Vico nel Lazio is a comune in the Province of Frosinone in the Italy region Lazio, located about 70 km east of Rome and about 15 km north of Frosinone.... were an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia.... noble family, of German origin, who established in Rome
History of Rome
The History of the city of Rome spans 2,800 years of the existence of a city that grew from a small Italy village in the 9th century BC into the center of a vast ancient Rome that dominated the Mediterranean Sea region for centuries.... from the 10th century.
They obtained the title of praefect urbis (prefect
Prefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition.A prefect's office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture, but in various post-Roman cases there is a prefect without a prefecture or vice versa.... of the city) by the Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor
Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480.... . The rest of the name derived from the Lake Vico
Lake Vico
Lake Vico is a volcanic lake in northern Lazio region, central Italy. It is the highest among major Italian lakes, with its altitude of 510 m.... , in northern Lazio, where most of their lands were located. They family members held the title until 1437, when the last member of the family was defeated by cardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi
Giovanni Vitelleschi
Giovanni Maria Vitelleschi was an Italian people Cardinal -condottiere.Vitelleschi was born in Corneto Tarquinia , some kilometers north to Rome.... in the battle of Vetralla
Vetralla
Vetralla is a town and commune in the Province of Viterbo, 18 km to the south of that city, located on a shoulder of Monte Fogliano.... .
