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House of Sanseverino

Italian noble family

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Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Italy

Founded1061FounderTurgisioTitles

Cardinal (non-hereditary)
The Prince of Bisignano
The Prince of Salerno
Duke of San Donato
Baron of Càlvera
Baron of Cilento
Baron of Diano
Baron of Lauria
Baron of Sanseverino
Baron of Sant'Angelo a Fasanella
Count of Caserta
Count of Chiaromonte
Count of Colorno
Count of Marsico
Count of Mileto
Count of Tricarico
Lord of Atena Lucana
Lord of Castelluccio
Lord of Centola
Lord of Corbella
Lord of Cosentino
Lord of Cuccaro
Lord of Monteforte
Lord of Padula
Lord of Pantoliano
Lord of Policastro
Lord of Polla
Lord of Postiglione
Lord of San Severino
Lord of Sanza
Lord of Serre

Cadet branches

Sanseverino of Marcellinara
Sanseverino of Colorno (extinct)
Sanseverino of San Donato (extinct)
Sanseverino of Bisignano (extinct)
Costa-Sanseverino (extinct)
Sanseverino of Lauro (extinct)
Sanseverino of Sesto Fiorentino (extinct)

The House of Sanseverino (also known as San Severino) was an Italian noble family that played a prominent role in the Kingdom of Sicily (prior to the War of the Sicilian Vespers) and were one of the seven great families in the Kingdom of Naples. The Marcellinara branch of this family continues to the present day.

History

The Sanseverino family originates from the Norman knight Turgisio of Arnes, an alleged descendant of the House of Normandy, who was invested with the county of Rota by Robert Guiscard in 1061. The name Sanseverino originates from the castle in Mercato San Severino which Turgisio adopted as his surname.

The family owned 300 fiefs, 40 counties, nine marquisates, twelve duchies and ten principalities, primarily located in Calabria, Campania, Basilicata, and Apulia.^[1] From this family emerged cardinals, viceroys, marshals and condottieri.^[2]