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'''Massimo''' is the name of a [[Rome|Roman]] princely family of great age; which by widespread accepted tradition descends from the ancient [[Maximi]] of [[republican Rome]] and from [[Fabius Maximus|Quintus Fabius Maximus]] (c. 275 BC – 203 BC), called [[Cunctator]] (the Delayer). When asked by Napoleon (with whom he was negotiating the Treaty of Tolentino) whether the family descended from Fabius Maximus, the then Prince Massimo famously replied "I do not know that it is true, but it has been a tradition in the family for some thirteen or fourteen hundred years."<ref>[http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/Italy/PageTC.htm Story of Prince Massimo's famous quip to Napoleon regarding Fabius Maximus<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. The family is generally recognised as the oldest noble family in Europe. |
'''Massimo''' is the name of a [[Rome|Roman]] princely family of great age; which by widespread accepted tradition descends from the ancient [[Maximi]] of [[republican Rome]] and from [[Fabius Maximus|Quintus Fabius Maximus]] (c. 275 BC – 203 BC), called [[Cunctator]] (the Delayer). When asked by Napoleon (with whom he was negotiating the Treaty of Tolentino) whether the family descended from Fabius Maximus, the then Prince Massimo famously replied "I do not know that it is true, but it has been a tradition in the family for some thirteen or fourteen hundred years."<ref>[http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/Italy/PageTC.htm Story of Prince Massimo's famous quip to Napoleon regarding Fabius Maximus<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. The family is generally recognised as the oldest noble family in Europe. |
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In the 16th century the Massimo were the richest of the Roman nobles. A [[marquisate]] was conferred on them in 1544, and the lordship of [[Arsoli]] in 1574, and the Papal Princely title thereafter. |
In the 16th century the Massimo were the richest of the Roman nobles. A [[marquisate]] was conferred on them in 1544, and the lordship of [[Arsoli]] in 1574, and the Papal Princely title thereafter. |
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The [[Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne]] in Rome was built by the celebrated Sienese architect [[Baldassare Peruzzi]] by order of [[Pietro Massimo]], on the ruins of an earlier palace destroyed in the sack of Rome in 1527. The curved façade is built on and dictated by the foundations of the stands for the stadium [[odeon (building)|odeon]] of the emperor [[Domitian]]. The interior ceilings and vestibules are elaborately ornamented with rosettes and coffered roofs. The entrance ceiling is decorated with a fresco by [[Daniele da Volterra]], who represented "Life of Fabius Maximus". The chapel on the 2nd floor was a room where the 14 year old Paolo Massimo, son of Prince Fabrizio Massimo, was recalled briefly to life by Saint [[Philip Neri]] in March 16, 1583. The interior of the palace is open to public only on that day each year when the family receive the Cardinals and other high officials to honor the event. Other notable events in the palace of the 16th century including various intra-familial murders. The palace is considered one of the most important early Renaissance mannerist masterpieces and remains the principal residence of the family, along with the Massimo Castle at |
The [[Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne]] in Rome was built by the celebrated Sienese architect [[Baldassare Peruzzi]] by order of [[Pietro Massimo]], on the ruins of an earlier palace destroyed in the sack of Rome in 1527. The curved façade is built on and dictated by the foundations of the stands for the stadium [[odeon (building)|odeon]] of the emperor [[Domitian]]. The interior ceilings and vestibules are elaborately ornamented with rosettes and coffered roofs. The entrance ceiling is decorated with a fresco by [[Daniele da Volterra]], who represented "Life of Fabius Maximus". The chapel on the 2nd floor was a room where the 14 year old Paolo Massimo, son of Prince Fabrizio Massimo, was recalled briefly to life by Saint [[Philip Neri]] in March 16, 1583. The interior of the palace is open to public only on that day each year when the family receive the Cardinals and other high officials to honor the event. Other notable events in the palace of the 16th century including various intra-familial murders. The palace is considered one of the most important early Renaissance mannerist masterpieces and remains the principal residence of the family, along with the Massimo Castle at Arsoli. |
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Many of the Massimo princesses who married into the family were from the most important Royal families of Europe. These included HRH Princess Cristina of Saxony, who married Prince Camillo Massimiliano in 1796; HRH Princess Maria-Gabriella of Savoy, who married Prince Camillo Vittorio in 1827; HRH Princess Beatrice of Borbon, daughter of [[Carlos, Duke of Madrid|HRH Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid]], the pretender to the Spanish throne who married Prince Fabrizio in 1897; and HRH Princess Maria-Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa, daughter of the Duke of Genoa and niece of King Victor Emmanuel III<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/gensavoy4.html Genealogy of House of Savoy, citing Princess Maria-Adelaide of Savoy as an HRH<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, who married Prince Leone in 1935. |
Many of the Massimo princesses who married into the family were from the most important Royal families of Europe. These included HRH Princess Cristina of Saxony, who married Prince Camillo Massimiliano in 1796; HRH Princess Maria-Gabriella of Savoy, who married Prince Camillo Vittorio in 1827; HRH Princess Beatrice of Borbon, daughter of [[Carlos, Duke of Madrid|HRH Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid]], the pretender to the Spanish throne who married Prince Fabrizio in 1897; and HRH Princess Maria-Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa, daughter of the Duke of Genoa and niece of King Victor Emmanuel III<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/gensavoy4.html Genealogy of House of Savoy, citing Princess Maria-Adelaide of Savoy as an HRH<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, who married Prince Leone in 1935. |
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The family all bear the Princely title <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/almanachdegotha1922goth#page/384/mode/2up Link to the original copy of the 1922 Almanach de Gotha, where all members of the family are referred to as "Pr." (Prince) and "Pssa" (Princess), citing "Principe Romain pour tout les descendants 27 Juin 1826" ("Roman Prince for all descendants 27 June 1826"). This is the only genuine, reliable reference source since the abolishment of the monarchy in Italy in 1946 <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. The Princely family is represented by Prince Fabrizio Massimo-Brancaccio, Prince of Arsoli and Prince of Triggiano (b. 1963), whose heir Prince Fabrizio has requested not be cited, and Prince Stefano Massimo, Prince of Roccasecca dei Volsci (b. 1955), whose heir is Prince Valerio Massimo (b. 1973) <ref>[http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/massimo.html Theroff's Gotha, with references to current, legitimate members of the princely family<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. On the 21 May 2009 Prince Valerio reached the summit of Mount Everest <ref>[http://www.vmeverest09.com Valerio Massimo Everest Expedition 2009<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. |
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The Head of the family is H.E Prince Don Fabrizio Massimo Brancaccio, Prince Massimo, Prince of Arsoli, Prince of Triggiano, etc. (physicist - b. 1963 in Rome) - [Rome: [[Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne]]]. |
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For italian titles please refer to the [[Consulta Araldica]], the Italian Heralds' College, created by the King of Italy in 1869, and its official directories approved by the Council of Ministers and by Royal Decree – Libro d’Oro della Nobltà Italiana<ref>[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libro_d%27oro_della_nobilt%C3%A0_italiana_%28registro_ufficiale%29 Libro d’Oro della Nobltà Italiana - Archivio di Stato (State Archive), Rome<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Elenco Ufficiale della Nobiltà Italiana1934-1936 - and not to web based fantasy catalogues. See also the the actual italian almanac [[Libro d'oro della Nobiltà Italiana]], the almanac by the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] (1960) and please do also refer to the Italian nobility society, Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana, CNI <ref>[http://www.cnicg.net Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana - Italian Nobility Society<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> , and to the European nobility society, CILANE <ref>[http://www.cnicg.net/cilane.asp Commission d'Information et Liaison des Associations Nobiliaires Européennes - European Nobility Society<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. |
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The treatment of His Excellency (H.E.), the title of Prince on the surname (Prince Massimo) and all the other above listed titles are reserved to the Head of the House of Massimo only: H.E. the Prince Massimo. |
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Regarding Don Stefano Massimo (cadet branch living in England) he bears the title of Prince of Roccasecca dei Volsci, granted to his father Don Vittorio Massimo (cadet), in 1933 by the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele III. This title is firstborn transmissible only, as happens in most roman families. Thus the heirs in this cadet branch have the heraldic treatment of ‘Don’ (for males) and ‘Donna’ (for females) ‘dei Principi di Roccasecca dei Volsci’ only, and not the titles and treatments repeatedly listed on the article (see Revision history of Massimo) citing an online directory. There are other cadet branches living in Rome which have the treatment of ‘Don’ or ‘Donna’ ‘dei Principi di Arsoli’, being Prince of Arsoli the main title of the Head of the Massimo family. |
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*{{cite book|title=Elenco Ufficiale della Nobiltà Italiana|publisher=Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, |location=Rome, 1934-1936|}} |
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*{{cite book|title=Elenco storico della nobiltà italiana (compilato in conformità dei decreti e delle lettere patenti originali e sugli atti ufficiali di archivio della Consulta araldica dello Stato italiano), Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta|publisher= Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Roma 1960|location=Rome|}} |
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*{{cite book|title=Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana|publisher=Collegio Araldico|location=Rome|}} |
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Revision as of 21:10, 7 April 2010
Massimo is the name of a Roman princely family of great age; which by widespread accepted tradition descends from the ancient Maximi of republican Rome and from Quintus Fabius Maximus (c. 275 BC – 203 BC), called Cunctator (the Delayer). When asked by Napoleon (with whom he was negotiating the Treaty of Tolentino) whether the family descended from Fabius Maximus, the then Prince Massimo famously replied "I do not know that it is true, but it has been a tradition in the family for some thirteen or fourteen hundred years."[1]. The family is generally recognised as the oldest noble family in Europe.
Quintus Fabius Maximus
Fabius was a Roman politician and soldier, born in Rome around 275 BC. He was consul five times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 208 BC) and was twice dictator, 221–219 BC, and 217 BC. His nickname Cunctator means "delayer" in Latin, and refers to his tactics in deploying the troops during the Second Punic War where he defeated Hannibal. Descended from an ancient patrician family, the Fabii, he was a grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges and a great-grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, both famous consuls. According to Plutarch, the first of the Fabii was born from the liaison of Hercules with a nymph, rendering the family's origins semi-divine.[2]
Massimo family
The Massimo family also provided two Popes to the Catholic Church, both Saints - Pope Anastasius I (died 401) who denounced the Origenist heresy, and Pope Paschal I (died 824) who stood up to the Frankish kings.[3]
After the Dark Ages the family is recorded again in 1012 in the person of Leo de Maximis. Thereafter the family grew in influence among the Roman barons, and played a considerable part in the history of the city in the Middle Ages, producing numerous Cardinals, ambassadors, and civil and military leaders. The family were significant patrons of the arts, with the brothers Pietro and Francesco Massimo acquiring fame by protecting and encouraging the German printers Sweynheim and Pannartz, who came to Rome in 1467, where the first printed books in Italy were produced in the Massimo Palace[4]. In the 17th century Cardinal Camillo II Massimo was famous as the patron of both Velasquez and Poussin.[5]
In the 16th century the Massimo were the richest of the Roman nobles. A marquisate was conferred on them in 1544, and the lordship of Arsoli in 1574, and the Papal Princely title thereafter.
The Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome was built by the celebrated Sienese architect Baldassare Peruzzi by order of Pietro Massimo, on the ruins of an earlier palace destroyed in the sack of Rome in 1527. The curved façade is built on and dictated by the foundations of the stands for the stadium odeon of the emperor Domitian. The interior ceilings and vestibules are elaborately ornamented with rosettes and coffered roofs. The entrance ceiling is decorated with a fresco by Daniele da Volterra, who represented "Life of Fabius Maximus". The chapel on the 2nd floor was a room where the 14 year old Paolo Massimo, son of Prince Fabrizio Massimo, was recalled briefly to life by Saint Philip Neri in March 16, 1583. The interior of the palace is open to public only on that day each year when the family receive the Cardinals and other high officials to honor the event. Other notable events in the palace of the 16th century including various intra-familial murders. The palace is considered one of the most important early Renaissance mannerist masterpieces and remains the principal residence of the family, along with the Massimo Castle at Arsoli.
Many of the Massimo princesses who married into the family were from the most important Royal families of Europe. These included HRH Princess Cristina of Saxony, who married Prince Camillo Massimiliano in 1796; HRH Princess Maria-Gabriella of Savoy, who married Prince Camillo Vittorio in 1827; HRH Princess Beatrice of Borbon, daughter of HRH Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid, the pretender to the Spanish throne who married Prince Fabrizio in 1897; and HRH Princess Maria-Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa, daughter of the Duke of Genoa and niece of King Victor Emmanuel III[6], who married Prince Leone in 1935.
The Head of the family is H.E Prince Don Fabrizio Massimo Brancaccio, Prince Massimo, Prince of Arsoli, Prince of Triggiano, etc. (physicist - b. 1963 in Rome) - [Rome: Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne].
For italian titles please refer to the Consulta Araldica, the Italian Heralds' College, created by the King of Italy in 1869, and its official directories approved by the Council of Ministers and by Royal Decree – Libro d’Oro della Nobltà Italiana[7] and Elenco Ufficiale della Nobiltà Italiana1934-1936 - and not to web based fantasy catalogues. See also the the actual italian almanac Libro d'oro della Nobiltà Italiana, the almanac by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1960) and please do also refer to the Italian nobility society, Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana, CNI [8] , and to the European nobility society, CILANE [9].
The treatment of His Excellency (H.E.), the title of Prince on the surname (Prince Massimo) and all the other above listed titles are reserved to the Head of the House of Massimo only: H.E. the Prince Massimo.
Regarding Don Stefano Massimo (cadet branch living in England) he bears the title of Prince of Roccasecca dei Volsci, granted to his father Don Vittorio Massimo (cadet), in 1933 by the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele III. This title is firstborn transmissible only, as happens in most roman families. Thus the heirs in this cadet branch have the heraldic treatment of ‘Don’ (for males) and ‘Donna’ (for females) ‘dei Principi di Roccasecca dei Volsci’ only, and not the titles and treatments repeatedly listed on the article (see Revision history of Massimo) citing an online directory. There are other cadet branches living in Rome which have the treatment of ‘Don’ or ‘Donna’ ‘dei Principi di Arsoli’, being Prince of Arsoli the main title of the Head of the Massimo family.
Sources
- Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana. Rome: Archivio di Stato.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - Elenco Ufficiale della Nobiltà Italiana. Rome, 1934-1936: Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri,.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: location (link) - Elenco storico della nobiltà italiana (compilato in conformità dei decreti e delle lettere patenti originali e sugli atti ufficiali di archivio della Consulta araldica dello Stato italiano), Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta. Rome: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana, Roma 1960.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana. Rome: Collegio Araldico.
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References
- ^ Story of Prince Massimo's famous quip to Napoleon regarding Fabius Maximus
- ^ Translation of Plutarch's Life of Fabius Maximus, with reference to descent of Fabii from Hercules and a Nymph
- ^ Time article from 1948 referencing family history
- ^ Reference to first books printed in Rome, in the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne
- ^ Brief history of Cardinal Camillo Massimo (also called Massimi) and portrait by Velasquez
- ^ Genealogy of House of Savoy, citing Princess Maria-Adelaide of Savoy as an HRH
- ^ Libro d’Oro della Nobltà Italiana - Archivio di Stato (State Archive), Rome
- ^ Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana - Italian Nobility Society
- ^ Commission d'Information et Liaison des Associations Nobiliaires Européennes - European Nobility Society