"Libro d'Oro
di Melita"
"Counts Bianco (Bianchi) including “Most
Illustrious” and “Noble” (1741) in regard to Ludovico
Biancho
(Bianchi)"
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* Pasquale Bianco (Click here for
Descent), Merchant di Vino of Senglea,
Malta, married to Teresa Casha, with issue
1. Mgr. Alessandro Bianco, 'Prelat of the Court of
Rome. Created 1728, Conte in the Papal States, with permission to have his
brother able to use such title., died 1768.
2. Ludovico Bianco, Conte 1728. (Created “Most Ilustrious
and Noble” See footnotes
below), married Ubaldesca Dingli, (Daughter of Salvatore
Dingli), with issue.
2.1. Conte Gaetano Bianchi, 'Secreto
to Grand Master of Malta'., dunm.
2.2. Conte Francesco Bianchi, married Angelica Moscati
dei
Marchesi di Xrobb-il-Ghagin., dsp.
2.2.1. (illegitimate) Ubaldesca Bianchi,
(1780-), married 1799 to Giuseppe Preziosi.
3. Salvatore
Bianco.
4. Chiara Bianco, 'Nun'.
5. Pelazia Bianco, 'Nun'.
Footnote#1: Owing to a great
abuse which had crept in, of notaries and lawyers giving the style of Nobile and Illustrissimo
to many persons indiscriminately in public documents, the Grand Master de Vilhena issued a Pragmatic in the year 1725 in which he
criminalized such unauthorized use. A copy verbatim of the Pragmatic dated 30th
April 1725 is found in the sub-Enclosure in Enclosure No. 3 in the letter from
Governor Simmons to The Earl of Derby dated 28 October 1884 which is published
in Copies or Extracts of Correspondence with reference to the Maltese
Nobility (In Continuation of C-3812) presented to the House of Lords by Command
of Her Majesty, May 1886.
Footnote#2: In the said copy
verbatim, there is what appears to be an exhaustive list of the persons
who at different times received from the said Grandmaster and his successors,
an exception from the aforesaid pragmatic, thereby allowing them the right to
use the styles of Most Illustrious and Noble, namely: (1) Milite Barone Marc' Antonio Inguanez
(See Djar
il-Bniet) and
his wife Baronessa Inguanez (See Gomerino) (30
April 1725); (2) Barone di Cicciano Fabritio Testaferrata (See: Castel Cicciano) and his mother the Baronessa di Gomerino Beatrice
Cassia Testaferrata (See Gomerino), (11 May 1725),
(3) Marchese di San Vincenzo Ferreri Mario Testaferrata (See:
San Vincenzo Ferreri) (9
July 1725), (4) Carlo Falson (See Falson), and Eleanora Testaferrata (See: Capo di Ferro)
(13 June 1726), (5) Barone di San Marciano Diego Galea Feriolo (See: San Marciano), (2
September 1726), (6) Barone Gio Pio
De Piro (See De Piro) (19 March 1727), (7) Canon Giuseppe di Costanzo (See Paganica), and Donna Rosa
(See De Noto),widow
of Gio Battista di Costanzo
(24 May 1729), (8) Barone Isidoro Viani (See: Tabria), (27 June 1730), (9) D. Vincenzo Platamone (See Platamone),and
Antonio Bonnici (??), (10) Baldassare Bonnici (13
January 1732), (11) Calcerano Mompalao (See: Mompalao)), Giuseppe and Caterina Cuschieri (See: Frigenuini) (6 March 1732),
(12) Barone Saverio Gatt (See: Benwarrad) (23
August 1737), (13) Signor Ludovico Bianchi (See: Bianchi) (25
October 1741), (14) Dr. Ugolino Bonnici (5
September 1794), (15) Dr. Saverio Crispo (See: Crispo) (??)
See also: http://www.maltagenealogy.com/SME/mostillustriousandnoble.html
Footnote#3: These exceptions
form the basis of the (only) argument which was brought before the 1878
Commissioners to prove that the titles of Djar
il-Bniet and Buqana, Castel
Cicciano and San Vincenzo
Ferreri were recognized by the Government of the
Order of Saint John in Malta thereby satisfying the criteria for recognition . See http://www.maltagenealogy.com/SME/djarilbniet.html for
Djar il-Bniet
and Buqana,
http://www.maltagenealogy.com/SME/castelcicciano1.html for Castel Cicciano and http://www.maltagenealogy.com/SME/sanvincenzoferreri.html for San Vincenzo Ferreri.
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