Vitelleschi (noble family) explained

Vitelleschi is a noble Italian family from Foligno and Corneto. They are descended from the powerful family of Vitelli from Città di Castello, Umbria.^[1] The family established itself in Rome in the sixteenth century. In 1600, Virginia Vitelleschi married Girolamo Nobili di Rieti, giving rise to the family of Nobili-Vitelleschi.^[2]

Notable members of the family

• Giovanni Maria Vitelleschi (1390–1440), cardinal and leader
• (1410–1463), bishop
• Muzio Vitelleschi (1563–1645), Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1615 until his death
• Sulpizia Vitelleschi (1635–1684), Italian heiress
• (1818–1875), cardinal
• (1829–1906), senator

Family properties

• in Tarquinia
• in Labro
• in Roma

Notes

1. Book: di Crollalanza, Giovan Battista . Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili o notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti . A. Forni . 1886 . Vol. 3 . Bologna . it.
2. Web site: La Nostra Storia. castellodilabro.com.

Bibliography

• Book: di Crollalanza, Giovan Battista . Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili o notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti . A. Forni . 1886 . Vol.3 . Bologna.