- Corsini
Corsini is the name of a
Florentine princely family and its estates.History
The founder is said to be Neri Corsini, who flourished about the year
1170 .Probably they were coming from Corsica when the Republic of Pisa was ruling the Island and were called Corso (from Corsica) than Corsino and finally Corsini. Like other Florentine nobles the Corsini had at first no titles, but in more recent times they received many from foreign potentates and from the later grand dukes ofTuscany .Saint Andrew Corsini (1302—1373) was a member of this family.The Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV created the head of the house a
count palatine in1371 ; themarquisate ofSismano was conferred on them in 1620, those ofCasigliano andCivitella in 1629, ofLajatico andOrciatico in 1644, ofGiovagallo andTresana in 1652.In 1730 Lorenzo Corsini was elected pope as
Clement XII , created a nephew (a truenepote ) cardinal Neri Corsini, and conferred the rank ofRoman prince s and the duchy ofCasigliano on his family; in 1732 they were created grandees ofSpain .Legacy
They owned two palaces in Florence, one of which on the "Lungarno Corsini" (see
Palazzo Corsini ) contains the finest painting galleries in the city, and many villas and rural estates in various parts of Italy, includingPrato .ources and references
* L. Passerini, "Genealogia e storia della famiglia Corsini" (Florence, 1858)
* A. von Reumont, "Geschichte der Stadt Rom" (Berlin, 1868)
* "Almanach de Gotha ".
*1911
*Catholic (passim)
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