Maltese nobility

Maltese nobility

The Maltese nobility consist of those titles of nobility recognised by the British and those titles never presented to, or failed recognition by, the Royal Commission, even though the titles were of historical relevance, and foreign titles which were either confirmed or inherited by a person of Maltese descent. The nobility in Malta started from the earliest times with the Arabs, the Normans, and all succeeding rulers thereafter. The Maltese nobility also included those who settled from other parts of Europe maintaining their ancient rights.

When Tsar Paul I had become Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller following the fall of the island to Napoleon in 1798, he asked for a group of Maltese gentleman to serve and continue the connection with Malta. This group was ennobled and settled in Russia. Descendants of the Maltese nobility existed in Russia until the fall of the Empire in 1918.

Titles consist of princes, dukes, marquises, counts, barons, hereditary patriciates from Italian states and hereditary knighthoods from the Holy Roman Empire.

Acknowledged by the British

A list of those titles acknowledged by the British royal commission
*Barons of Djar il-Bniet (cr:1350) Kingdom of Sicily.
*Barons of Buqana (Cr: 1372) Kingdom of Sicily.
*Barons of Castel Cicciano (cr:1560) Kingdom of Spain and Sicily.
*Barons of Ghariexem e Tabia (cr:1638) Knights of Malta.
*Barons of Gomerino (cr:1710) Knights of Malta.
*Barons of Budaq (cr:1716) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises of San Vincenzo Ferreri (cr:1716) Kingdom of Spain and of Two Sicilies.
*Counts Preziosi (cr:1718) Kingdom of Two Sicilies and Duchy of Savoy.
*Counts Ciantar-Paleologo (cr:1711) Papal States.
*Barons of San Marciano (cr:1726) Knights of Malta
*Barons of Tabria (cr:1728) Knights of Malta.
*Barons of Qlejjgha (cr:1737) Knights of Malta.
*Barons of Benwarrad (cr:1737) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises de Piro (cr:1742) Kingdom of Two Sicilies and Spain.
*Counts of Bahria (cr:1743) Knights of Malta.
*Counts of Catena (cr:1745) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises Testaferrata-Olivier (cr:1745) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises Cassar-Desain (cr:1749) Knights of Malta.
*Counts Fournier (cr:1770) Holy Roman Empire and Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
*Counts Sant (cr:1770)Holy Roman Empire, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal States (1769).
*Counts of Mont'Alto (cr:1776)Sovereign Duchy of Bourbon Parma.
*Barons of San Giovanni (cr:1777) Kingdom of Two-Sicilies.
*Barons of Buleben (cr:1777) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises of San Giorgio (cr:1778) Knights of Malta.
*Counts of Beberrua (cr:1783) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises of Fiddien (cr:1785) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises of Taflia (cr:1790) Knights of Malta.
*Counts of Ghajn Tuffieha (cr:1792) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises of Gnien is-Sultan (cr:1792) Knights of Malta.
*Barons of Grua (cr:1794) Knights of Malta.
*Counts of Senia (cr:1795) Knights of Malta.
*Marquises of Ghajn Qajjed(cr:1796) Knights of Malta.

References

* Cassar Desain, Marchese L.A., " Genealogia della famiglia Testaferrata di Malta." Malta, 1880.
* Crispo Albero Genealogical ed Istorico della Famiglia Crispo, Messina, 1797.
* Gauci,C.A.," The Genealogy and Heraldry of the Noble Families of Malta", Gulf Publishing Ltd, Malta, 1981.
* Gauci,C.A.," The Genealogy and Heraldry of the Noble Families of Malta, Volume Two", Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, 1992.
* Gauci, C.A.," A Guide to the Maltese Nobility", Publishers Enterprise Group (PEG) Ltd, Malta, 1986.
* Giles Ash, S., "The Nobility of Malta", Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, 1988.

External links

* [http://www.maltagenealogy.com/ Libro d'Oro di Melita]
* [http://www.maltesenobility.org/ A detailed site on Nobility]


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