Maltese nobility
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The feudal system was first established in Malta by the Kingdom of Sicily,[1] who conquered the island between 1090 and 1091. The Sicilian titles were abolished after the Arab occupation of Malta. From 1530 to 1798 the island was ruled by the Knights Hospitaller (who became known as the Knights of Malta), and from 1800 to 1964 by the British. The Knights and the British both undertook to maintain the rights and privileges of the Maltese.[2]
In the later nineteenth century the British government gave official recognition to several noble titles that had been created by the Grand Masters of the Knights of Malta and other fontes honorum. There were 29 title holders: nine marquises, ten counts and ten barons. The nobles were styled "The Most Noble" and took precedence among themselves according to the date of creation of their titles. In the Italian fashion, their heirs-apparent were styled marchesino, contino or baroncino, as appropriate.[2]
Malta became an independent state in 1964 and a republic in 1974. Titles of nobility were abolished the following year.
List of noble titles (Hospitaller Period)[]
Title | Created | Created by | Recognised by the British |
---|---|---|---|
Count of Berberrua | 23 October 1783 | 11 May 1883 | |
Baron of Benuarrat | 18 August 1737 | Grand Master Ramón Despuig | 30 April 1878 |
Baron of Budak | 23 April 1716 | Grand Master Ramón Perellós | |
Baron of Buleben | 25 April 1778 | Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan | |
Marquis Cassar de Sain | 1749 | Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca | 18 May 1883 |
Count Ciantar-Paleologo | 10 January 1722 | Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari | 30 April 1878 |
Count della Bahria | 16 May 1743 | ||
Count della Catena | 20 January 1745 | Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca | |
Baron della Grua | 30 December 1794 | Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan | |
Count della Senia | 6 June 1795 | ||
Marquis della Taflia | 13 November 1790 | Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan | |
Baron of Diar-il-Bniet | 4 January 1350 | King Louis of Sicily | |
Baron of Bukana | 4 November 1372 | ||
Baron of Castel Cicciano | 1560 | King Philip II of Spain, as King of Naples and Sicily | |
Marquis of Fiddien | 15 June 1793 | Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan | |
Count Fournier | 29 January 1770 | Empress Maria Theresa of Austria | 30 April 1878 |
Marquis of Ghain Kajet | 4 June 1796 | Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan | |
Count of Ghain Toffieha | 7 January 1792 | ||
Marquis of Gnien-is-Sultan | 1 December 1792 | ||
Baron of Gomerino | 24 December 1710 | Grand Master Ramón Perellós | |
Count of Montalto | 8 July 1720 | Duke Francis I of Parma | |
Marquis Testaferrata-Olivier | 1748 | Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca | 11 May 1883 |
Marquis of Piro | 16 May 1743 | 18 May 1883 | |
Count Preziosi | 10 October 1718 | King Victor Amadeus II of Sicily | |
Baron of Qlejjgah | 2 January 1737 | Grand Master Ramón Despuig | |
Marquis of St George | 2 January 1779 | ||
Baron of San Giovanni | 16 July 1777 | King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies | 30 April 1878 |
Baron of San Marciano | 14 June 1726 | Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena | |
Count Sant-Cassia | 22 December 1770 | Empress Maria Theresa of Austria | |
Baron of Ghariexem and Tabia | 14 April 1638 | Grand Master Giovanni Paolo Lascaris | |
Marquis of San Vincenzo Ferreri | 10 November 1716 | King Philip V of Spain | 30 April 1878 |
Marquis of Testaferrata | 13 July 1717 | King Victor Amadeus II of Sicily | |
Baron of Tabria | 11 December 1728 | Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena |
See also[]
- Casa Rocca Piccola, one of the best preserved turned estates into the Maltese nobility[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Cassar, Carmel (2000). A Concise History of Malta. Tower Street, Msida, Malta: Mireva Publications Malta. pp. 58–60. ISBN 1-870579-52-6.
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage 1949, p. 2205.
- ^ "Casa Rocca Piccola, un vistazo a la nobleza histórica de Malta". DescubreMalta. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Peerage, Burkes (1895). Burke's Colonial Gentry. Burkes Peerage. ISBN 978-0-85011-098-2.
- European nobility
- Nobility by country
- History of Malta
- 1975 disestablishments in Europe