Francesco Natoli
| S.A.S. Prince Francesco Natoli Moncada Orioles Alifia e Luna dei Manganelli | |
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| II Prince of Sperlinga | |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Natoli |
| House | House of Natoli |
| Father | Giovanni Natoli, Prince of Sperlinga |
| Mother | Melchiorra Maria Orioles e Moncada |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
The Prince Francesco Natoli Moncada Orioles Alifia e Luna, was the eldest son of Prince Giovanni Natoli, and the II Prince of Sperlinga.
Biography
The Prince S.A.S. Francesco Natoli of Sperlinga, was the only son of Prince Giovanni Forti Natoli.
His descendant Francesco Alifia Ruffo married Caterina Ruffo di Calabria Scaletta Rocca, daughter of the prince of Scaletta, was invested in May 24, 1741, and declared by King Charles III of Bourbon, first Duke of Archirafi[1] He built in 1762 the tower Archirafi, in the place where formerly stood a very old and famous defensive embattled tower, which was destroyed by a tsunami, appears around 1853.[2]
Prince Francesco was a virtuous man detached from material goods and sold the lands and the castle of Sperlinga in 1656 to Giovanni Stefano Oneto, keeping, however, the title of Prince for him and his descendants.[3]
It was just intuition and controls of Prince Francesco Natoli, to save the city of Messina from the European plague of 1720, driving out, against the orders of the military captaincy, the ship that spread the virus in all the French Provence and in the city of Marseille, he was also the commander of the military urban troops of Messina, in 1734, with numerous public honors and awards,[4] in 1738, he became Royal advisor member of the Trade Board of Messina.[5]
Among his daughters there was Donna Marianna Natoli, daughter of Don Francesco Prince of Sperlinga of Manganelli and Donna Caterina Ruffo of the Prince della Scaletta, that became the wife of Don Calogero (* 1706 ca. + ca. 1739/1745), 4° Prince of della Scaletta, 3rd Prince of della Floresta, 4th Baron of Guidomantri, Lord of Nicosia, Granatello, Giampilieri, Molino and Artalia, Noble "Patrizio" of Messina from 1739.
Titles and styles
Prince Natoli has held the positions:
- His Serene Highness Prince of Sperlinga
- Baron of Mojo, Lord of San Pietro di Monforte
All members of the family are styled Don or Donna, several male members also with the Courtesy title Prince.
Arms
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Issue
| Name | Birth | Marriage | Issue | |
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| S.A.S. Prince Francesco Natoli Moncada Orioles Alifia e Luna | Caterina Ruffo di Calabria Rocca, Princess of Sperlinga | Prince Giovanni II Natoli Alifia | ||
See also
References
- ↑ [1] "Della Sicilia nobile", Volume 2, by Francesco Maria Emanuele e Gaetani Villabianca (marquis of)
- ↑ in the top of the Tower the Prince Natoli had carved in the white stone the following Borbonic inscription: "D.O.M. Ferdinando Utriusque Sic. Rege Pio, Felici, Invicto. Joannes Natolius Rufus de Alifia Princeps Sperlinga, Dux Archiraphis Reg. a Cons.Urbic. Legion. Messanae Praefectus Antiquissimam Turrim Archiraphim Aetate ac Maris impetu collapsam, Ne pago aucto Colonis frequentato Ducatus honore nobili, Quae dederat nomen deficeret, In meliorem tutioremque locum Readificandam curavit. 1762"
- ↑ [2] "Dizionario topografico della Sicilia", Volume 2, by Vito Maria Amico
- ↑ privilege and elogio of Senato di Messina '12th sept. 1734, award of Vice King M. of Royal Grace 3th april 1735 and of C. di Marcillac in sept. 1734
- ↑ [3] "Il blasone in Sicilia ossia Raccolta araldica", Volume 1, by Vincenzo Palizzolo Gravina. page 280
- ↑ Mango, Nobiliario of Sicily
Bibliography
- Storia dell'illustrissima prim'Arciconfraternita di Nostra Signora, 1755
- Archivio storico Messinese, 1907
- Sergio Belfiore, Il mio nermico, 2008
- Francesco Gallo, L'Alba dei Gattopardi: La Formazione Della Classe Dirigente Nella Sicilia Austriaca (1719-1734), Meridiana Libri, 01996
- Benedetto Chiarello, Le simpatie della città di Messina coll'aquila augusta, 1720
- Francesco Maria Emanuele e Gaetani (march. di Villabianca.), Della Sicilia nobile. [With] Appendice, 1775
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