House of Carandini

House of Carandini
Casa Carandini
Coat of arms of the Carandini family
Country Kingdom of Italy
Founded12th century
FounderCristoforo (Risi) Carandini
Current headMarquis Alberto Carandini
Titles
  • Marquis of Sarzano
  • Count Palatine
  • Patrician of Modena
  • Noble of Bologna

The House of Carandini (originally Risi) is an ancient Italian noble family, known since the 12th century, whose members occupied many important ecclesiastical and political positions.

History

Records of the Carandini family go back at least to the 12th century, when Emperor Frederick Barbarossa gave the family the right to bear the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; by the 15th century, the Carandinis had risen to political prominence in Modena. The title of Conte palatino (Count palatine) was obtained by a Carandini following the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Additional titles were obtained later including that of Marchese (Marquis) of Sarzano. One or more members of the family became political fugitives in the 19th century and fled to England or Australia; some of the persons listed below are their descendants.

Notable members of the family

Bibliography

  • Gianna Dotti Messori, I Carandini: la storia e i documenti di una famiglia plurisecolare. No. 144. Aedes muratoriana, 1997
  • Roberto Regoli, "Ercole Consalvi, le scelte per la chiesa". Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2006
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