Bentivoglio, Family of

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• Bentivoglio Family — ▪ Italian family       Italian family that controlled Bologna during the second half of the 15th century.       Long prominent in Bolognese affairs, the Bentivogli are first recorded there in 1323. Emboldened by the power that they had gained as… …   Universalium

• Family of Bentivoglio —     Family of Bentivoglio     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Family of Bentivoglio     Originally from the castle of that name in the neighbourhood of Bologna, Italy. They claimed descent from Enzio (c. 1224 72), King of Sardinia, a natural son of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• House of Bentivoglio — Bentivoglio (in Latin, rendered as Bentivoius ) was an Italian family of princely rank, long supreme in Bologna and responsible for giving the city its political autonomy during the Renaissance. HistoryThe presence of the Bentivoglio family is… …   Wikipedia

• BENTIVOGLIO —    an Italian family of princely rank, long supreme in Bologna; B., Guido, cardinal, though a disciple of Galileo, was one of the Inquisitors General who signed his condemnation (1579 1641) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Giovanni II Bentivoglio — (February 12, 1443 February 15, 1508) was an Italian nobleman who ruled as tyrant of Bologna from 1463 until 1506. He had no formal position, but held power as the city s first citizen. The Bentivoglio family ruled over Bologna from 1443, and… …   Wikipedia

• Guido Bentivoglio — Guido Cardinal Bentivoglio d Aragona (October 4, 1579 – September 7, 1644), was an Italian cardinal, statesman and historian. Biography A member of the Ferrara branch of the influential Bentivoglio family of Bologna, he was the younger son of… …   Wikipedia

• Cornelio Bentivoglio — Cornelio Bentivoglio. Cornelio Bentivoglio (1668–1732) was an Italian nobleman and cardinal. Born at Ferrara to the powerful Bentivoglio family, he went to Rome at an early age and was appointed Archbishop of Carthage. In 1712, he was appointed… …   Wikipedia

• Annibale I Bentivoglio — (died June 24 1445) was the ruler of Bologna from 1443 until his death. He was a member of the Bentivoglio family.The son of Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio, he was exiled from his city due to his father s anti Papal stance. In 1438 he returned in… …   Wikipedia

• Annibale Bentivoglio — maye refer to two different members of the Bentivoglio family:*Annibale I Bentivoglio, killed in 1445 *Annibale II Bentivoglio (died 1540), lord of Bologna in 1511 1512 …   Wikipedia

• Vittoria Bentivoglio — was a singer in the 16th century Ferrarese court of Alfonso II d Este and a member of the first period of the court s concerto delle donne . She was born into the noble Cybò family, and later married a member of the renowned Bentivoglio family.… …   Wikipedia