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| Malvezzi family | |
|---|---|
| Patrician noble family | |
 Arms of the House of Malvezzi | |
| Country |  Papal States |
| Founded | 970 |
| Founder | Guido Malvezzi |
| Estate(s) | Palazzo Malvezzi-Medici Palazzo Malvezzi-Campeggi Rocca Malvezzi-Campeggi |
The Malvezzi are an Italian noble Italian family from Bologna.
History
[edit]The Malvezzi are one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Bologna. They are claimed to descend from Guido Malvezzi, a nobleman of Lombard or Frankish origin who lived near Sorbara in the 970s.[1] The earliest members of the Malvezzi lineage appeared in Bologna around 1176, when they took part in the struggles between Geremei and Lambertazzi.[2] They were staunch members of the Guelph faction and actively participated in the town's political life. The Malvezzi were bitter enemies of the Bentivoglio family. The two families were nearly related; both had identified themselves with the cause of Bolognese independence. But the Bentivoglio were first in the city, and the Malvezzi could not be content with the second place.
In 1488 Bologna was torn by violence as a result of the abortive plot, headed by the Malvezzi family, to murder the entire Bentivoglio family which had become rulers of Bologna after the accession of Giovanni II.[3] Giovanni Malvezzi and Giacomo Bargellini were condemned to death and in the disturbances that followed their execution there was much bloodshed in the city. Lorenzo Costa's Bentivoglio Altarpiece, housed in the Bentivoglio Chapel in the church of San Giacomo Maggiore, was commissioned by Giovanni Bentivoglio as a votive offering of thanks for the family's escape from the attempted plot and the anniversary of the conspiracy's discovery was celebrated solemnly every year. Following the failed plot the Malvezzi were banished from Bologna, after being deprived of their property.[3] They were able to return only in 1506, thanks to the support of Pope Julius II.[4]
Prominent members
[edit]The family included numerous men of arms, prominent ecclesiastics and politicians. Among them the following stand out:
- Achille Malvezzi: a member of the order of the Knights Hospitaller, he became the commander of the militia of Bologna in the 1430s.
- Annibale Malvezzi: Condottiero for the Venetian army, circa 1480.
- Virgilio Malvezzi: a prominent politician, writer and diplomat, he became court historian to Philip IV of Spain.
- Teresa Carniani Malvezzi de' Medici: Italian poet, writer, and translator.
- Giovanni Luigi Malvezzi de’ Medici: politician, patriot, and scholar.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Antonio Fappani, ed. (1996). "Malvezzi". Enciclopedia Bresciana. Vol. 8. Brescia: La Voce del Popolo. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ Crollalanza 1886, pp. 66–67.
- ^ a b Tamba, Giorgio (2007). "Giovanni Malvezzi". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 68: Malatacca–Mangelli (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- ^ Sorbelli 1934.
Bibliography
[edit]- Dolfi, Pompeo Scipione (1670). Cronologia delle famiglie nobili di Bologna. Bologna: presso Gio. Battista Ferroni. pp. 490–509.
- Crollalanza, Giovan Battista di (1886). Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti. Pisa: Direzione del Giornale Araldico.
- Sorbelli, Albano (1934). "MALVEZZI". Enciclopedia Italiana. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Retrieved 5 March 2025.