Corsini is the name of a Florentine princely family and its estates Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ...

History

The founder is said to be Neri Corsini, who flourished about the year 1170. Like other Florentine nobles the Corsini had at first no titles, but in more recent times they received many from foreign potentates and from the later grand dukes of Tuscany. Events December 29: Assassination of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral City of Dublin captured by the Normans Wang Anshi of Song China started to carried out reforms in three main structures, education, economy and political system. ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria and Marche to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ...

Saint Andrew Corsini (1302—1373) was a member of this family. Saint Andrew (Andrea) Corsini (1302—January 6, 1373) was an Italian Carmelite and bishop of Fiesole. ...

The Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV created the head of the house a count palatine in 1371; the marquisate of Sismano was conferred on them in 1620, those of Casigliano and Civitella in 1629, of Lajatico and Orciatico in 1644, of Giovagallo and Tresana in 1652. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London. ... A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various countries under the crown of European nations. ... Civitella di ValdiChiana south of Arezzo in Tuscany,Italy, is one of the best preserved testimony of the many Longobard fortresses built between the 6th and the 7th century which were strategically set to control the whole central Italy. ...

In 1730 Lorenzo Corsini was elected pope as Clement XII, created a nephew (a true nepote) cardinal Neri Corsini, and conferred the rank of Roman princes and the duchy of Casigliano on his family; in 1732 they were created grandees of Spain. Clement XII, né Lorenzo Corsini (Florence, April 7, 1652 - Rome, February 6, 1740) (pope 1730‑1740), a Florentine aristocrat, had been a lawyer and financial manager under preceding pontiffs. ... Nepotism means favoring relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities. ...

Legacy

They owned two palaces in Florence, one of which on the Lungarno Corsini contains the finest private picture gallery in the city, and many villas and rural estates in various parts of Italy.

Sources and references

• L. Passerini, Genealogia e storia della famiglia Corsini (Florence, 1858)
• A. von Reumont, Geschichte der Stadt Rom (Berlin, 1868)
• Almanach de Gotha.
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia. (passim)