"Libro di Melita"

"Title of Barone (de Pausier) granted to Giorgio Fournier de Pausier (1768) and Title of Conte (Fournier) granted to the same Giorgio Fournier de Pausier (1770), including a description of the origins of the Fournier family of Avignon , France

 

All Corrections/Additions are Welcome

Last updated 29th June 2010.

 

Jacques D'Arc of Domremy, Troyes, France (1375-1431), married to Isabella Romee of Vouthon France, with issue.

1. St Joan of Arc., (1409-47).
2. Chevalier Pierre d'Arc du Lys,(1408-) ennobled into Nobility., (died 1467), married to Jeanne de Proville, with issue.
2.1. Jeanne d'Arc du Lys, married to Francoise de Ville Bresme, with issue.
2.1.1. Marie de VilleBresme, married 1485 to Jacques Le Fournier, Barone de Tourebeu , with issue.
2.1.1.1. Robert le Fournier, Barone de Tournebeu, (October 1550 petition with his nephew Lucas Chemin, Seigneur du Feron, for the use of the Coat of Arms granted to Joan of Arc (du Lys), married with issue
2.1.1.1.1. Guilliutte de la Fournier, married to Jacobo de Fournier -See Below.
2.1.1.1.2. Robert de la Fournier, Barone de Tournebeu, married with issue
2.1.1.2. N. le Fournier, married to N. Chemin, Seigneur de Feron, with issue.
2.1.1.2.1. Lucas Chemin, Seigneur de Feron, (October 1550 petition with his uncle, for the use of the Coat of Arms granted to Joan of Arc (du Lys), married with issue
2.2. Claude du Lys, married to Nicolle Thiesselin, with issue.
2.2.1. Marguerite du Lys.
2.2.2. Pierre du Lys, married with issue.
2.2.2.1. Charles du Lys, (1612), married with issue.
2.2.2.1.1. Catherine du Lys, married to Louis Quatrehommes, Minister of Finance, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1. Anne Quatrehommes, married to Achille de Barentin, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Anne de Barentin, married 1684 to Jacques de Tardieu, Marquis de Maleissye, Captain of the Guards, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1. Antoine Charles de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married 1759 to Elizabeth Marie Paignon, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Antoine de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married 1800 to Therese de Luc, sp.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. Francoise de Maleissye, Vicomte de Maleissye, married 1810 to Henriette des Champs de Ravetot, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Antoine de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married 1833 to Leonie de Robert d'Acqueria de Rochegude, dsp or sp.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3. Aristarque de Maleissye, Comte de Maleissye, married 1803 to Charlotte Evalie des Nos, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.1. Conrad de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married to leonie Le Peletier des Forts, dsp.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2. Charles-Etienne de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married 1833 to Leontine Charlotte de Tulle de Villefranche, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1. Arthur de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married 1857 to Constance Andree de la Fresnaye, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.1. Etienne de Maleissye, Marquis de Maleissye, married 1889 to Beatrix Brunett.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.2. Leon de Maleissye, married 1893 to Clotilde de la Martraye.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2. Aristarque de Maleissye, married 1864 to Marie Hurault de Vibraye, with issue.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.3. Henri de Maleissye, married 1868 to Augustine Bernard de Montebise.
2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.4. Conrad de Maleissye, married 1874 to Jeanne de Mailly-Chalon, married (2) to Valentine de Melun., with issue.
3. Jacques d'Arc. (d. 1452)., ennobled by the grant of Nobility 1429., married Isabelle le Pucelle, with issue.
3.1. Pierre du Lys.
3.2. Jehan du lys.
4. Catherine d'Arc, (1413-29).

Footnote #1: "De quelques faits relatifs a Jeanne d'Arc et a sa famille". by F. Debouteiller 1878.

Jean de Fournier, 1270 Sieur or Sire de Fournier in Toulouse France, married with issue.

1. Arnold de Fournier, Abbot in Boulbonne, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, dunm.
2. Henri de Fournier, Sieur de Fournier 1310, married N. Duese (Sister to Pope John XXII) with issue.
2.1. Jacques de Fournier, (1280 - 1342), Succeeded as Pope Benedict XII (r. 1334 - 42), dunm.
2.2. Jean de Fournier, Sieur de Fournier 1319, married with issue.
2.2.1. Henri de Fournier, Sieur de Fournier, 1357, married with issue.
2.2.1.1. Arnold de Fournier, Sieur de Fournier, 1369, dunm.
2.2.1.2. Jacques de Fournier, Monk, dunm.
2.2.1.3. Jean de Fournier, Seigneur de la Nove 1378, married with issue.
2.2.1.3.1. Jean II de Fournier, 1407, Seigneur de Villary, married with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1. Jean III de Fournier, Seigneur de Villary et Moilins, married to Guillemette de Fonboutiere, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1. Jean IV de Fournier, Seigneur de la Nove e de la Lande (d. 1476), married to Louise de Orleans, (illeg daughter of Jean d'Orleans, Comte de Longueville) , with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1. Pierre de Fournier, Seigneur de Villars, married to Francoise de Foyal d'Herbout, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Francois de Fournier, Seigneur de Nove, dunm.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2. Jean V de Fournier, Seigneur de Monteltier, married to Jeanne de Roguemont, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1. Robert de Fournier, Seigneur de Monteltier, married 1572 to Francoise de Colire, married (2) to Charl2.2.1.3.otte Garin de la Chapelle, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. (Second Marriage) Francoise de Fournier, 1634 Seigneur de Vareine, married (1) Catherine de Maleret, married (2) Anne de Bois, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. (First Marriage) Claude de Fournier, Seigneur de Bois e Marmin 1668, married (1) Catherine de Boislinard, married (2) Marguerite de Belair, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. (First Marriage) Louis Fournier, Noble of Provence, Marshall of Turenne 1674, married to Charlotte de Barville, married (2) to Charlotte de Douhaut, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. (First Marriage) Charles Fournier, Seigneir de Bois e Marin, Captain of the Army in Provence 1720, married (1) Marie Angelique de Bois, married (2) Marie de Boislanard, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. (First Marriage) Louis Charles Fournier, Seigneur de Bois, married 1753 to Louise de Savary d'Antenaise, married (2) to Marie Anne de Bertie, with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. (First Marriage) Louis Charles Fournier, "Page to HRH, Duc d'Orleans".
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Marie Anne Fournier.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.3. Louise Fournier
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.4. Marguerite Fournier
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. (Second Marriage) Marguerite Fournier, married 1743 to Charles de Goyon, Seigneur de Saint-Plantuire
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.2. Jeanne Fournier, married to Charles de Marevil.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Jean Fournier, Captain of Calvery.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.3. (Second Marriage) Catherine Fournier, married to Florimond d'Arnaud, Seigneur des Platers.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Marguerite de Fournier. "Nun"
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.3. Francoise de Fournier, dunm.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.4. Charles de Fournier, Seigneur de la Lande., married to Eleanore de Luxembourg, Dame de la Chapelle (See Below), with issue.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.4.1. Francois de Fournier, Seigneur de la Lande, dunm.
2.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.4.3. Jacobo de Fournier, Co- Seigneur de la Chapelle (d. 1640), married to Louise de Arfemal, with issue.See Below.
2.2.1.3.2. Foulques de Fournier, Canon de St Aurin.
2.2.1.3.3. Marguerite de Fournier.

Reference: Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la ... By Francois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Badier., several editions.

Count Louis de Luxemburg, Count of St Pol, de Brienne, et di Conversano, (Click to see the whole Family), (1418 -Beheaded at Paris 1475), married to Jean de Bar, Heiress of Soisson, with issue.

1. Antoine de Luxembourg, Comte de Roussy, de Brienne et de Ligny, died 1519, married with issue.
1.1. (illegitimate by Peronne de Machefert) Antoine de Luxembourg, batard de Brienne, Seigneur de Luxemont, died 1538, married to Isabelle de Marolles, with issue.
1.1.1. Philibert de Luxemburg, Seigneur de Luxemont et d'Espagne, died 1566, married with issue.
1.1.1.1. Nicolas de Luxmbourg, Seigneur de la Berliere-en-Partie, died 1602, married to Anne d'Arvilliers, with issue.
1.1.1.1.1. Jean de Luxembourg, Seigneur de la Chapelle, died 1615, married 1596 to Claude de Boissieux, with issue.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Jean II de Luxembourg, Seigneur de la Chapelle, died 1647, married to Claude de Roubion, with issue.
1.1.1.1.2. Eleanore de luxembourg, married to Charles de Fournier, Seigneur de la Lande (See Above).

Jacobo de Fournier. 21st Sire de Fournier et de la Chapelle. (c1570-1640) of Haute-Loire, France., married to Guilliutte de la Fournier (See Above) with issue.

1. Giorgio-Benedict de Fournier of Haute-Loire, 22nd Sire de Fournier, Created Comte in France c.1645, (died 1672), married with issue.

1.1. Jacobo-Guilliame  de Fournier, 2nd (joint) Comte et 23rd (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, Also created Barone de Fournier, (1632-., married Isabella Elizabeth Eynard., with issue.

1.1.1. Guilliame, 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, 2nd Baron de Fournier, (1678-1752)., married Marguerite Bourleyre., with issue
1.1.1.1. Anne de Fournier., (1742-.
1.1.1.2. Marie de Fournier, (1743-.
1.1.1.3 Pierre de Fournier., (1745-61)., 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France , 3rd Barone de Fournier., dunm.
1.1.1.4 Francoise de Fournier., (1747-1807)., married Jean Bertin.
1.1.1.5 Anne de Fournier., (1751-80).

1.1.1.6 Pierre de Fournier., (1753-. 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, 4th Barone de Fournier.

1.2. Louis-Benedict de Fournier, 2nd (joint) Comte et 23rd (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, Priest in Aviginon, France. dunm 1689.
1.3. Charles-Henri de Fournier., 2nd (joint) Comte et 23rd (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, Moved to London, England, then settled in Pfalz, Germany., married Marguerite Brifau., with issue.

1.3.1. Jean de Fournier., (Born in London, England.)., 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France,  married 1663 at Pfalz, Germany to Marguerite Bourguin., Married 1673 at Pfalz, Germany to Marie du Rieu., with issue.

1.3.1.1. Catherine de Fournier., (1673-.

1.3.1.2 Henri de Fournier., (1674-.4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France

1.3.1.3 Francoise de Fournier., (1677-.

1.3.1.4 Olivier de Fournier., (1680-.4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France

1.3.1.5 Daniel de Fournier., (1683-.4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France

1.3.1.6 Josias de Fournier., (1685-1757)., 4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married at Pfalz, Germany to Catherine Bodin., with issue.

1.3.1.6.1 Josias de Fournier., (1719-74)., 5th (joint) Comte et 26th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married (his cousin) Rachel de Fournier., with issue.

1.3.1.6.1.1. Josias de Fournier., (1749-1808)., 6th (joint) Comte et 27th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married Frederique Urbain.

1.3.1.7 Abraham de Fournier., (1688-1738)., 4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France  married Rachel Harant., with issue.

1.3.1.7.1. Daniel de Fournier., (1728-., 5th (joint) Comte et 26th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married Sara Septsous., with issue.

1.3.1.7.1.1. Isaac de Fournier., (1753-1817)., 6th (joint) Comte et 27th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married Marthe Loge., with issue.

1.3.1.7.1.1.1 Auguste de Fournier., (1800-74)., 7th (joint) Comte et 28th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married Henrietta Ernestine Mathis., with issue.

1.3.1.7.1.1.1.1. Henrietta de Fournier., (1832-., married Charles William Coste.

1.3.1.7.1.1.1.2. Julie Davide de Fournier., (1838-.

1.3.1.7.2.  Rachel de Fournier., married her cousin Josias de Fournier.

1.4. Geronimo Fournier of Aviginon, 2nd (joint) Comte et 23rd (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, Merchant of Trapani, Italy, Settled in Malta as a base to the Mediterranean Sea trade. Married 1672 to Madeliene Preziosi-Poussieghes  (See Preziosi for ancestry)

1.4.1. Giorgio-Benedict de Fournier, (1672-98) 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, Knight of St John, dunm

1.4.2. Lazzaro de Fournier 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France -See Below.
1.4.3. Rosa de Fournier, married 1696 to Giuseppe Rola, with issue

1.4.4. Antonia de Fournier  married., 1699 to Carlo Daniele Castriota.
1.4.5. Gioacchino de Fournier, 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married Maria, with issue.

1.4.5.1. Bartolomea de Fournier, married 1729 to Don Giacomo dei Duchi Seravalli of Termini, Sicily.

1.4.5.2. Ignazio de Fournier, married 1722 Senglea to Graziulla Durante.

1.4.5.3. Aloisea de Fournier, married 1736 Birgu to Filippo Bonello.

1.5. Fra. Giacomo de Fournier, 2nd (joint) Comte et 23rd (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, Knight of the Order of St John, dunm 1716.

2. Louis-Charles de Fournier, Sire de la Chapelle. (a female descendant had married a illegitimate descendant of King Louis XIV  the Sun King of the 18^th century).

 

Footnote #1: The Fournier tradition claims that Jacobo-Guillame de Fournier was a descendant of the French Lords de Fourniers, of whom Jacques Fournier (Pope Benedict XII died 1342) was a member. This family hailed form Avignon, France and enjoyed the title of Comte. Various authentic copies exist of a grant dated December 1429 by King Charles VII of France of a coat of arms and nobility to St. Jeanne d’Arc and her family (given the surname "du Lys") including the descendants of her brothers Jacquemin, Jean, and Pierre out of gratitude for Joan of Arc's military victories. This grant allowed for the transmission of noble status through both the male and female lines. This had the practical effect of allowing them to pass their status to all of their descendants.In fact, it is amply recorded that two descendants of Pierre de Lys’s daughter namely Robert Le Fournier (the Baron of Tournebeu) and his nephew Lucas du Chemin (the Lord of Feron), successfully petitioned King Henry II of France in October 1550 for a confirmation of transmission of nobility to them under the terms of the aforesaid patent of nobility dated December 1429.

 

 

Footnote #2: It appears that the Maltese branch are of a younger branch of the Counts Fournier and are descended from Geronimo Fournier a merchant  based in Trapani, Sicily. It is not amiss to note that Geronimo's brother was Fra. Giacomo de Fournier, a Knight of the Order of St John, which may have been an incentive for prompting Geronimo to leave Sicily and settle in Malta..

 

Footnote #3: Geronimo’s descendant Lazzaro married Arietta de Pausier, and some of their descendants adopted the surname “Fournier de Pausier”(See below).

 

Lazzaro Fournier, 3rd (joint) Comte et 24th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, married 1705 to Arietta de Pausier, (Daughter of Giuseppe de Pausier, Merchant of France and Maria Decos)

1. Giorgio Fournier, 4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France, 1st Count Fournier and 1st Barone de Pausier - See Below.
2. Aloiseo Fournier, 4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married to Anna Borg, with issue
2.1. Mattia Fournier, married 1758 Porto Salvo, Valletta, to Francesco Calleja, ("del Luogo detto Bousett" of Marseglia).

2.2. Fortunata Fournier., married 1747 to Gaspare Danza.

2.3. Antonio Fournier., 5th (joint) Comte et 26th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married 1748 at San Paolo, Valletta to Anna Borg., with issue.

2.3.1. Maria Fournier., married 1813 Valletta to Ignazio Cauchi.
2.4. Pasquale Fournier, 5th (joint) Comte et 26th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married 1759 to Paolina Alessi, with issue.

2.4.1. Aloisea Fournier, (1761-).

2.4.2. Elisabetta Fournier., (1763-).

2.4.3. Maria Antonia Fournier, (1766-), married to Antonio Pellegrino, with issue.

2.4.3.1. Emmanuela Pellegrino, married 1825 Valletta to Antonio Fenech.

2.4.3.2. Annunciata Pellegrino, married 1812 Valletta to Michele Dalli of Naples.

2.4.3.3. Lucrezia Pellegrino, married 1815 Valletta to Antonio Ga of Sicily.

2.4.4. Dun. Enrico Fournier, (1769-1819), 5th (joint) Comte et 26th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France “Priest”, dunm

3. Giovanni Fournier, 4th (joint) Comte et 25th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France married (1) 1727 Porto Salvo, Valletta to Teresa Stellini. Married (2) 1734 Porto Salvo, Valletta to Caterina Caruana Mallia., with issue.

3.1. Bartolomeo Fournier., married 1779 to Vincenza Lauder., with issue.

3.1.1. Lazzaro Fournier (1782-1839), 5th (joint) Comte et 26th (joint) Sire de Fournier in France "Alleged"  migrated to Imperia Russia and Created Marquis Fournier and to his descendants by Tsar Paul I 1799 and Knight of St George of Russia and St John of Malta, 6^th President of Russian Maltese Chamber of Nobility, married 1812 to Duchess Sophia Apapov, with issue.

3.2. Loreta Fournier., married 1779 to Don Giuseppe Grimaldi of Sicily, with issue.
3.2.1. Donna Louisa Grimaldi, married 1820 to Constantine Niarchos., with issue.

3.2.2. Donna Antonia Maria Grimaldi., "Nun"., dunm in Catania Sicily.

3.2.3. Donna Aloisea Maria Grimaldi.

3.2.4. Donna Ursula Grimaldi.

3.2.5. Donna Bianca Sophia Grimaldi., "Nun", dunm in Palermo Sicily.

3.2.6. Don Luigi Carlo Grimaldi, married 1847 to Princess Maria Luisa Bertoleoni, with issue.

3.2.6.1. Donna Luisa Grimaldi, (1848-83), married 1865 to Giuseppe di Bertoleoni.

3.2.6.2. Donna Pasquala Grimaldi, (1849-1921), mistress to King Carlo I of Tavalara.

3.2.6.3. Donna Stefania Grimaldi, (1852-1950), married 1877 to Prince Salvatore Bertoleoni.

3.2.7. Donna Georgiana Grimaldi.

3.2.8. Donna Natathie Grimaldi.

3.2.9. Donna Athena Grimaldi.

4. Margherita Fournier, married 1739 Valletta to Carmelo Pisano.

 

* Giorgio Fournier de Pausier, (4th joint Comte et 25th joint Sire de Fournier), 1st Barone “de Pausier”, (Created 1768 in the Austrian Empire)1st Conte Fournier (Cr:1770 in the Austrian Empire), , Married 1733 to Aloisea Sant, (The Sister of the First Count Sant), with issue

1. Conte Lazzaro Fournier, 2nd Conte. -See Below.
2. Conte Gaetano Fournier, (1738-..), married 1775 to Clothilde Durante (Dorell), (See de Vaccaro) with issue
2.1. Contessa Caterina Fournier,
2.2. Contessa Margherita Fournier
2.3. (illegitimate) Aloiseo Brignone, married 1771 to  Antonia Bagari, with issue
2.3.1. Gaetano Brignone, married 1814 to Sylvia Gatt, with issue
2.3.1.1. Charlotte Brignone, married 1859 Southampton, England to Lieut. Edward Somerville (of the Somerville Baronets of England), R.M.A, with issue
2.3.1.1.1. Rose-Marie Sommerville-Brignone, married 1881 Northampton, England to Capt. Andrew Ross, R.N, with issue
2.3.1.1.1.1. Capt. Charles Ross-Brignone R.N, (1889-1945), married 1943 Northampton, England to Amelia Steward, with issue
2.3.1.1.1.1.1. Anne Marie Ross, (1945-, married 1972 Northampton, England, to Edward (Scott)-Ellis, with issue
2.3.1.1.1.1.1.1. Dr. Steven Scott-Ellis, M.A, Ph.D., (1975- Sydney, married 2003 Sydney, Australia, to Miss Belinda Vassallo, LL.B (Macq)., with issue.
2.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Gavin Scott-Ellis, (2004- Sydney.

2.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Patrick Scott-Ellis, (2006- Sydney.
2.3.1.1.1.1.1.2. Christian Scott-Ellis, L.L.B, (1977- Sydney.,married 2009 Sydney to Georgiana Jackson LLB.
2.3.1.1.1.2. Eliza Ross. (1883-1923), dunm.
2.3.1.1.1.3. Victoria Ross. (1886-1943), dunm.
2.3.1.1.1.4. Edward Ross. (1891-1975) R.N. , moved to Wellington, New Zealand in 1910. Married 1909 to Fanny Fairfax, with issue.
2.3.1.1.1.4.1. Andrew Ross, (1912-43), died at Egypt during WW11. dunm.
2.3.1.1.1.4.2. Charles Ross, (1913-69), married 1945 Wellington, New Zealand to Rose Marie Clarke, with issue.
2.3.1.1.1.4.2.1. Andrew Ross-Clarke, (1946-74) killed in a motor accident in N.Z, married 1971 at Wellington NZ to Mary Thompson, with issue.
2.3.1.1.1.4.2.1.1. Charles Ross-Clarke LL.B, (1973-, married 2000 at Wellington NZ to Stacey Allard, with issue.
2.3.1.1.1.4.2.1.1.1. Andrew IV Ross-Clarke, (2002-.

2.3.1.1.1.4.2.1.1.2. Rochelle Ross-Clarke, (2005-.
2.3.1.1.1.4.3. Andrew Ross, (Priest), (1916-2001), dunm
2.3.1.1.1.4.4. Rose-Marie Ross, (1915-, married 1946 at Wellington, NZ to Jack Stanley, with issue.
2.3.1.1.1.4.5. Fanny-Marie Ross, (1919-96), married 1948 at Wellington NZ to Nicholas Simpson of Fiji Islands, with issue.

2.4. (illegimate) Costanza de Fournier, married 1788 to Gio Batta Gonzi.
3. Contessa Diane Fournier, (1736-..), married 1772 to Don Alessandro de Platamone, Noble of Licata, Governor of Licata, with issue.
3.1. Donna Flora de Platamone, married 1801 to Signor Don. Angelo Pileri., with issue. 
3.1.1.  Donna Alessandra Pileri, (1803-56), 'Nun',  dunm.

3.1.2. Don  Giorgio Pileri, (1805-67)., married 1845 to Georgina dei Conti Preziosi., with issue.

3.1.2.1. Don Angelo Pileri, (1846-)., dunm.

3.1.2.2. Donna Christina Pileri, (1848-)., dunm.

3.1.2.3. Donna Angela Maria Pileri, (1850-), married 1867 to Thomas Bonici.

3.1.2.4. Donna Ursula Pileri, (1852-)., married to Thomas Fontani.

4. Contessa Annuzationa Fournier, (1733-86), married 1776 to Gaetano Hefner
5. Conte Fra. Peppino Fournier, (1741-87). Knight of the Order of St John.
6. Contessa Franca Fournier, (1744-..), dunm.
7. (illegitimate or Slave!) Giovanna de Fournier (Noted as "Manumesio" View Adami Collection Vol:19, pp. 149), married 1767 at San Paolo, Valletta to Michelangelo di Giovanni. (Also a "Manumesio").

 

Footnote #1: Giorgio Fournier de Pausier applied for a title and that by letters patent bearing date the 31st March 1768, the title of Barone was conferred by Empress Maria Theresa on Giorgio Fournier de Pausier. The patent issued, at the grantee’s request, runs thus:- Te supradictum Georgium Fournier in numerum, consortium, coetum, ordinem, atque Baronum dignatatem assumimus, teque una cum filiis tuis atque posteris virilis sexus, ex legitimo thoro natis atque nascituris in infinitum, primogeniali ordine semper servato, Baronem ac Barones Regnorum et Provinciarum nostrarum facimus, nominamus atque creamus. (See:- Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (See Report Paras. 205-208). Although published sources refer to this title as Barone de Pausier it is clear that that is a misnomer as the title granted was of Barone and not Barone de Pausier.. However, the accepted form is used here so as to distinguish it from other dignities enjoyed by the grantee’s family. At Maltese Law this title of Barone (de Pausier) is only a foreign title and, as such, it can be considered for the purposes of precedence in Malta only if registration or Magistral recognition has been achieved in accordance with the rules of 1739 and 1795 as enacted by Grand Masters Despuig and Rohan. In this case, this title granted to Fournier de Pausier in 1768 was never registered in Malta, nor does it appear to have received direct recognition for the Grand Masters who ruled Malta. (See:- Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (See Report Paras. 205-208). This does not render the title invalid but in accordance with the rule cited above, although the title is valid, it does not enjoy precedence in Malta. See also: http://www.maltagenealogy.com/SME/depausier.html and http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/referencegrants.html. Unfortunately, the 1878 report is not helpful in indicating whether Empress Maria Theresa granted this title in her German or Italian provinces, or elsewhere, nor does it indicate the place where the title was applied for, or where it was granted. On the other hand, it is helpful in indicating that the 1768 remainder reads posteris virilis sexus, ex legitimo thoro natis atque nascituris in infinitum, primogeniali ordine semper servato . Upon a further reading of the 1878 report, it results that two years later Giorgio Fournier de Pausier received another title of Conte (see footnotes below) where the grantor is described as the same Empress Maria Theresa, and that that title was granted in the Kingdom and Provinces of Germany. This however is not necessarily conclusive proof of the relative jurisdiction as the 1878 Report also describes yet another title granted by the same Empress in the same year 1770 but in the Italian Provinces annexed to the German Empire.

 

Footnote #2: Another title, this time one of Conte was conferred upon the said Giorgio Fournier de Pausier by the same Empress Maria Theresa, by a patent given at Vienna on the 29th January 1770. The grant was made to the said Giorgio Fournier de Pausier, in the Kingdom and Provinces of Germany with succession to his children and descendants of the male sex, whether born or to be born from lawful wedlock, according to the order of primogeniture. The following is the operative clause of the patent of creation:- Teque una cum filiis tuis atque posteris virilis sexus, ex legitimo thoro natis atque nascituris, in infinitum, primogeniali ordine servato, Comitem ac Comites Regnorum et Provinciarum nostrarum, facimus, nominamus atque creamus. (See:- Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (See Report Paras. 209-215; Suppemental Report Part III; Letter of Hicks-Beach at pages 59-60 of Report). At Maltese Law this title of Conte (Fournier) is only a foreign title and, as such, it can be considered for the purposes of precedence in Malta only if registration or Magistral recognition has been achieved in accordance with the rules of 1739 and 1795 as enacted by Grand Masters Despuig and Rohan. In this case, it appears that the 1770 title granted to Fournier de Pausier was in fact registered in the Cancelleria, and in the High Court of the Castellania. .See also: http://www.maltagenealogy.com/SME/fournier5.html and http://www.saidvassallo.com/SME/referencegrants.html Although published sources refer to this title as Conte Fournier it is clear that that is a misnomer as the title granted was of Conte and not Conte Fournier. However, the accepted form is used here so as to distinguish it from other dignities enjoyed by the grantee’s family. The 1878 Commissioners had difficulty in ascertaining whether the remainder of this 1770 grant, albeit providing for succession by Primogeniture, allowed a male descending from a female descendant of the grantee, to enjoy the title. In fact the 1878 Commissioners never reached a decision about the matter. It appears however that this latter question was resolved by the British Secretary of State (see below).

 

* Lazzaro Fournier, (5th joint Comte et 26th Sire de Fournier), 2nd Barone “de Pausier”, 2nd Conte Fournier, married to Modesta dei Baroni Gauci-Azopardi di Buleben, with issue.  

1.Luigia Fournier. -See Below.

2. Stefania Fournier, (1788-., married 1820 to  Odoardo Mallia Tabone dei Marchesi di Fiddien, with issue..
3. Giorgio Fournier, (1784-95), Contino Fournier, d.inf.
4. Guiliame Fournier, (1786-1812), Contino Fournier, married 1811 to Aloisea Carbott., dsp.
5. (illegimate with Mrs Vianna Hili, the Housekeeper) Loretta de Fournier (Hili), married 1807 Valletta to Vincenzo Zammit., with issue.
5.1. Lazzaro Zammit., married 1840 to Louisa Barbaro, with issue.
5.1.1. Vincenzo Zammit, (1844-.
5.1.1.1. Nathalie Zammit, married 1892 to Prince Edwardo Bertoleoni.
5.1.2. Jerome Zammit, (1846-.
5.1.3. Antoinette Zammit, (1849-., married 1871 to Prince Giorgio Bertoleoni.
5.1.4. Marianna Zammit, (1851-.
5.1.5. Vittoria (Tamara) Zammit, (1855-. married 1873 to Prince Carlo Bertoleoni.
5.2. Susanna Zammit., married 1839 to Michele Gauci.
5.3. Antoinette Zammit., married 1843 to Simone Barbaro.
5.4. Georgiana Zammit., dunm.
5.5. Vincenzo Zammit., dunm.
5.6. Enrico Zammit., dunm.
5.7. Luigi Zammit., dunm.
5.8. Antonio Zammit., dunm.
5.9. Stefano Zammit., married 1845 to Fiametta Fabre, with issue.
5.9.1. Vianna Zammit, (1847-.
5.9.2. Anne Zammit, (1849-
.5.9.3. Edith Zammit, (1851-.
5.10. Caroline Zammit., married 1840 to Stephano Ruffo.

 

Footnote #1: It appears that the 1878 Commissioners were slightly confused about Lazzaro Fournier’s identity or even his very existence. In their first report, the commissioners reported: Giorgio Fournier, the person first ennobled, left Lazzaro Sant , who died without any son to whom the title might descend, but leaving only one daughter, Luigia Sant, the present claimant's mother. Later, in their Supplemental Report, the same Commissioners said thus: The first titled person Giorgio Fournier had no male issue, but left one daughter, Luigia wife of Baldassare Sant, of whom Lazzaro Sant, the present claimant, is the first-born son. (See:- Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (See Report Paras. 209-215; Suppemental Report Part III; Letter of Hicks-Beach at pages 59-60 of Report).

 

 * Luigia Fournier, (died 1858), 3rd Baronessa de Pausier "Contessa Fournier”, married 1811 to Conte Baldassare Sant, 3rd (joint 3^rd) Count Sant  , with issue

1. Conte Lazzaro Sant Fournier,4th Count. -See Below.
2. Conte Giorgio dei Conti Sant Fournier LL.D, (joint 4th) Count Sant,  ( 1817-, Married to Paolina dei Marchese Apap-Bologna
2.1. Conte Emmanule Sant Fournier, (joint 5th) Count Sant, ( 1850- , married to Filomena De Bono , with issue.
2.1.1. Giorgina Sant Fournier., married 1902 to Guglielmo Borg Carbott dei Baroni di Grua.

2.1.2. Teresa Sant Fournier., married 1905 to Giuseppe Borg Mifsud.

2.1.3 Conte Pietro Sant Fournier, (joint 6th) Count Sant., married with issue. (unconfirmed descendants).

2.1.3.1. Alfred Sant Fournier, married to Lilian N, with issue.

2.1.3.2. Karmelo Sant Fournier,, married to Rita, with issue.

2.1.3.3. Victor Sant Fournier, married to Dolly Toledo (d. 2007), with issue.
2.1.3.3.1. Jacqueline  (Jackie) Sant Fournier, married to George Preca., with issue.

2.1.3.3.2. Suzanne (Sue) Sant Fournier, married to Vanni Laurenti, with issue.

2.1.4. Conte Edgardo Sant Fournier, (joint 6th) Count Sant., married with issue.

2.1.4.1. George Sant Fournier, (joint 7th) Count Sant., married Olga N, (d. 2005), with issue.

2.1.4.1.1. Nathalie Sant Fournier., married Noel Vassallo.

2.1.4.1.2. Maria Sant Fournier., married Dr Franklin Bonello LLD.

2.1.4.1.4. Monica Sant Fournier., married Joseph Felice

2.1.5. Maria Sant Fournier

2.1.6. Stella Sant Fournier.

2.2.  Luigia Sant Fournier ( 1856-, married 1886 to Amabile dei Baroni Attard-Montalto.
2.3.  Gwendoleon Sant Fournier ( 1863- , married to Edward Farcononth
2.4.  Emilia Sant Fournier ( 1865- , married 1886 to Achilles dei Baroni Attard-Montalto
2.5.  Maria Sant Fournier ( 1874-, married NN England, with issue. (England-Sant Fournier) , with issue.

2.5.1. Gladys England Sant Fournier, married to Count Anthony Crispo Barbaro, Marchese di San Giorgio.

2.5.2. Edwin England Sant Fournier, (1908-69), married Adeline dei Marchesi Cassar Desain, with issue.

3.  Modesta Sant Fournier, (1822-., married 1845 to  Edoardo Fontani dei Conti di Senia.

4.  Augusta Sant Fournier, (1824-) “Nun”., dunm.

5.  Leonora Sant Fournier, (1826-), married 1845 to  Carlo Fontani dei Conti di Senia.

 

Footnote #1: As indicated above, the 1768 title granted Giorgio Fournier de Pausier is to follow the order of primogeniture. On the basis of the genealogical chart, the primogenial descendant of Giorgio Fournier de Pausier, the then primogenial descendant was a woman, namely Luigia Fournier wife of Baldassare Sant. As it does not result where the 1768 title was granted, one assumes that there is nothing which prevented an artificial agnation allowing Luigia Fournier and her descendants to enjoy the title of Barone (de Pausier) by order of Primogeniture.

 

Footnote #2: The same cannot be said in regard to the 1770 title of Conte granted to Fournier de Pausier as that grant is amply described in the 1878 report of the Royal Commissioners. In the first place, it is clear from the terms of the grant that the title cannot be enjoyed but by male members of the grantee’s family. In fact the Commissioners themselves observed that the relative remainder only allows the male sex to succeed. Published sources show the aforesaid Luigia Fournier as having enjoyed the title. This is patently not consistent with the terms of the 1770 grant. It will be recalled that in analogous situation (barone della Marsa), the 1878 Commissioners held that the formula tuisque descentibus masculis tribuimus concedimus et donamus excluded a female from succeeding a title granted in such terms.

 

 * Conte Lazzaro Sant Fournier (1813-98), 4th Barone “de Pausier”, 4th (recte: 3rd) Conte Fournier, (joint 4th) Count Sant , married 1838 to Adelaide Testaferrata-Abela (See Gomerino, with issue

1. Conte Alfred Sant Fournier, 5th Count. -See Below.
2.  Clara Sant Fournier, married Saverio dei Conti Manduca
3.  Giula Sant Fournier (1844-,  married firstly to Jose de Lavelle, Count of Premio Real of Spain, married secondly to Eliodoro dei Marchese Barbaro with issue.

3.1. (First Marriage) Lazzaro de Lavelle, (1870-1916 Madrid), Conde de Premio Reale of Spain, dunm.l

3.1.1. (illegitimate from Florenca Garay) Jose Antonio de Lavelle, (1902-76 Madrid Spain), married 1927 to Isabel Hermanosa, with issue.

3.2. Adelaide de Lavelle., (1872-1959)., married (1) 1909 to Hugo Sant Fournier, Contino Fournier., dsp., married 1912 (2) to Manuel Augusto Lebreri y Spano, with issue.

3.2.1. Ernesto Lebreri y Lavelle, (1914-96 Spain), married with issue.

3.2.2. Josefina Maria Lebreri y Lavelle, (1916-2001 Spain), married with issue.

3.2.3. Simon Lebreri y Lavelle, (1917-61 Spain), married with issue.

3.3. Carlo de Lavalle, (1875-1907)., dunm.

4.  Luigia Sant Fournier, (1848-91), ‘Nun’, dunm.

5. Conte Baldassare Sant Fournier, (1850-54), (joint 5th) Count Sant,  d.inf.

 

Footnote #1: As indicated above, the 1878 Commissioners deliberated at length whether the title could be enjoyed by a male descendant who could only claim through an intermediate female descendant. They argued that had this title been created by a local sovereign, the question would present little difficulty, but in the present case, the claim must be considered under the German Feudal Law in force at the time of the issuing of the patent of this title. It appears that the 1878 Commissioners made some exasperating searches to ascertain the legal effects of a grant issued in Austria towards the close of the 18^th century and limited to the male descendants of a person and concluded that because of inadequate information they did not feel justified in expressing any opinion on this point. The Commissioners however did point out that there is in the grant to Giorgio Fournier no clause proving that on the failure of the grantee’s male line, the son of the surviving female descendant should succeed to the title. Consequently, they indicated that this may mean that the will and intendment of the grantor was to limit the succession to the title originally conferred on Giorgio Fournier to his male descendants belonging to his male line. However, they added that it may be significant that the 1770 title granted to Fournier was based in the Kingdom and Provinces of Germany and not in the Italian Provinces annexed to the German Empire. In the latter grant, a condition is attached by which the grantee is required to purchase a fief in Lombardy, a condition which does not appear in the patent granted to Giorgio Fournier. Because they did not feel fully acquainted with the laws and statutes in force in the German Empire and its Italian dependencies, in or about the year 1770, the 1878 Commissioners refrained from expressing an opinion as regards to this issue. The issue appears to have been resolved by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies in the following terms: In this case, if the patent had issued in Malta or in Sicily, I gather than the claim would have been allowed under the rules of feudal law recognized in those States, and therefore without offering any opinion as to the strict legal effect which would be given to the patent at Vienna, and without prejudice to any future legal decision upon its meaning, should it ever be called in question in a court of law, I feel that I may reasonably permit the claimant and his successors, for the purpose of precedence, to take the place to which they would be entitled under the principles of legal interpretation applicable to the grant if it had emanated in 1770 from the Sicilian or Maltese Sovereign authority. (See:- Correspondence and Report of the Commission appointed to enquire into the claims and grievances of the Maltese Nobility, May 1878, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty (C.-2033.) (See Report Paras. 209-215; Suppemental Report Part III; Letter of Hicks-Beach at pages 59-60 of Report).

 

 

* Conte Alfred Sant Fournier (1840 -1903), 5th Baronee “de Pausier”, 5th (recte: 4^th) Conte Fournier, (joint 5th) Count Sant, married 1869 to Olga dei Conti Tagliaferro, with issue

1. Conte Hugo Sant Fournier ( 1871-1910) Contino Fournier, (joint 6th) Count Sant, married 1909 London, England to Adelaide de Lavelle (See Above), dsp.
2. Conte Edward Sant Fournier, 6th Count. -See Below.
3. Conte Mary dei Conti Sant Fournier (1869-, married to Capt. Francis Lawson (died 1914)
3.1. Gladys Lawson-Sant Fournier, (1895-
3.2. Elsie Lawson-Sant Fournier, (1897-
4. Conte Carlo dei Conti Sant Fournier, (joint 6th) Count Sant,  ( 1875-,. Married to Carmela Abela-Pulis (Sister of Marchioness Scicluna), with issue.
4.1. Conte Guido Sant Fournier, (joint 7th) Count Sant (1911 - 1987), married Vera Vallone, with issue.
4.1.1. Conte Charles Sant Fournier, (joint 8th) Count Sant,  ( 1951-2009 Malta), married to Mary Anne Felice, with issue.

4.1.1.1.  Vera Sant Fournier, (1984-.

4.1.1.1.1. (issue from NN) Katrina Sant Fournier, (2001-.
4.1.2. Conte James Sant Fournier, (joint 8th) Count Sant  (1955-.,  married to Diane Pace Decesare, with issue
4.1.2.1. Conte Fabien Sant Fournier, (joint 9th) Count Sant,  (1983-.
4.1.2.2.  Solange Corinne Sant Fournier  (1984-.
4.2. Conte Hugh Sant Fournier, (joint 7th) Count Sant,  ( 1913-, married to Gwendolyn Wood, with issue.
4.2.1. Conte Robert Sant Fournier, (joint 8th) Count Sant,  ( 1941-
4.2.2.  Michelle Corinne Sant Fournier ( 1945- , married in 1969 to Geoffrey Howard Minter, Laird of Sandside.
4.3.  Mary Sant Fournier, married Milovan Micovic, with issue.

4.3.1.  Milos Micovic (Changed his name to Simon Anthony Steel)., married 1984 (Divorced 1993), to Susan Elizabeth Lewis., dsp.
4.3.2.  Michael Micovic
4.3.3.  Juliana Micovic, died 2005.
4.3.4. Milica Micovic.
4.3.5.  Monica Micovic married to Attilio Vassallo Cesareo,  with issue
4.3.5.1.  Roberta Vassallo Cesareo, (1978-., married 2001 to Kerstien Gabarretta, with issue.

4.3.5.1.1. Luca Gabarretta, (2004-.

4.3.5.1.2. Mattea Gabarretta, (2004-.
4.3.5.2.  Andrea Vassallo Cesareo, (1981-.

4.3.5.3. Mark Vassallo Cesareo (1984-.

 

 

* Conte Edward Sant Fournier, (1871 - , 6th Barone “de Pausier”, 6th (recte: 5th) Conte Fournier, (joint 6th) Count Sant, married in 1906 to Esther dei Marchese Testaferrata-Bonici, with issue.

1. Conte Alfred Sant Fournier (1911-73), 7th Count-See Below.

2. Conte Lazzaro Sant Fournier, (1914-23), (joint 7th) Count Sant d.inf.

3.  Olga Sant Fournier, (1909-), d.inf

 

 

* Conte Alfred Sant Fournier (1911-73), 7th Barone “de Pausier”, 7th (recte: 6th) Conte Fournier, (joint 7th) Count Sant married in 1935 to Eileen Donovan of County Cork, Ireland, with issue.

1. Conte Alfred Sant Fournier, 8th Count. -See Below.
2. Conte Anthony Sant Fournier (1944- , (joint 8th) Count Sant married in 1968 to Elisabeth Anastasi, with issue.
2.1. Conte Christian Sant Fournier, (joint 9th) Count Sant,  (1974-
2.2. Conte Alexander Sant Fournier, (joint 9th) Count Sant,  (1977-., married 2009 (Press Here) to Rachel Azzopardi dei Conti di Bahria e Casandola., with issue.
2.2.2. Conte Jack Sant Fournier, (joint 10th) Count San, (2010-.
2.3. Conte Edward Sant Fournier, (joint 9th) Count Sant, (1980-
3.  Marie Sant Fournier (1936- ,  married in 1958 to Dr Phillip Attard-Montalto LL.D, with issue. (See Benwarrad)
4.  Eileen Sant Fournier ( 1938 . ,  married (Sep) in 1958 to Adrian Busietta, with issue.
4.1. Hadrian Busietta, (1965-, married  to Deirdre N, with issue.
4.1.1. Martina Busietta.
4.2. Rowena Busietta,(1959-, married 1981 to Simon Mamo, with issue.
4.2.1.  Jerome Mamo.
4.2.2.  Hugo Mamo.
4.2.3.  Samuel Mamo.
4.3. Fiona Busietta,( 1961-, married to (Sep) Steve Cachia, with issue.
4.3.1.  Alexandra Cachia.
4.3.2.  Zachary Cachia.

 

* Conte Alfred Sant Fournier, (1944-2002), 8th Baron“de Pausier”, 8th (recte: 7th) Conte Fournier, (joint 8th) Count Sant, married in 1964 to Gladys Meli-Bugeja, with issue

1. Conte Stephen Sant Fournier, (1965-, 9th Barone “de Pausier”, 9th (recte: 8th) Conte Fournier, (joint 9th) Count Sant, (Senior Representative in Lineal descent to St Joan of Arc), married 1995 to Rita Anne Mackay (of the Lords Reay, Earls of Inchcape family), (Click here for Maltese descent), with issue
1.1. Conte Tyler Sant Fournier, (joint 10th) Count Sant, (1997-., Contino Fournier.
1.2. Conte Conner Sant Fournier, (joint 10th) Count Sant, (1999- ., Baroncino de Pausier.
2. Conte Simon Sant Fournier, M.B.A,  4th Count Tagliaferro., (joint 9th) Count Sant, ( 1972-., married 2007 to Dr Charmaine Fenech BA LLD, with issue.
2.1. Conte Gregory Sant Fournier, (2009-. (joint 10th) Count Sant., Contino Tagliaferro.
3. Conte Sean Sant Fournier B.Com.,  (joint 9th) Count Sant,(1977- , married 2006 to Dr. Claudeanne Zammit BA LLD.
4.  Silvana Sant Fournier, M.B.A, (1967-, married 1999 to Matthew Sultana, BSC Elec, with issue.
4.1. Kurt Sultana, (2001-
4.2. Amie Sultana, (2004-
5.  Sarah Sant Fournier (1969-, Married 1996 to Mark Psaila, with issue
5.1. Michela Psaila, (1998-.
5.2. Sasha Psaila, (2004-.
6.  Sandra Sant Fournier (1980-

 

 

 

 

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Other titles enjoyed by the Sant Fournier family (brackets show family of origin)

 

Conte Sant (Sant, 1770)

Conte Tagliaferro (Tagliaferro, 1892)

 

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 * (De Jure Count Sant) - Titled: Stephen Sant Fournier, Count Sant Fournier, as the primogeniture went to Lazzaro Sant and his descendants and several documents state that the Count title belongs to the Sant Fourniers. This providing a possibility that all male to male descendants of the 1st Count Sant are entitled under the Germanic system as Counts (Graf) within the order of primogeniture. All male to male descendants can style Counts (Graf) and daughters can style Countess (Contessa, Grdfin), but not their descendants. Though in the direct line, inheritance may be accepted via female line as the Count Sant of the Holy Roman Empire and in Malta. Another example is the Head of the Sant Manduca line, John Mary dei Conti Sant Manduca was accepted by HRH, Duca di Calabria as Count, thus pushing further the acceptance to all male descendants. All Spouses can style Countess (Contessa, Grdfin).

 

Both in Malta and under the Germanic Empire (Austria Lombardy was part of) would naturally accept one holder as the head of the lineal descent, and further acceptance by descent for all existing male descendants in the legitimate line as Counts, Grdf..

 

 

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