Letters Patent or noble tenure
Patent One:
Title: Counts
of the
Created: c.1320
To: Milite Riccardo di Vassallo
By: Emperor Andronicus II of the
Remainder: to his legitimate and natural descendants
simultaneously "jure longobardum" in perpetuity
Present Holder: All descendants are able to use the title of
Count.
Patent Two
Title: Counts
of the
Created: 1349
To: Count Giovanni de Vassallo-Paleologo
By: Emperor John VI Cantacuzanus of the
Remainder: to his legitimate and natural descendants
simultaneously "jure longobardum" in perpetuity
Present Holder: All descendants are able to use the title of
Count.
Patent Three
Title: Counts
of the
Created: c.1380
To: Count Riccardo de Vassallo-Paleologo
By: Lords of
Remainder: to his legitimate and natural descendants
simultaneously "jure longobardum" in perpetuity
Present Holder: All descendants are able to use the title of
Count.
Patent Four
Title: Counts
of the
Created: 1405
To: Count Antonio de Vassallo-Paleologo
By:
Remainder: to his legitimate and natural descendants
simultaneously "jure longobardum" in perpetuity
Present Holder: All descendants are able to use the title of
Count.
Patent Four
Title: Conte Vassallo-Paleologos 1455
Created: 1455
To: Count Niccolo’ de Vassallo-Paleologo
By: Kingdom of Sicily
Remainder: to his legitimate and natural descendants
simultaneously "jure longobardum" in perpetuity
Present Holder: All descendants are able to use the title of
Count.
Present
descendants can style: All descendants can style Count or Countess, or “dei Conti” after their
surname.