Tomaselli

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Coat of arms of the Tomaselli family
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Portrait of Giuseppe Tomaselli by Barbara Krafft

The Tomaselli family is an old family of condottiero and feudal lords from northern Italy, originally from Piacenza and then settled in Milan, Strigno and in the Province of Bergamo. Over the centuries, members of different branches of the family have been awarded knighthoods in various orders of chivalry. It is believed that Pope Boniface IX was a scion of this family.[ citation needed ] A branch of the family that settled in Austria still exists and produced many noted artists during the late 18th and 19th centuries.

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History

The first document of the family dates back to the beginning of the 12th century. The founder of the family, Luigi Tomaselli, was decorated with the title of Knight in 1113 by the Margravine Matilda of Tuscany after having distinguished himself in the battles against Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who was an enemy of Pope Gregory VII, in 1092. Cosimo Tomaselli, Luigi's nephew, fought with the Lombard League against Frederick Barbarossa in Legnano. Economic fortune came immediately thanks to the wool trade and the entry into local politics of the family. They moved to the fiefdoms of some territories and finally to the Archdiocese of Milan, where they stayed for centuries. Giacomo Tomaselli, a noted lawyer closely linked to the ruling House of Sforza, was appointed Grand Chancellor of the Duchy of Milan in 1537.

In the late seventeenth century, the Tomaselli family were sent by the Republic of Venice to the Province of Bergamo, under the rule of Doge Silvestro Valier, to control the Venetian possessions that surrounded the river Serio. They settled permanently in the Bergamo area, near the areas of the Serio river where they controlled, through their fiefs, the southwestern borders of the Venetian republic.

In the mid-eighteenth century, the most important branch of the Tomaselli family, these of the Counts of Sottocasa,[ citation needed ] became extinct, [1] [ circular reference ] which put an end to the prominency of the entire family.

Title of Count

Luigi Sergio Tomaselli, already blazoned and enrolled in the nobility of Bergamo, was awarded the hereditary title of Conte di Sottocasa by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1801[ citation needed ],[ circular reference ] that is inherited only by the principle of primogeniture.

Gravestone of Giuseppe Tomaselli with the family coat of arms Petersfriedhof Salzburg - Tomaselli G a.jpg
Gravestone of Giuseppe Tomaselli with the family coat of arms

Austrian branch

It is descended from Giuseppe Tomaselli (1758–1836), [2] who was born in Rovereto in the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, which later in his lifetime belonged to Austria and which is now in Italy. After studying music in Milan, he immigrated to Salzburg in 1781 to become a noted singer in court chapel of Hieronymus of Colloredo, Prince-Bishop of Salzburg. After, he became music teacher in Salzburg and in Vienna. Giuseppe (Joseph) Tomaselli was married to Antonia Honikel (1775–1846), a native of Landersdorf. They were the parents of Franz Tomaselli (1801–1846), who was a noted actor and comedian in Vienna; of Karl Tomaselli (1809–1887), who founded a famous coffee shop in Salzburg which still exists; [3] of Ignaz Tomaselli (1812–1862), who was a prominent comedian and singer; and of Katharina Tomaselli (1811–1857), who was an opera singer and who was the mother of the actress and theatre director Josefine Gallmeyer (1838–1884). [4] [5]

One prominent member of this branch of the family is historian Sylvana Tomaselli, the wife of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and daughter-in-law of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Her father Maximilian Karl Tomaselli, who was born in Salzburg, and her French mother Josiane Preschez settled in Newfoundland, Canada, where she was born.[ citation needed ]

Notable members

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References

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  2. Tomaselli, Giuseppe, deutsche-biographie.de
  3. The owner families | Café Tomaselli on the Alter Markt, Salzburg
  4. Tomaselli, berühmte Künstlerfamilie, Allgemeine deutsche Biographie , vol. 38, p. 437–438, Leipzig, 1894
  5. Gerhard Ammerer: Giuseppe Tomaselli 1758–1836. Eine biographische Skizze des Salzburger Hoftenors uns Gesangspädagogen aus Anlass seines 250. Geburtstags. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde, vol. 148 (2008), p. 89-104 ISSN   0435-8279