The Noble Family of Bernardo, described as Catalunyan pirates (1287) who settled in Malta.
This family is listed as a noble family in “Descrittione di Malta” (1647).
Updated 30-07-2010.
“Nel 1416 habbiamo un Michele di Bernardo, che intervenen con altri nostri Cittadini ad un consiglio dell’ Universita’; egli fu’ Giurato nel 1435 com’ e’ stato anche Bartolo, o’ Bartolomeo similmente uno de’ Giurati el 1475 nominato in un transonto del privilegio d’aggregatione dell’isola fatta dal Re’ Alfonso, come appare negli’ atti di Notaro Paolo Bonello; di lui, o’ d’altro Bartolomeo leggiamo essere stato fondatore del Iuspadronato de’ Bernardi, ne gl’ atti di Giacomo Bondi’ nel 1520 cioe’ che Michel, e Federico Falsone fratelli, e Giovanni Calava’ loro consobrino, come eredi delel loro madri, figliuole, del nobile Bartolomeo di Bernardo fondatore, allora defonto, faccessero la nominatione del Beneficiato. Presso Zurita ritroviamo la detta famiglia in Saragoza d’Aragona, intorno al 1287 e nella regia Cancellaria di Palermo, si ravvisa Petrus Bernardi Pirata Catalanus, costui con galee, o’ altri legni depredava I Venetiani nel 1365. ” (From Abela’s “Della Descrittione di Malta del Commendatore Abela” (1647))
THE GENEALOGY OF THE BERNARDO FAMILY:-
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Paolo di Bernardo, Patrician of Venice, married 1400 Princess Irene Asen Shishman of Bulgaria (See Below), with issue.
1. Michele de Bernardo (Settled in Malta 1430), Jurat 1434., (Cr 1375) Barons di Barberi, 1st Barone di Majmuni, (Cr: 1398), married Chiusa de Baroni di Astis, with issue.
1.1. Bartolomeo de Bernardo, 2nd Barone di Majmuni, Jurat 1475., married Freda di Bocchio., with issue.
1.1.1. Preziosi de Bernardo, 3rd Baroness di Majmuni., married Franco Calava, with issue. (See Calava in Extinct titles).
1.1.2. Elagia de Bernardo, married 1492 to Andrea Falzone.
1.1.3. Amata de Bernardo, married Notary Giacomo Falzone.
1.2. Giovanni de Bernardo, married Imperia.., with issue.
1.2.1. Agata de Bernardo, married Gugliemo Agius.
1.2.2. Francesca de Bernardo, married Giovanni Piscopo.
1.2.3. Chco. Michele Antonio Bernardo, married 1497 to Elvira de Forreggiani, with issue.
1.2.3.1. Giovanni Bernardo, (1500-42), ‘Priest”.
1.2.3.2. Bartolomeo Bernardo, (1502-62), married to Antonia Cuzkeri, with issue.
1.2.3.2.1. Michele Bernardo, (1530-80), married to Maria de Forreggiani, with issue.
1.2.3.2.2. Antonia Bernardo, (1532-), married to Giovanni Rapa, 2nd Baron.
1.2.3.2.3. Elizabetta Bernardo, (1553-), married to Agostino de Mangion.
1.2.3.2.4. Christos Bernardo, (1556-), ‘Abbott’.
1.2.3.3. Amata Bernardo, (1504-), married to Giovanni Vella.
1.2.3.4. Elizabetta Bernardo, (1505-), married to Giuseppe Sceberras.
1.3. Preziosi de Bernardo, married Tomeo Imbroll.
1.4. Antonella de Bernardo, married Pino d'Amedeo.
1.5. Amata de Bernardo, married Jaimes di Bocchio.
Royal House of Shishman ( Click for reference)
1. One Shishman, a boyar, declared himself indepent from Bulgaria and established the principality of Vidin, a city on the Danube; he had issue
1.1. Michael III Shishman, Despot of Vidin, Tsar of the Bulgarians (1323-30), +1330; 1m: NN; 2m: ca 1300 (repudiated 1324) Ana of Serbia (after 1346); 3m: after VIII.1324 Theodora Palaiologina
1.1.2. Prince Shishman, +in Dubrovnik
1.1.3. Prince Michael Shishman, Pr of Vidin
1.2. Prince Belaur Shishman
1.3. Princess Kereza Petriza Shishman; m.Despot Srazimir
1.3.1.Iwan Alexander Asen, Tsar of the Bulgarians (1331-71), +17.2.1371; 1m: ca 1320 (repudiated 1340) Teodora Bassaraba; 2m: ca 1345 a Jewish woman named Sarah, who changed her name to Teodora
1.3.1.1. [1m.] Michael Asen, coTsar in Adrianople, *1321, +k.a.against the Turks 1354; m.Adrianople 1336 Irene Palaiologina (+after 1356)
1.3.1.1.1. Prince Alexios Asanes Shishman
1.3.1.1.1.1. Princess Irene Asanes Shishman; married to.Paolo di Bernardo, a patrician of Venice
1.3.1.2. [1m.] Prince Iwan Sracimir Shishman, Pr of Vidin (1360-96), +after 15.9.1396; m.before 1369 Ana Slava Bassaraba
1.3.1.2.1. Prince Konstantin, +Belgrade 1422
1.3.1.2.2. Princess Dorothea, +ca 1390; m.King Stefan Tvrtko I of Bosnia
1.3.1.3.[1m.] Prince Iwan Asen, +k.a.against the Turks 1354
1.3.1.4.1. Prince Alexander Shishman, a Moslem, Stattholder in Asia Minor and Smyrna, +k.a.1418
1.3.1.4.2. Prince Frutshin=Vladislav Shishman, a Hungarian diplomat in Albania
1.3.1.4.3. Princess Tamara Shishman; m.1375 Sultan Murad I; NOTE: when the sources say a Christian lady married a Turkish sultan, it really means that the lady was taken into his harem as a concubine
1.3.1.4.4. Princess Keratza Shishman, *1348, +1390; m.ca 1365 Emperor Andronikos IV Palaiologos of Byzantium (*1348 +1385)
1.3.1.4.5. Princess Desislawa Shishman; m.Pr Konstantin of Welbuschd (+1394)
1.3.2. Prince Iwan Komnenos Asen, +ca 1363; 1m: NN; 2m: ca 1355 Anna, dau.of Andronikos Palaiologos 1.3.2.1. Kominia, +1395/96; m.1372 Balsa II Balsic, Lord of Zeta (+1385)
1.3.2.2. Princess Elena Shishman, +1374; m.1332 King Stefan Dusan of Serbia (+1355)
SOURCES:-
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