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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili - Conti - Duchi - Principi
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Ancient and very noble Bolognese family, called Ludovisi or Lodovisi, which originated from a Bertrando of Monterenzi, member (1458-65) of the Council of the elderly, who had been adopted by his maternal uncle Giovanni L., without heirs. Bertrando then assumed the surname and the coat of arms of the L., which he then passed on to his children, and began to raise the family by sitting among the Elders of Bologna, from 1458 to 1465. Girolamo, son of the previous one, was first senator of Bologna, then gonfalonier, then deposed by the Bentivoglio in 1511 and stabbed for their order. His son Niccolò, count of Samoggia and Tiola, was once again a senator. From his brother Ludovico and the son of this Pompeo, husband to Camilla Bianchini, derived Alessandro who, with the name of Gregorio XV (1621-23), came to the papacy. This event elevated the family to the height of ...
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