Sanseverino family

This family of Neapolitan nobles descends from a Norman soldier who accompanied Tancred de Hauteville when he conquered Sicily in 1060. Turgisio (born 1031, son of a Norman landowner named Crispin d'Arnes) was named Lord of Sanseverino and Count of Rota by Tancred; his wife's name is unknown but she was probably Norman too. He settled at Sanseverino in Calabria, and his son Ruggiero married Sirca, daughter of Pandolfo, prince of Salerno by his wife Theodora of Spoleto (both descendants of Charlemagne; the Spoleto family had already produced three popes). Ruggiero's son Roberto (died 1164) Lord of Serino, Solofra and Montoro, married Sarracena; their descendants eventually died out in the male line. Roberto's brother Enrico is recorded as Lord of Sanseverino, Montoro, and Count of Rota in 1125; he married Finizia, and had a son named Guglielmo, Lord of Sanseverino, who married Isabella, daughter of Silvestro, Conte di Marsico (thus bringing the Marsico name into the family; the Marsicos were a cadet branch of the house of Hauteville).
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Certosa di Padula - the St. Lawrence Carthusian Monastry - is one of the most impressive buildings of all the Southern Italy. It was founded by Tommaso Sanseverino in 1306 on the site of an existing coenoby. It is dedicated to St. Lawrence, and its architectural structure recalls the grate upon which the saint was burnt alive.

• A1 = Turgisio, Signore di Sanseverino, b:1031;
  • B1 = Ruggero, Signore di Sanseverino, lvd:1092, m. Sirca di Salerno;
    • C1 = Roberto I, Signore di Lauro, d:1178, m. Saracena;
      • D1 ~ Roberto II, Conte di Caserta, lvd:1183, m. Agnese di Ruggero;
        • E1 ~ Ruggero “il Vecchio”, Conte di Tricarico, lvd:1183, m. Sibilia;
          • F1 ~ Giacomo I, Conte di Tricarico, lvd:1188/1210, m. Elvira d’Altavilla;  ==>  Conte de Hauteville
            • G1 ~ Giacomo II Sanseverino di Tricarico;
              • H1 ~ Adelizia Sanseverino, lvd:1250/1283, m. Risone del Marra;
                • I1 ~ Jacopa del Marra, m. Hugues de Baux;  <==  Conte de Baux
    • C2 = Enrico, Signore di Sanseverino, lvd:1125, m. Fenicia;
      • D1 = Guglielmo Sanseverino, lvd:1188, m. Isabella di Marsico;
        • E1 = Tommaso, Signore di Sanseverino, d:1246, m. Perna di Morra;
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  • F1 = Ruggero, Conte di Marsico, d:1285, m. Teodora d’Aquino;  ==>  Conte d’Aquino
    • G1 = Tommaso, Barone di Sanseverino, d:1324, m1. Sveva d’Avezzano, m2. Margherita di Vaudémont;
      • H1 -- [m1]: Roberto, Signore di Terlizzi, d:1361, m. Giacoma del Bosco;
        • I1 -- Giovanna Sanseverino, m. Carlo Ruffo;  <==  Ruffo family
      • H2 -- [m1]: Giacomo, Conte di Tricarico, d:1348, m. Giacoma di Chiaromonte;
        • I1 -- Ugone, Conte di Potenza, m. Costanza di Sangineto;
          • J1 -- Ceccarella Sanseverino, m. Carlo Ruffo;  <==  Ruffo family
      • H3 = [m2]: Enrico, Conte di Marsico, d:1314, m. Ilaria de Lauria;
        • I1 -- Ruggero, Count of Mileto and Terranova, lvd:1341/1376, m. Giovana d'Aquino;  ==>  Conte d’Aquino
          • J1 -- Cateria Sanseverino, m. Giacomo Marzano;  <==  Marzano family
          • J2 -- Enrico Sanseverino, Conte di Mileto, b:1330, m. Caterina de Toulouse-Lautrec;
            • K1 -- Giovannella Sanseverino, m. Antonio Ruffo;  <==  Ruffo family
        • I2 ~ Tommaso, Conte di Marsico, lvd:1317, m. Isnarda de Courban;
          • J1 ~ Tommaso, Conte di Marsico, lvd:1310/1358, m. Sibilla Pipino;
            • K1 ~ Antonio, Conte di Marsico, lvd:1310/1358, m. Isabella de Baux;  ==>  Conte de Baux
              • L1 ~ Giovanna Sanseverino, m. Louis d'Enghien;  <==  Conte de Brienne

A painting by Lorenzo Sanseverino