuseppi Matelli, now Assicurazioni General.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Fenzi family started to create alliances with potential business partners both local and foreign. By 1820s the Fenzi Bank was backing the Hall family who had acquired the monopoly of the Tuscan straw hat market in England. Whilst maintaining an activity of financing public initiatives and in 1849 they became the main stockholders in the company that built the railway Leopolda. In the next thirty to forty years, the Fenzi Bank spread its network throughout Europe; by 1860, their agents were present in all the most important markets of central and northern Italy and in several cities in England, France, and Germany. They were parties to the financing of the Suez Canal. Through their network of financial activities and their willingness to invest in common financial operations with both Tuscan and international banks, the Fenzi Bank blazed the trail for the creation of large credit institutions and for a unified financial market in Tuscany in the period before the 1860 annexation to the Kingdom of Italy.

The Railway

It was in 1826 that marquis Leopoldo Carl Ginori first introduced the government to the iron track. The creation and innovation of the northern railways soon became a project that was dear to all members of the Italian government. When in early 1830’s the Italian government was to sort out a financial partner for the project the Fenzi Bank entered the competition. The final decision was reached in 1835. There was to be the creation of a Railway between Florence and the coastal port of Livorno via Pisa and was to be named Leopolda after the then Grand duke. In 1837 count Luigi Serristori and the engineer Piero Dini Castelli proposed a study for the Railway. However the Fenzi project had been accepted as more serious and bitterly planned. An agreement was set up between the government the Fenzi bank, a local contractor company and British engineer Peter Senn & C. of Livorno disciple of George Stephenson and his son Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson FRS was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son.-Early life :He was born on the 16th of...

. The opening date for the Railway line works was set for the 14 April 1838. The line was eventually inaugurated in 1844. After nearly 20 years of planning and creation upset by the unstable political situation of the Risorgimento, the first section of the Leopolda Railway was at last finished.

Il Possesso di Rusciano and Villa Sant'Andrea in Percussina
Sant'Andrea in Percussina
Sant'Andrea in Percussina is a frazione of San Casciano Val di Pesa in the province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.It is a small village of ancient origin and one of the most picturesque places in the area between San Casciano Val di Pesa and Florence....

The villa of Rusciano, which is perched on an eminence higher up the road, was mentioned in a tale of the novelist Sacchetti, and originally belonged to the Salviati

Salviati (bankers)

The Salviati were a prominent Florentine-Roman family who in the 15th century were bankers to Pope Sixtus IV. They were among those involved in the Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478, a plot to murder the leading members of the Medici family in Florence...

family. Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance. He is perhaps most famous for inventing linear perspective and designing the dome of the Florence Cathedral, but his accomplishments also included bronze artwork, architecture , mathematics,...

built the present villa for Luca Pitti

Luca Pitti

Luca Pitti was a Florentine banker during the period of the republic presided over by Cosimo de' Medici. He was a loyal friend and servant to the Medici and the republic...

in the middle of the fifteenth century ; and to please Luca, whose ambition lay in a display of his wealth by the size of his dwellings, Brunelleschi's design, if carried out, would have covered even more ground than it now does, though it is one of the largest villas in the neighbourhood of Florence; it has spacious reception rooms, a terrace overlooking the distant country, and is surrounded by lovely gardens, with old cypresses and other fine and rare trees. In 1472 it was purchased by the Florentine Municipality to bestow on Federico II, Duke of Urbino

Federico da Montefeltro

Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro , was one of the most successful condottieri of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino from 1444 until his death...

, the Captain General of their forces, in reward for his recovery of Volterra

Volterra

Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.-History:...

, which had rebelled against Florence. The villa passed after-wards through several hands, until it was purchased by the banker Emanuele Fenzi for his family and then passed to his son Sebastiano it was eventually sold by Sebastiano's grandchildren Leone and Ida Fenzi in 1901. The historic seat of the fenzi family was the Villa Granatieri, where they are buried. However their principal estate and residence was Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Sant'Andrea in Percussina is a frazione of San Casciano Val di Pesa in the province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.It is a small village of ancient origin and one of the most picturesque places in the area between San Casciano Val di Pesa and Florence....

,San Casciano (altered by Giuseppi Martelli who also built the Palazzo Fenzi) their ownership of this estate underpinned the families nobility, the family also lived at the Casa Fenzi where the guests included the Prince Napoleon.

Family of Emanuele Fenzi

a Jacobo Orazio Fenzi; b 1745, d 25 Nov 1805, Descendent of the Fenzi family who in the 15th Century moved to the Santo Spirito parish in the Oltramo district of Florence

Florence

, m Luisa Bordini, b 21 Jun 1757, d 22 Mar 1849)issue:

b Cav Emanuele Fenzi; b 8 Apr 1784, d 10 Jan 1875, Senator of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Grand Duchy of Tuscany

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence...

and later of the Kingdom of Italy

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...

, Knight of the Sacred Military Order of Saint Stephen

Order of Saint Stephen

The Order of Saint Stephen is a Tuscan dynastic-military order founded in 1561. The order was created by Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. The last member of the Medici dynasty to be a leader of the order was Gian Gastone de Medici in 1737...

, Pope

Pope

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and Martyr

Martyr

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, Knight of the Order of Saint Joseph

Order of Saint Joseph

The Order of Saint Joseph was instituted in 1807 by Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany during his reign as Grand Duke of Würzburg. It was transformed into a Tuscan Dynastic Order in 1817....

.
He lived in these places: Palazzo di Via San Gallo, Villa Fenzi at Sant’Andrea in Percussina, house in the city of Livorno

Livorno

; m Grantieri 4 Nov 1810 Countess Ernesta Paffetta dei Lamberti, b Codogno 8 Mar 1810, d Villa Sant' Andrea 26 May 1869, issue:

c Maria Eugenia Fenzi;, b 1814, d 1838; m 1834 Giuseppi Vaj (Prato

Prato

Prato is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city is situated at the foot of Monte Retaia , the last peak in the Calvana chain. The lowest altitude in the comune is 32 m, near the Cascine di Tavola, and the highest is the peak of Monte Cantagrillo...

), b 1804, d 1878, issue:

1d Luigi Vaj.

2d Bianca Vaj; m Marquess Gentile Farinolo.

c Cav. Orazio Fenzi;, b 4 Feb 1817, ed Wyke

Wyke

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House, Sion Hill

Sion Hill

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, Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

; m 1840 Countess Emilia della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b 1822, d 8 Dec 1850, issue:

1d Ernesta Fenzi, b 1841, d 1882; m Marquess Giuseppe Garzoni, Senator

Senate

, d 1881, issue:

1e Marchioness Maria Garzoni; m Marquess Gian Paolo Poschi-Meuron, issue:

1f Marchioness Antonietta Poschi-Meuron; m De Motter, issue:

1g Pier Luigi De Motter.

2g Maria Christina De Motter.

2f Marchioness Emilia Poschi-Meuron; m 21 Apr 1919 Count Gaddo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b 1895, d 1981, issue:

1g Count Guelfo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b 1920; m 1945 Adriana Guillichini, issue:

1h Countess Sibilla della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Florence

Florence

1946; m Salvatore Orlando

2h Count Gaddo Walfredo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Florence

Florence

1949; m 1983 Michela Valli. He had a long affair with Sarah Margaret Ferguson

Sarah, Duchess of York

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but remains married to Michela Valli.

3h Count Manfredi della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Florence

Florence

1961; m 1998 Princess Maria Theodora Gfn von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck, b London

London

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11 Jul 1966, daugh of Prince Rupert Gf von Löwenstein-Scharffeneck, Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim

Löwenstein-Wertheim

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-Freudenberg, b Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...

24 Aug 1933, banker who has been the Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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financial advisor for over 30 years, and of Josephine Clara Lowry-Corry, b London

London

26 Jan 1931.

2g Count Ugolino della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Florence

Florence

1925; m 1949 Anna Capacci, issue:

1h Count Arrigo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Florence

Florence

1950; m 1985 Lithian Ricci, issue:

1i Count Walfredo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

1987.

2i Count Gaddo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

, b Milan

Milan

1990.

3g Count Ludovico della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

; m Countess Pandolfini, issue:

1h Count Gian Paolo della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

.

2h Countess Francesca della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

.

3h Countess Marilli della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

.

4h Countess Oretta della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century...

.

2e Marchioness Emilia Garzoni; m Count Gustavo Parravicino, issue:

1f Count Giuseppe Parravicino.

2f Countess Bianca Parravicino.

3f Countess Lilly Parravicino.

4f Countess Ernesta Parravicino.

2d Cav.Emanuele Orazio Fenzi, b 1843, d 1924; m Cristina daugh of Chevalier Sebastiano Fenzi and Emily Verity, issue to follow

3d Luisa Fenzi, b 1848, d 1916; m 24 Apr 1871 Count Cino Ernesto Corsini

Corsini

Corsini is the name of a Florentine princely family.-History:The founder is said to be Neri Corsini, who came to prominence circa 1170. The family are likely to have originated from Corsica, during the time when the Republic of Pisa was ruling the island. Initially the family was known as Corso ...

, b Florence

Florence

1846, d 1898, issue:

1e Count Ernesto Corsini

Corsini

, b 1872, d 1926.

2e Count Emanuele Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1876, d 1958; m 1911 Maria Carolina Giuntini, issue:

1f Countess Andreola Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1913, d 1972.

2f Countess Simonetta Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1914; m 1946 Giovanni Montaperto, Duke of Montaperto and Duke of Santa Elisabetta, issue:

1g Gerlando Montaperto, Duke of Montaperto and Santa Elisabetta, b Florence

Florence

1948.

2g Duchess Elisabetta Montaperto, b Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

1950; m 1989 Count Tommaso Montesi Righetti, b Florence

Florence

1930.

3f Count Cino Tommaso Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1917, d Porto Ercole 2001; m 1945 Aimeé Gailard Russell, lived in USA

United States

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, issue:

1g Countess Desideria Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1950.

2g Countess Immacolata Corsini

Corsini

, b Islip 1954; m 1980 Gerald Blanc.

3g Count Alessandro Emanuele Corsini

Corsini

, b Islip 1957; m 1991 Michèlle de Kwiatkowski, issue:

1h Count Cosimo Corsini

Corsini

, b New York

New York

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1994.

2h Countess Luia Corsini

Corsini

, b New York

New York

1994.

3h Countess Mariuka Corsini

Corsini

, b New York

New York

1994.

4g Countess Allegra Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1962; m 1992 Count Guido Poccianti.

4f Count Nicolò Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1920, d 1994.

5f Countess Giuliana Corsini

Corsini

, b Florence

Florence

1928 ; m 1962 Baron Clemente della Noce

3e Count Guido Corsini

Corsini

, b Mozzette 1879, d Florence

Florence

1954.

c Cav.Carlo Fenzi, Senator, b 1823, d 1881, inherited the Palazzo di via San Gallo and Villa Granatieri.

c Cav.Sebastiano Fenzi;, b 1822, d 1901; m 27 May 1848 at St Mary’s, Coity and immediately afterwards at the Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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, Cardiff

Cardiff

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, m Emily(b 1784, d 1875) daugh of Abraham Robert Verity, educ University of Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

and Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, he wrote Rivista Britannica 1851-2, he inherited Villa Rusciano which was made over to his son Camillo, Emily d 7 May 1869 in Naples

Naples

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on returning from Egypt

Egypt

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, buried 15 May at Villa de Granatieri issue:

1d Eugenia Fenzi, b 1849, d 1910; m 1. 1867 Gustavo Adolphus, Baron Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

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, banker (Haus H Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

Nachflger and Co), he built for his wife the Villa Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

(now Villa Cora designed by Pietro Comarni Rossi and Giuseppe Poggi), a setting for the greatest social gatherings during Florence

Florence

’s period as the capital of Italy

Italy

, Napoleon III

Napoleon III of France

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...

and Empress Eugenie

Eugénie de Montijo

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales; 5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo , was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of...

were frequent guests. Baron and Baroness Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

where in Egypt

Egypt

for the 1869 opening by the Empress of the Suez Canal

Suez Canal

(which both the Oppenheim bank

Sal. Oppenheim

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and the Banco Fenzi had been involved in financing) where Eugenia was the last person to cross by land prior to the joining of the channels and she was presented with a necklace of large pearls on which she would live in later years. Suspecting his wife’s infidelity

Infidelity

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Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

attempted to blow up the Villa Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

, here the Empress was to live from 1874 (now Villa Cora); Eugenia left Italy

Italy

for the Verity family in Glamorgan

Glamorgan

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shire where she m 2. 29 Nov 1883 Giulio, Count Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Count Giuseppe Prina was an Italian statesman killed in the Milan riots of 1814.- Biography :Prina gave early evidence of his rare talent. After studying at the University of Pavia, he became a doctor of law in 1789...

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b 1842 , d 1921; Ouida

Ouida

Ouida was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé .-Biography:...

’s novel ‘In a Winter City’ 1876 is based on Eugenia following her separation from Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

and before her eventual marriage to Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, issue:

1e Edwin, Baron Oppenheim

Oppenheim family

, Admiral , lived largely at the Villa Oppenheim at Taormina

Taormina

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.

2e Countess Emilia Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

; m 1. Marquess di Lorenzo; 2. Marquess Corrado dal Pozzo d'Annone, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

, b Milan

Milan

2 Oct 1875, d 1935; issue in addition to 2 by di Lorenzo:

1f Marquess Claudio Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Abbazia 1902; m 1. Countess Ginevra Malvasia dalla Serra Gabrielli Tortorelli, 2. Elvira Fairchild Hutchinson, issue from the first wedding:

1g Marchioness Carla Nicoletta Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

1933; m 1954 Count Rambaldo degli Azzoni Avogadro, issue:

1h Count Gherardo Rizzolino degli Azzoni Avogadro Malvasia, b Milan

Milan

1955.

2h Count Valperto degli Azzoni Avogadro Malvasia, b Milan

Milan

1965.

2g Marquess Corrado Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

1937, d 1976.

3g Marquess Francesco Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Bologna

Bologna

1944; m 1980 Pirjo Leena Karahka, issue:

1h Marchioness Lena Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Florence

Florence

1981.

2h Marquess Corrado Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Florence

Florence

1982

2f Marchioness Maria Cristina Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Budapest

Budapest

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1904; m Count Vittorio Cini di Monselice, b Ferrara

Ferrara

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20 feb 1885, d Venice

Venice

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18 sep 1977, Italian Industrial, Senator of the Kingdom of Italy

Italy

, great art collector, and creator of the Giorgio Cini Foundation

Cini Foundation

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based on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore

San Giorgio Maggiore

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in the city of Venice

Venice

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.

3f Marquess Corrado Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Rapallo

Rapallo

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1909; m 1937 Clara Marzocchi.

4f Marquess Gianlorenzo Dal Pozzo d'Annone, b Rapallo

Rapallo

1915,d 1994.

3e Countess Costanza Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b 1882, d 1969; m Marquess Carlo Santasilia di Torpino, son of Marquess Vincenzo Santasilia di Torpino, b 1833, d 1916, and of Luisa Coventry.

4e Cesare, Count Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

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1884, d Rome

Rome

1964; m 1919 Countess Luisa Cumbo Borgia, b Messina, d Rome

Rome

1971, issue:

1f Countess Eugenia Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1922; m 1947 Filippo Salza, son of Silvio Salza, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

, issue:

1g Silvio Salza, b Rome

Rome

1948.

2f Diego, Count Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1923; m 1947 Maria Rosaria Salamone, issue:

1g Count Cesare Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1948; m 1976 Paola Palamenghi Crispi, issue:

1h Countess Cristina Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1978.

2h Count Giulio Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1982.

3h Countess Francesca Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1985.

2g Count Lucio Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1952; m 1978 Maria D'Arrigo, issue:

1h Count Diego Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1980.

2h Count Aldo Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1984.

5e Count Sidney Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Florence

Florence

1887, d 1959, Italian Ambassador

Ambassador

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to Greece

Greece

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and to India

India

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; m his cousin Cristina Morin, b Florence

Florence

1881, d 1971, son of Costantino Enrico Morin, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

, Minister

Minister (government)

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of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

, 1903 Minister of Foreign Affairs

Foreign minister

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, issue:

1f Countess Maria Livia Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1915; m Count Cesare Ponza di San Martino

Capture of Rome

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, b Venice

Venice

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1913, son of Count Gustavo Ponza di San Martino

Capture of Rome

, b Rome

Rome

1913, d Torino

Turin

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1946, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

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, and of Marchioness Margherita Faà di Bruno

Francesco Faà di Bruno

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, b Novara

Novara

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1879, d San Remo

Sanremo

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1961.

2f Count Sidney Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

Cesare Francesco Ricotti Magnani was an Italian general, minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy and Cavaliere della Santissima Annunziata...

, b Rome

Rome

1923; m 1955 Anne Campbell Penney, niece of Major General

Major General

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Sir

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William Ronald Campbell Penney

Ronald Penney

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, b 1896, d 1964.

2d Cristina Fenzi, b 1851; m 1870 Cav. Emanuele Orazio Fenzi, b 1842, d Tripoli

Tripoli

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1927, son of Cav. Orazio Fenzi and Countess Emilia della Gherardesca

Gherardeschi family

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, banker and horticulturist educ University of Pisa

Pisa

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, he inherited most of the Fenzi's Estates including Sant’Andrea; which (in 1893 was sold to Princess San Donato, Princess Elena Demidov the niece of Anatole Demidov

Anatole Demidov

Count Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato , was a Russian industrialist, diplomat and arts patron of the Demidov family.-Early life:...

who had been involved with the Fenzi’s in the development of the Florence

Florence

rail connections) arrived Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, California

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in 1894, where he developed at Riviera a nursery and arboretum with Franceschi Flame Trees (now Franceschi Park) 1904 changed his name to Francesco Franceschi Fenzi, he built Montarioso on the Riviera

French Riviera

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. In 1912 at the behest of the King of Italy

King of Italy

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he supervised in Libya

Libya

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a horticultural programme, issue:

1e Ernestina Fenzi, b 1873.

2e Teresina Fenzi, b 1875.

3e Cav. Carlo Fenzi, b 1876, d Rome

Rome

1946.

4e Cav. Fenzo Fenzi, b 1880, d Rome

Rome

1947; m Countess Costanza dei Lamberti, b 1875, d 1945, issue:

1f Leopolda (Dina) Fenzi, b Milan 15 Aug 1907; m 1934 Nob. Uberto Puccioni, b 1901, d 1963, son of Nob. Mario Puccioni and Nob. Brunetta Dainelli, issue:

1g Nob. Giovanna Puccioni, b Florence

Florence

1936; m 1960 Nob. Stefono Scoli Legani.

2g Nob. Maria Caterina Puccioni, b Florence

Florence

1941; m 1966 Alberto Missiroli.

2f Cav. Gianfranco Fenzi, b Milan

Milan

16 Oct 1908, d Somalia

Somalia

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1936.

3f Cav. Carlino Fenzi, b San Marcello Pistoiese 1910, d 1989, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

; m 1939 Rosalia Randisi, b 1907, d Rome

Rome

1945.

1g Cav. Gianfranco Fenzi, b Rome

Rome

6 Mar 1942; m 29 Apr 1968 Duchess Bianca Maria Lopez y Royo di Taurisano.

1h Cristina Fenzi, b Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

1969.

2h Francesca Fenzi, b Pisa

Pisa

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1972.

3h Cav. Carlo Fenzi, b Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

1977.

4f Cristina Fenzi, b Milan

Milan

15 May 1913.

5e Cav. Camillo Fenzi, b Florence 1889, d Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

(California

California

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) 1936; m Dorothy Redfield, b 1893, issue:

1f Cav. Warren E Fenzi, b Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

4 Aug 1915, d 20 oct 2002, President of Phelps Dodge

Phelps Dodge

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Corporation; m Eleanor Huse Leeds, issue:

1g Cav. Charles C Fenzi; m Vera, issue:

1h Demetria Fenzi; m Clint.

2h Cav. Stephen Fenzi; m Katrina.

2g Louisa Fenzi-Haag; m Walter Haag.

3g Cav. Warren S Fenzi; m Margaret Sheerin, issue:

1h Francesca Louisa Fenzi.

2h Cav. Warren T Fenzi.

4g Cav. David L Fenzi; m Lavinia, issue:

1h Yvonna Fenzi.

2h Cav. Austin Fenzi.

5g Joan F Fenzi.

3f Sara Luisa Fenzi; m Carpenter.

4f Cav. Guido Fenzi; m Jewel, issue:

1g Cav. Camillo Fenzi.

2g Cav. Ruth Fenzi.

5f Cav. Orazio Fenzi; m Celia, issue:

1g Cav. Neal Fenzi.

2g Cav. Kevin Fenzi.

3g Dianne Fenzi.

4g Karen Fenzi.

6e Cav. Franco Fenzi, b Firenze

Florence

1890; m Margherita Dibble, issue:

1f Marchioness Ernestina Fenzi, b Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara (Ceraso)

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1918, d Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara (Ceraso)

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2007 .

2f Marchioness Teresina Fenzi, b Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara (Ceraso)

The village of Santa Barbara is an hamlet of the commune of Ceraso in the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It has a population of roughly a thousand .- Geography :...

1923; m Basil Munsey, issue:

1g Margherita Munsey, b London

London

1949, twin; m Jack Corman, issue:

1h Simon Corman, b Hamilton, Canada 1972.

2h Daniel Corman, b Kingston, Canada 1975.

2g Christina Munsey, b London

London

1949, twin; m Lynn Beaumont, issue:

1h Juliana Beaumont, b Toronto, Canada 1981.

2h Carol-Lynn Beaumont, b Toronto, Canada 1986.

3g Terence Munsey, b London

London

1953.

3f Marchioness Francesca Fenzi.

4f Cristina Fenzi, b Milan

Milan

15 May 1913.

3d Cav. Camillo Emanuele Arturo Carlo Sebastiano Fenzi, b 17 Dec 1852 ; m 12 Jul 1875 Hadzor, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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, Evelina Isabella Douglas (b 1852, d 1938), daughter of Sir Douglas Strutt Galton

Douglas Strutt Galton

Sir Douglas Strutt Galton KCB, GCB, F.R.S., MStJ, Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur, DCL, LLD was a British engineer.-Education and early life:...

of Himbleton, Worcestershire

Worcestershire

(see Burke’s L.G. Galton of Hadzor House ), inherited from his grandfather Emanuel Fenzi, Villa di Rusciano (designed by Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi

), d 25 Aug 1883 at Montelabate where the Fenzis had mining interests, (Evelina m 2. 2 Feb 1898, Leonard Daneham Cunliffe

Cunliffe

Cunliffe is a surname and may refer to:*Baron Cunliffe, of Headley in the County of Surrey*Barry Cunliffe, CBE, , Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford*Bill Cunliffe, a jazz pianist and composer...

, Governor of the Bank of England

Bank of England

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) issue:

1e Camilla Fenzi, b Florence

Florence

1875, d 1882 twin.

2e Ida Fenzi; b Florence

Florence

1875, with her brother Leone inherited the Villa di Rusciano which was sold following the death of Sebastiano Fenzi in 1901, m 28 Jul 1908 Ronald, DL, JP (b 9 Feb 1884) son of Richard Copeland, DL, JP of Kibblestone Hall (see Burke’s L.G.), Polish Gold Cross of Merit, MP 1931-35 for Stoke on Trent. She stood against Sir Oswald Mosley

Oswald Mosley

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whom she defeated in the 1931 general election, gave Trelissick, Cornwall

Cornwall

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, which she had inherited from Leonard Cunliff and the garden she had created, to the National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

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, d 29 June 1964, issue:

1f Spencer Copeland; issue:

1g David Copeland.

2g William Copeland.

2f Geoffrey Copeland; issue:

1g Richard Copeland.

2g Peter Copeland.

3g Michael Copeland.

3e Cav. Carlo Halo Fenzi; died young.

4e Cav. Leone(l) Sebastiano Douglas Carlo Hubert Galton-Fenzi, b 1880, coffee estate near Nairobi

Nairobi

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1919 Royal East Africa

East Africa

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Automobile Association, 1926, first person to drive between Nairobi

Nairobi

and Mombasa

Mombasa

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, Founded author ‘The New Equatorial Road’, Nairobi

Nairobi

1924, his memorial is near the GPO Nairobi

Nairobi

; m 1. 20 Apr 1912, Edith Lillian Shipster (d Djakarta

Jakarta

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) 2. Betty daugh of JM Sandy of Sydney

Sydney

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, b 1892, (m 2 Harold Montgomery see Burkes PB. V Montgomery of Alamein

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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), d 1976, issue:

1f Evelyn Galton-Fenzi;,b 1920 m Gerald Schluter (b 1917, d 1979),lived in Nairobi

Nairobi

, Leonel d 1937 issue:

1g Michael Galton Schluter; b 1947. A leading campaigner and social reformer who established the Jubilee Centre, a Christian think tank focusing on social and economic issues and also launched the Keep Sunday Special campaign.

2f Anthony Galton-Fenzi;issue:

1g Brian Galton-Fenzi;m Libby,3 issue.

2g Keith Galon-Fenzi;

3f Hugh Galton-Fenzi; m Jenny.

4d Costanza Fenzi, b 1855, d 1932; m Costantino Enrico Morin, b 1841, d 1910, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

, Minister

Minister (government)

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of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

, 1903 Minister of Foreign Affairs

Foreign minister

; at Forte dei Marmi

Forte dei Marmi

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he built for his wife the Villa Costanza (later Villa Agnelli

Agnelli

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), issue:

1e Matilda Morin, b 1883, d 1919 ; m Riccardo Paladini, issue:

1f Carlo Paladini, b 1910, Admiral of the Regia Marina

Regia Marina

The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

; m Marchioness Anna Maria Sersale (b Naples

Naples

1942), issue:

1g Fabrizia Paladini; m 1966 Marquess Luigi Lepri di Rota, b Naples

Naples

1939, issue:

1h Marquess Riccardo Lepri di Rota, b Rome

Rome

1967.

2h Marchioness Benedetta Lepri di Rota, b Foggia

Foggia

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1968.

3h Marquess Stanislao Lepri di Rota, b Pietrasanta 1973.

2g Costanza Paladini.

2e Cristina Morin, b 1881, d 1971; m her cousin Count Sidney Prina

Giuseppe Prina

Ricotti

Cesare Ricotti-Magnani

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, see above.

3e Sebastiano Morin; m 1919 Marchioness Gabriella Sanjust di Teulada, b Genoa 1894 d 1972 issue:

1f Enrico Morin; m Costanza Giustiniani.

2f Maria Eugenia Morin; m Mario Zuppelli.

5d Matilda Fenzi, b 1857, d 1904; m 1876 at the Bavaria

Bavaria

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n Chapel

Chapel

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, London

London

, Richard Verity (b Paris

Paris

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1844, d 23 sep 1926 and bd Certosa

Certosa di Galluzzo

Florence Charterhouse is a charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, located in the Florence suburb of Galluzzo, in central Italy...

), son of Robert Verity and Lucretia Manners, of Southwood Hall, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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and Florence

Florence

; godson of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer

Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer

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; educ Exeter College

Exeter College, Oxford

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, Oxford

Oxford

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, 1871 called to the bar of Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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, daugh of Cav. Sebastiano Fenzi and Emily Verity; lived 4 Curzon Street

Curzon Street

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and Southwood Hall, he sold the estate in 1876 and with his mother Lucretia Verity went to live in Florence

Florence

. Founded the Florence Tennis Club, lost heavily in his investment through the Banco Fenzi in the Suez Canal

Suez Canal

, issue:

1e Beatrice Manners Verity, b 1877, d 22 Mar 1900, bd Chapel Fontaronco, Italian ladies tennis champion (part of her collection now in the Museo del Tessuto, Florence

Florence

); m Massimo, Count di Frassineto, issue:

1f Countess Maria Antonia (Marinetta) di Frassineto, Princess Ruffo, b 11 Feb 1900, d 2 Feb 1987; m Florence

Florence

25 Jul 1920 Francesco, Prince Ruffo, Duca di Bagnara, Prince of Motta S. Giovanni, Prince of S. Antimo, Duke of Baranello, b Naples

Naples

23 jun 1897, d 1970, adopted as heir:

1g Marquess de' Frescobaldi

Frescobaldi

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, son of Marchioness de' Frescobaldi

Frescobaldi

( née Countess Antonietta di Frassinetto).

2f Count Carlo di Frassineto.

2e Roger Verity (Ruggero), b 20 May 1883, d 4 Mar 1959, Lepidopterist

Lepidopterist

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and the author of over 150 papers and books including ’Rhopalocera Palaerctica’ (1905-11), the five volume ’Le Farfalle Diurne d’Italia’ (1940-53) and ‘La Variations Geographiques et Saisonnieries des Papillons Diumes en France’, he was responsible for the naming of 2-3000 butterflies, his collection of close to 250,000 butterflies together with his library now in La Specola

La Specola

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Museum, Florence

Florence

. Lived in Florence

Florence

and at Cicaleto (Villa Verity) at Caldine, bd Sofiana, memorial in the family chapel at Cicaleto; m 1 Jun 1922 Princess Giulia Gallarati–Scotti, b 20 Nov 1887, d 17 Jun 1938, daugh of Count and Marquess Don Gian Carlo Gallarati Scotti, 3rd Prince of Molfetta and Duke of San Pietro in Galatina, b Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

21 Jan 1848, d Milan

Milan

15 May 1927, and of Donna Luigia Melzi d'Eril dei Duchi di Lodi, b Belerno 21 Jan 1854, d Milan

Milan

7 Feb 1937.

3e Otho Robert Verity, b 26 Jan 1885, d Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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13 Sep 1956, educ Wellington

Wellington

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and Lucerne

Lucerne

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engineer involved in building the Brussels

Brussels

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tram system, lived in Mexico

Mexico

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, Greece

Greece

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, South Africa

South Africa

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and at Mont Fleurie, Pau, France

France

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; m 1914 Bertha Nolet, b Belgium

Belgium

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, d 1939, issue:

1f Beatrice Louisa Matilda Verity, b Cheshire

Cheshire

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21 Dec 1916; m 12 Nov 1940 George John Athenogenes; lived 12 Kensington

Kensington

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Square, London

London

and Athens

Athens

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, issue:

1g Catherine Atheogenes, b 2 Feb 1942, d 2005, lived in London

London

and Athens

Athens

; m 1. Robin Peat, 2. Richard Morrissey-Pain, issue.

2f Robert George Verity, b Florence

Florence

10 Mar 1921 ; m 20 Jan 1956 Mary Elizabeth Anne, b 6 Mar 1930, daugh Col. Graydon Stannus (see Burke’s I.F.R, Stannus of Baltiboys; brother of Dame Ninette de Valois, née Stannus of the Elms), issue:

1g Vanessa Verity, b 1956; m Jonathan Simmons, issue.

2g Louise Verity, b 1957; m 26 Mar 2005 Carston Mikkelsen (Danish).

3g Elizabeth Verity, b 1959, issue:

1h Sebastian Otho Verity, b 1979, educ Downside and University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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.

4g Robert Verity, b 1960; m Vicky.

5g Hester Verity, b 1963.

3f Roger Richard Verity, b 25 May 1926 Mexico

Mexico

, educ Stowe; m 20 Oct 1951 Elizabeth Jenkins; lived in South Africa

South Africa

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later NZ

New Zealand

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, issue:

1g Richard Michael Verity, b 25 Oct 1958, d 1996, educ Rhodes University

Rhodes University

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, he died in a flying accident; m Jenni Davidson, issue:

1h Lisa Verity, b 2 Oct 1991.

2h Sean Robert Verity, b 21 Sep 1994.

2g Nicol Janine Verity, b 16 Nov 1962; m Nadav Kander, b 1962, issue.

3g Susan Anne Verity, b 1955; m 1 Apr 1978 George Andrew Deeb, b 1951; moved 1994 NZ, issue.

6d Eleonora Fenzi, b 1859, d 1944; m 1882 Guglielmo, Count Bombicci-Pomi, issue:

1e Countess Teresina Bombicci-Pomi; m Grimaldo, Marquess Beccadelli Grimaldi, issue:

1f Beccadino, Marquess Beccadelli Grimaldi, b 1910, d 1984.

2f Marquess Benno Beccadelli Grimaldi.

7d Emilia Fenzi, b 1864, d 1894; m 1884 Carlo, Count Moretti, issue:

1e Enrico Costantino, Count Moretti, b 1887 d 1917, Minister of the Regia Marina 1900-1903.

2e Countess Matilda Moretti; m Roberto Count Bellegardi de St Lary.

8d Carlo Italo, b Villa di Rusciano 14 Apr 1866, d 17 Jan 1867, buried at Granaterie.

External links

http://www.regalis.com/reg/titles.htm
http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/royal.htm

Sources

Cambridge Journals,
Isabella Bigazzi / Zeffiro Ciuffoletti "Palazzo Marucelli Fenzi Guida storico-artistica" Fenzi Family Archive Trust.
Archivo Fenzi, Biblioteca de Risorgimento.
"Il Possesso di Rusciano" EDIZIONI A.G.M. FIRENZE 1990.
The Life of Emanuel Fenzi, Andrea Giutini, Postampa 2002.
Verity Family Collection; Glamorgan Records Office, including the letters of Sebastiano Fenzi and Florence Cox from Sant' Andrea.

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