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unusual facts about Marchese



Alessandro Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Cerveteri

Alessandro, Principe Ruspoli (December 3, 1708 – Rome, June 20, 1779) was the 2nd Principe di Cerveteri, 2nd Marchese di Riano and 7th Conte di Vignanello, son of Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri and wife Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta, maternal niece of Pope Innocent XIII.

Carlo Ginori

Marchese Carlo Ginori (1702–1757), Italian politician (Tuscany) and founder of the Doccia porcelain factory in Sesto Fiorentino, near Florence, Italy.

Dante Sodini

He also completed a portrait of Queen Victoria, and of capo maestro Marucelli, called Canapino, for the Castle of Vincigliata at Sinalunga, and the other of marchese Lenzoni at the palace of this family.

Domenico Fiasella

The Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani commissioned paintings from him, including Christ Healing the Blind and Christ Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain (both of which were ultimately purchased by John Ringling and bequeathed to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art upon his death).

Guido Bentivoglio

A member of the Ferrara branch of the influential Bentivoglio family of Bologna, he was the younger son of marchese Cornelio Bentivoglio and Isabella Bendidio.

History of mining in Sardinia

The term Gennargentu (silver carrier) comes from Eugenio Marchese, then manager of the mining district of Sardinia, bringing it back to the records of an ancient processing of the precious metal around the village of Talana.

Leoluca Bagarella

Bagarella's own wife, Vincenza Marchese, was the sister of Giuseppe Marchese and the niece of Filippo Marchese, a notorious killer and high-ranking member of the Corleonesi.

Marquess of Saint Philip

Marquess of Saint Philip, also spelled as Marquis of Saint Philip or St. Philip (in Spanish: Marqués de San Felipe; in Italian: Marchese di San Filippo) is a title granted in 1709 by Philip V, king of Spain and, at that time, claimant king of Sardinia, to the Sardinian nobleman and politician Vicente Bacallar.

Massimiliano Soldani Benzi

After his death his heirs sold some of his wax models to marchese Carlo Ginori, who had them adapted by his chief modeller, Gaspero Bruschi, and reproduced in porcelain at his Doccia porcelain manufactory near Florence.

Mozart in Italy

Armed with their letters of recommendation, the Mozarts were soon calling on the prime minister, marchese Bernardo Tanucci, and William Hamilton, the British ambassador, whom they knew from London.

Palazzo Thiene

In 1552 Adriano Thiene died in France and thereafter, when Marcantonio’s son Giulio became Marchese of Scandiano, family interests gradually shifted to Ferrara.

Vincenzo Meucci

He was patronized by the Marchese Giovan Battista Salimbeni of Siena, as well as the cardinals Alessandro Chigi Zondadari and Neri Corsini.


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