CASE STUDY OF THE SANT ORIGINS

                                                                           Mehmed 111, (r1448-81)

                                                                           Sultan of Turkey

                                                                           Married (1) [1]

                                                                           Princess Helena Palaeologina

                                                                           Prince Djem Sayd of Turkey, (1459-95)

                                                                           Sultan of Anatolia, (r1481)   

                                                                           Mistress (wifelet) – [1, 8]

                                                                           Helena Orsini

                                                                           Prince Mehmed Sayd, (1475-1522)

                                                                           (Cr. PRINCIPE DE SAYD 1492-Papal.) [1, 7]

                                                                           Married 1499 [:2]

                                                                           Maria Concetta Doria

                          Oshin Pierre Sayd, (1500-94)   [1, 3]                     Principe Nicola Sayd, (1505-36), [1, 3]

                          2^nd PRINCIPE DE SAYD                                                 married (1), Burgo,Malta [ 6]

                          Married   1550 Naples  [4]                                               Angela del Burgo 

                          Teresa dei Marchesi Grimaldi                                                                (Mistress « Antonia,.An Ethopian Slave ») [15]

                          Don Giam Piero  Sayd                                                  Nicola Santu (1534-79) [ 9]

                          (1521-1600)                                                                 Arbitane of Casal Lia

                          married 1553, Zebbug, [5]                                              married 1552

                          Marguerite Borg                                                           Imperia “an illegitimate daughter of slave Fatma” [16]

                                 Saids                                                                               

                                                                                                                 Alberto (Bertu) Sant  [10]

                                                                                  married (1) Caterina… Married (2) 1612 to Imperia Agius

                                                                                                                  Gio Maria Sant  [11]

                                                                                                                  married 1644

                                                                                                                  Matteola Mifsud

                                                                                                                 Gio Maria Sant   [12]

                                                                                                                 Abitante of Valletta

                                                                                                                 married 1676

                                                                                                                 Caterina Camilleri

                                                                                                                 Not. Gio Francesco Sant  [13]

                                                                                                                 married in 1701

                                                                                                                 Diane Galea

                                                                                                                 Salvatore Baldassare Sant, (1715-91)  [14]

                                                                                                                 Created Count Sant in 1770 at Vienna 

                                                                                                                 married in 1740    

                                                                                                                 Maria Antonia Ciantar-Gimbert.

                                                                                    ( Sant-Cassia, Sant-Fournier,

                                                                                     sant-Barbaro & sant-manduca.)

Sources:

[1].  Lewenklaw von Amelsburen, "Hans Neuwe Chronica Turckischer Nation von Turcken selbst  beshrieben", Frankfurt am Main, 1590)

[2].  Liber Matrimonialis, 1499, Rome.

[3].  Acknowledged by Pope Clement VII Medici, on the death of Principi Pierre Mehmed Sayd 1522 and again in 1523.

[4]. Liber Matrimonialis, 1550, Naples. Notary Alvaro Carafa, Monio. No Mention which church the marriage had taken place.

[5]. Liber Matrimonialis, 1553, Zebbug, Malta, Married firstly in 1543 to a Bernardina Bonici at Zebbug and sp.

[6]. Testamento Nicola de Agatiis 1512, Burgo, Malta, Niccolo married a second time to a Isabella Cassia. (Division 1538 Not. Giorgio Buttigieg)

[7]. Visconte de Sayd 1500 by King Ferderick I of Naples.  Patrician of Rome 1492 by the Roman Senate. Prince de Sang of the Ottoman Empire by Pope Alexander Borgia to Pierre Mehmed Sayd and his descendants. Lewenklaw von Amelsburen, "Hans Neuwe Chronica Turckischer Nation von Turcken selbst  beshrieben", Frankfurt am Main, 1590; Hanedan Maison d’Osman, Genealogie de la Famille Imperiale Ottomane, Paris 1er juillet 2000).

[8]. Sultan Djem was recognized by the following as ‘H.I.H, Prince and Sultan Djem Sayd of the Ottoman Empire.

-          Knight of St John in Rhodes Island, 1482 by Pierre d’Aubusson and the successive Grand Masters of St John in Rhodes Island.

-          Pope Alexander VI Borgia-Acknowledged Djem’s eldest son as Prince de Sang

-          Pope Innocent VIII Cybo- Acknowledged Djem as Prince of Ottoman Empire

-          King Charles VIII of France-Acknowledged Djem with the titles of Prince de Sang in France and his descendants in1484.

-          Duca Ercole I of Ferrara, and Reggio, Acknowledged and Created Djem a Noble of Ferrera and Reggio.

-          The Doge of Genoa, acknowledged Djem as Prince de Sang, Patrician of Genoa. The Doge Doria, later offered his grand-daughter to Djem’s son in marriage.

-          Duca Lodovico Sforza of Milian, acknowledged Djem and offered one of his illegitimate daughters in Marriage.

-          Duca Alfonso II d’Este of Modena, acknowledged Djem .

-          King Ferrante I of Naples, acknowledged Djem as a  Royal cousin.

-          King Ferrante II of Naples, reacknowledged Djem

-          Duca Carlo I di Savoie, acknowledged Djem

-          Duca Carlo II di Savoie

-          King Ferdinand II of Sicily, acknowledged as King of Aragon, Spain and of Sicily.

-          Grand Duke Lorenzo I de Medici of Tuscany

-          Conte Guidone Ubaldo I of Urbino

-          Doge Marco Barbarigo of Venice

-          Doge Giovanni Mocenigo of Venice

-          Emperor Frederick III of the Holy Roman Empire, acknowledged Djem as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and granted Djem and his descendants Hereditary Knighthood of the Holy Roman Empire. Recognised Djem as Prince de Sang. Also offered Djem a Duchy in the Balkans.

-          King John II of Portugal

-          Queen Isabella I of Castile and Leon, Queen of Spain

-          Queen Catalina de Albert of Navarre

-          King Fernando II of Aragon, King of Spain.

-          King Hans of Denmark

-          Grand Master Martin von Wetzhausen of the Teutonic Order

-          Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg

-          Duke Wilhelm IV of Juliers

-          Landgraves Wilhelm I of Hesse

-          Duke Johann II of Cleves

-          Duke Albert IV of Bavaria

[9]. Nicola Santu, the illegitimate son of Don Nicola Sayd and an Ethopian slave. The surname of Santu comes from Santi, the residence where Don Nicola Sayd had resided amongst other places. Nicola Santu was granted freedom along with his mother and siblings, and later became an Arbitant in Casal Lia and resided in Ghargur, Malta. The founder of the Name-sake Sant and the ancestor of the Counts Sant and Fournier and ancestor of much of the nobility in Malta. 

References: Notary Vincenzo Cagega, 29th of December 1536."Manumission of slave":

The Noble Nicola Sayd gave liberty upon his death to one of his slaves and her children, who took the name of "Antonia Santu" upon Baptism.  With their freedom, a house in Ghargur was provided and 2 turmi of land in that district.

Antonia was purchased about 1519 amongst other slaves of Ethiopian obstract.

[10]. Testamento 13^th January 1603 by Notary Simone Galea.

[11]. Matrimonio 1644 by Notary Matteo Cauchi. Gio Maria Sant was also noted as Giovanni Sant.

[12]. Matrimonio 1676 by Notary Andrea Vella.

[13]. Matrimonio 24^th April 1701 by Notary Gio Andrea Madiona. Testamento 7^th May 1743 by Notary Giovanni Grech.

[14]. Born 1715 and dying 1791 at Valletta.

[15].  Johannes Xebiras sold to Gaddo Raficano the Ethiopian female slave names Madalena for thirteen uncie and to Don Nicola Sayd, an Ethiopian slave called Antonia for thirteen uncie. Notary Petro de Alaymo on 23rd November 1519.

[16]. Imperia “an illegitimate daughter of slave Fatma. Fatma was owned by the Knights of St John. Fatma was of Turkish or Albanian origin.