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House of Dentice

The House of Dentice is an old Italian noble family, whose members occupied many important ecclesiastical and political positions.

House of Dentice
Casa Dentice
Country Kingdom of Italy
Founded13th century
Titles
  • Lord of Viggiano
  • Marquis delle Stelle
  • Prince of Arecco
  • Baron of Fornella
  • Count of Santa Maria Ingrisone
  • Duke of Accadia
  • Prince of Frasso

History

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Villa Madama in Rome

Originally from Amalfi, in 1200 she was listed among the feudal lords of the Kingdom of Naples. They moved from Amalfi, first to Sorrento, where they was admitted to the patriciate of the Seggio di Porta, and then to Naples, where they enjoyed the honours of the seats of Nilo and Capuano. In 1565, they were admitted to the Order of Malta.[1]

In 1925, Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso, and his American wife, the former Dorothy Cadwell Taylor (later known as Countess Dorothy di Frasso),[2][3] acquired Villa Madama in Rome and restored it,[4] later donating it to the State, while the Castello Dentice di Frasso in San Vito dei Normanni continues to be their property.

The family split into two branches:

  • Dentice del Pesce (now Dentice Massarenghi, Princes of Frasso)[5]
  • Dentice delle Stelle (or Dentice of Accadia)

Notable members

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Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso[6]
 
Countess Dentice di Frasso[7]
 
Marianna Dentice, daughter of Ernesto, c. 1870
 
Portrait of Countess Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim (née Teresa Dentice di Frasso) and her daughter Countess Franziska Schönborn-Buchheim, by Philip de László, 1906[8]

The family produced a number of illustrious musicians and music theorists active between the 16th and 17th centuries, including:

  • Luigi Dentice (c. 1510–1566), a music theorist and author of the treatise, Duo dialoghi della musica, from Naples.[9]
  • Fabrizio Dentice (c. 1539–1581), a composer, singer, and lute player from Naples.[10]
  • Scipione Dentice (1560–c. 1632), a musician from Naples.

The family produced a number of prominent politicians, including:

Dentice family titles

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Lords of Viggiano

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  • Antonio, 1st Lord of Viggiano (15th century)
  • Luigi, 2nd Lord of Viggiano
  • Giovanni Bernardino, 3rd Lord of Viggiano (d. 1481)
  • Adriana, 4th Lady of Viggiano (1479–1549)[12]
Extinction of the male line

Marquesses delle Stelle (1633)

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  • Paolo, 1st Marquis (1581–1638)
  • Francesco, 2nd Marquis (1625–1677)
  • Domenico, 3rd Marquis (1651–1717)
  • Francesco, 4th Marquis, became 1st Prince of Arecco (1703–1779)[13]
Passage of the title in the Princes of Arecco

Princes of Arecco (1733)

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  • Francesco, 1st Prince of Arecco (1703–1779)
  • Domenico, 2nd Prince of Arecco (1760–1831)[14]
Extinction of the male line

Barons of Fornella, Counts of Santa Maria Ingrisone (1705) and Dukes of Accadia (1791)

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  • Carlo, 1st Baron of Fornella (1583–1668)
  • Fabrizio, 2nd Baron of Fornella (1629–1695)
Sale of the fiefdom of Fornella
  • Carlo, 1st Count of Santa Maria Ingrisone (1664–1720)
  • Fabrizio, 1st Duke of Accadia, 2nd Count of Santa Maria Ingrisone (1701–1765)
  • Carlo, 2nd Duke of Accadia (1723–1782)
  • Fabrizio, 3rd Duke of Accadia (1764–1826)
  • Carlo, 4th Duke of Accadia (1783–1859)
  • Fabrizio, 5th Duke of Accadia (1802–1878)
  • Giustiniana, 6th Duchess of Accadia (1833–1911)
Extinction of the male line

Princes of Frasso (1725)

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The branch originates with Placido, a descendant of Giovanni Giacomo, a descendant of Antonio, 1st Lord of Viggiano.

  • Placido, 1st Prince of Frasso (1669–1751)
  • Gerardo, 2nd Prince of Frasso (1695–1777)
  • Placido, 3rd Prince of Frasso (1725–1785)
  • Gerardo, 4th Prince of Frasso (1761–1811)
  • Michele, 5th Prince of Frasso (1789–1812)
  • Luigi, 6th Prince of Frasso, brother of the previous (1791–1850)
  • Ernesto, 7th Prince of Frasso (1825–1886)
  • Luigi, 8th Prince of Frasso (1861–1947)
  • Ernesto, 9th Prince of Frasso (1886–1978)
  • Luigi, 10th Prince of Frasso (1924–2000)
  • Giuliano, 11th Prince of Frasso (b. 1968), nephew of the previous
  • Gianluigi Pio, 12th Prince of Frasso (b. 2004)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Detken, Enrico (1905). L'Araldo : Almanacco Nobiliare del Napoletano (in Italian). p. 135. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "MRS. TAYLOR WEDS COUNT DI FRASSO; Former Wife of Claude Grahame-White, British Aviator, Marries Italian Statesman". The New York Times. 30 June 1923. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ Liu, Ming (24 March 2018). "Bulgari's Clients Prove to Be the 'Treasures of Rome'". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  4. ^ Times, May Birkhead Wireless To the New York (6 October 1929). "DI FRASSOS RESTORE HISTORIC MANSION; Italian Count and His American Wife Make Show Place of Villa Madama. IS ON HILL NEAR ROME Americana Taking the Cure at Montecatini increase In Numbers Yearly". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  5. ^ L' araldo: almanacco nobiliare del Napoletano. 1891 (in Italian). 1890. p. 124. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  6. ^ Service, Bain News (1900). "Count Dentice Di Frasso". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  7. ^ Service, Bain News (1900). "Countess Dentice Di Frasso". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ "The Catalogue | Schönborn-Buchheim, Countess Karl von, née Teresa Dentice dei Principi di Frasso and her daughter Princess Alfred zur Lippe, née Franziska Schönborn-Buchheim". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ^ T. Crawford, "Lute counterpoint from Naples" in Early Music, Oxford Journals 2006
  10. ^ Dinko Fabris, 'Vita e opere di Fabrizio Dentice, nobile napoletano, compositore del secondo Cinquecento', Studi musicali 21 (1992): 61-113
  11. ^ "ITALIAN SENATOR KILLED; Count Alfredo Dentice di Frasso Victim of Airliner Crash". The New York Times. 13 February 1940. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  12. ^ Canali, Ferruccio (22 June 2023). Bollettino della Società di Studi Storici Fiorentini. Memorabilia tra natura e geometria. Il Culto del passato dalla Inventio alla Reinterpretazione (2021-2022) (Vol. 30-31) (in Italian). Altralinea Edizioni. p. 211. ISBN 979-12-80178-80-0. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  13. ^ APM – Archeologia Postmedievale, 24, 2020 (in Italian). All’Insegna del Giglio. 30 December 2021. p. 208. ISBN 978-88-9285-083-5. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  14. ^ Trani, A. (1879). L'Araldo: almanacco nobiliare del Napoletano (in Italian). p. 66. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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