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Title

Carretto family papers

Authors

• Carretto family

Other related names

• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, recipient

Call number

Ms. Coll. 788 Folders 66-84
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948579373503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681974028
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4857937

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Italian, Latin, and Spanish

Summary

Collection of documents pertaining to the Carretto family (also referred to as del Carretto). The family, of Spanish origin, moved to Sicily in the early 16th century and prospered in the Palermo and Agrigento areas thanks to a close network of alliances with local noblemen. These connections are highlighted in many of the items of the collection, which consists of a large number of marriage certificates, dowries (sometimes containing inventories), death and baptism records, and genealogical tables. The Carretto were related to the Burgio, the Naselli, the Valguarnera, the Galletti, the Morso, and the Requesens, and through them acquired multiple titles and privileges. Moreover, correspondence between the Carretto and the Spanish king Charles V shows how the family stayed close to the crown even after moving to Sicily, and how they helped the monarch maintain a control over the Southern Italian territories. Wills of various members of the Carretto family, usually accompanied by inventories, are also present, and donations or payments to the local churches (especially Sant'Antonio da Padova in Palermo) are frequent.

Extent

2 boxes (19 folders)

Subjects topical

• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova (Palermo, Italy)
• Privileges and immunities--Italy--Sicily
• Inheritance and succession--Italy

Genres

• Wills
• Inventories
• Genealogies
• Genealogical tables
• Death certificates
• Legal documents
• Notarial documents
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--17th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--17th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--18th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 15th century
• 16th century
• 17th century
• 18th century
• Genealogy
• Italian
• Italy
• Legal

Licenses

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