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Bentivogli is typical of Bologna, with a probably secondary lineage in the Forlì area, Bentivoglio has stocks in the Bolognese, Marche and Lazio regions, should derive from the auspicious name Bentivolus (Bentivoglio), used in the Middle Ages and normally attributed to highly desired children, in some cases it could also derive from the toponym Bentivoglio (BO). The Bentivoglio family dates back to a natural son of Federico II made King of Sardinia, in 1300 they were among the noblest and most powerful families of Bologna, in 1401, after the expulsion of the Papal Legate, Giovanni Bentivoglio allied with the Visconti of Milan and became Lord of Bologna elected Gonfalone of Justice for life, it was in the 1400s that the Bentivoglio reached their maximum splendor and allied with the King of Aragon, the Duke of Milan and other rulers also became one of the dominant families of Ferrara . Among the famous figures we remember Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (1579-1644) apostolic nuncio first in Flanders and then in France and who later became the plenipotentiary minister of the King of France to the papacy or Cardinal Cornelio (1668-1732) archbishop of Carthage, nuncio apostolic in Paris and plenipotentiary minister of the King of Spain at the Vatican. additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Bentivoglio is the surname of the medieval proper name Bentivolio "well I want you", which the famous family of this name also left to the Bolognese town of Bentivoglio, which was his fief. A Bentivolio appears in a non-antiquarian map of 1130. The Bentivogli variant is poorly represented in the Modena area. It is worth mentioning here that some trace the origin of the count's family, the lady of Bologna, to King Enzo, the unfortunate son of Frederick II of Swabia, who died in 1262, a prisoner of the Bolognese Guelphs, after the defeat of Fossalta in 1249 In fact, he would have given the name Bentevolio, as proof of his affection, to a son in captivity. Source: F. Violi: Surnames in Modena and Modena, 1996.
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