Details

Subjects:

Carretto, Geronimo del.
Carretto, Giovanni del.
Carretto, Paolo del.
Carretto, Felicita del.
Carretto, Federico del.
Naselli family.
Galletti family.
Valguarnera family.
Morso family.
Requesens family.
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova (Palermo, Italy).
Privileges and immunities -- Italy -- Sicily.
Inheritance and succession -- Italy.
Inheritance and succession.
Privileges and immunities.
Italy.
Italy -- Sicily.

Form/Genre:

Wills.
Inventories.
Genealogies (histories)
Genealogical tables.
Death certificates.
Legal documents.
Notarial documents.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

In Italian, Latin, and Spanish.

Summary:

Collection of documents pertaining to the Carretto family (also referred to as del Carretto). The family, of Spanish origin, moved to Sicily in the early 16th century and prospered in the Palermo and Agrigento areas thanks to a close network of alliances with local noblemen. These connections are highlighted in many of the items of the collection, which consists of a large number of marriage certificates, dowries (sometimes containing inventories), death and baptism records, and genealogical tables. The Carretto were related to the Burgio, the Naselli, the Valguarnera, the Galletti, the Morso, and the Requesens, and through them acquired multiple titles and privileges. Moreover, correspondence between the Carretto and the Spanish king Charles V shows how the family stayed close to the crown even after moving to Sicily, and how they helped the monarch maintain a control over the Southern Italian territories. Wills of various members of the Carretto family, usually accompanied by inventories, are also present, and donations or payments to the local churches (especially Sant'Antonio da Padova in Palermo) are frequent.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 226 (Ms. Lea 397, N. 18).

Contributor:

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, addressee.

OCLC:

681967160