County of Montone
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The County of Montone was a noble fiefdom in Italy, formed of the town of Montone and its territory. That territory was turned into a county by Antipope John XXIII on 28 August 1414 and granted by him to Braccio da Montone, a condottiero. Pope Martin V refounded it and on Braccio's death in 1424 confirmed it to Braccio's son . It was under the jurisdiction of the Papal States until 1519, when pope Leo X granted it to Vitello Vitelli, a member of the Vitelli family of Città di Castello. That family held it until 1573 and then from 1598 to 1646, when their line went extinct.
List of counts[]
- Braccio da Montone (1414-1424)
- Carlo da Montone (1424-?)
- Alessandro Vitelli (? - 1461)
- Paolo Vitelli (1461-1499)
- Vitellozzo Vitelli (1499-1503)
- Vitello Vitelli (1519-28)[1]
- Chiappino II Vitelli (1530-34)[1]
- Camillo II Vitelli (1534-40)[1]
- Alessandro Vitelli (1540-44)[1]
- Camillo II Vitelli and Alessandro Vitelli (1544-46)[1]
- Angela de' Rossi (wife of Alessandro) (1546-47)[1]
- Camillo II Vitelli (1547-50)[1]
- Camillo II Vitelli and Ferrante Vitelli (1550-58)[1]
- Vitellozzo Vitelli (1558-66)[1]
- Ferrante Vitelli (1566-67)[1]
- Ferrante Vitelli and Vincenzo Vitelli (1567-72)[1]
- Paolo II Vitelli and Chiappino II Vitelli (1572-73)[1]
- Direct papal jurisdiction (1573-1598)
- Virginia Savelli Vitelli, wife of Giovanni Vincenzo Vitelli (1598-1634)[1]
- Chiappino III Vitelli (1634-46)[1]
Chiappino III died without issue in 1646 and the county was absorbed into the Papal States, never to be awarded again.
Portrait of Nicclo Vitelli by Luca Signorelli 1492-1496
Portrait of Ritratto di Camillo Vitelli by Luca Signorelli (c. 1493-1496)
Vitellozzo Vitelli, by Luca Signorelli.
Portrait of Paolo Vitelli
Portrait of Alexander Vitelli
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Sources[]
- Counts of Montone