Pamphili family

Pamphili or Pamphili is a product from Umbria Italian noble family. The Pamphili were closely involved politically and ecclesiastically in the Roman Curia in the 16th and 17th centuries, from her went a pope and several cardinals out. The Family allied himself over the decades with the noble families of Doria Landi and is Doria Pamphili - Landi today as the line is known.

Family History

Originally the family came from the village of Gubbio. It moved its headquarters in the late 15th century to Rome. Under the pontificate of Pope Innocent VIII (1481-1492) took over family members ecclesiastical and administrative activities and continued the construction of the family dynasty. For the first Cardinal of the Pamphili family in 1604 Girolamo Pamphili was appointed.

At the height of their power the Pamphili came with the election of Giovanni Battista Pamphili Pope Innocent X, who held the chair of Peter from 1644 to 1655.

The family owned several palaces in Rome, they had large country estates and goods and gave himself the title of prince. By intermarriage in wealthy families such as the Doria and the Barberini they were able to consolidate their fame and their power. The male line died out in 1760. Between 1639 to 1649 they were involved on behalf of Innocent X at the Barberini side in the War of Castro battle against the Duke of Parma.

Anna Pamphili of Gubbio, the heiress of the famous Palazzo Doria Pamphili in Rome - and large estates, married in 1671 the Genoese Giovanni Andrea III. Doria Landi. The Roman branch of the Pamphili family died out in 1760. 1763 took Prince Andrea IV to the final name of Doria Pamphili - Landi -.

Pope and Cardinals

From the family a Pope and many Cardinals emerged, among them:

  • Girolamo Pamphili (1544-1610), Cardinal
  • Giovanni Battista Pamphili (1574-1655), when Pope Innocent X.
  • 1644 Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili ( 1616-1663 ). He was the son of Pamphilio Pamphili and Donna Olimpia Maidalchini.
  • 1681 Benedetto Pamphili O.SI.o.Hieros ( 1653-1730 ). He was the son of the former Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, who had resigned from the church service and Olimpia Aldobrandini in 1647, Princess of Rosanno and widow of Paolo Borghese, had married.
  • Doria Pamphili 1785 Antonio ( 1749-1821 ) and Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili ( 1751-1816 ) come from the line of Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, whose daughter Anna, who had married into the family of Andreas Doria Landi.
  • Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili (1751-1816), Cardinal
  • Doria Pamphili Landi 1816 Girogio ( 1772-1837 ), the grandson of Anna and the Andrea Doria Landi and son of Andrea Dori - Landi from the marriage with Leopolda di Savoia - Carignano.

Palaces of the family

The Palazzo Doria Pamphili in Rome -

The Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome

Palazzo Pamphili in Albano Laziale

Coat of arms

The emblem of the Pamphili shows on a red field a silver dove holding an olive branch in its beak. The header is divided into three blue fields, in each of which a golden lily is placed. The coat of arms was also part of the coat of arms of Pope Innocent X.

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