Are there any Italian noble families that are still around and powerful today? If so, does the average Italian know much about them?
Are there any Italian noble families that are still around and powerful today? If so...
Wyatt Fisher
Aaron Richardson
as far as I know there are not many today
the few that remain have 8000 cadet branches and do nothing of note
Joseph Hernandez
idk in italy but the mayor of são paulo is from an old genoese family that dates from the 11th century, they had several famous doges and admirals and shit. if I had to guess I'd say they're still rich in italy as well.
James Scott
Yes
And no
Ethan Thompson
Savoy, Sicilian Bourbon, Habsburgs, and a shitload of minor nobility are still around. The Vatican has its own nobility that decided to side with the pope rather than Italy after the Papal States were lost.
Colton Thompson
I am from an old noble family, but the father of my grampa wasted all hsi money gambling hovever, now I am middle class but still own the title
Bentley Rivera
Do the titles mean anything nowadays?
Bentley Robinson
No
Our prime minister in I think 2017 was a count or something
Noah Hill
no, but you have a funny surname
Parker King
Yeah, there's a Cathar princess who regularly posts here.
Jacob Diaz
>The Vatican has its own nobility
What?
Jason Kelly
>these dudes actually think Dubrovnik was Italian
Ayden Sanchez
google black nobility
Luke Robinson
Yes they're still rich and influential
t. Genoese
Aaron Taylor
The Rothschilds are descended from the Gwelf bloodline, a wealthy banking dynasty originally from Bavaria that became part of the Venetian banking elite.
Jose Young
Ethan Watson
>still around
Yes.
>powerful
Their titles don't mean anything anymore, the Constitution abolished them. However, they can keep calling themselves Counts, Princes, etc.
The ones that are powerful are those who didn't squander their wealth.
Chase Reed
>but the father of my grampa wasted all hsi money gambling hovever
many such cases!
Jaxson Thomas
>not many today
They are usually the people that occupy the best and high wage jobs.
Easton Carter
The Rothschilds descend from rhadanite
merchants.
Brayden Brooks
Maybe in the anglo world
Gabriel Rivera
It’s the same in Italy, France, Germany. The nobility mixed with the wealthy merchants of the enlightenment and industrial revolution era btw.