The Gabrielli are an Italian feudal family from Gubbio, in Umbria. Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 43°12′ N 12°34′ E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ...

Some historians trace their origins back to the Roman age, and claim they descend from the emperor Caracalla, however the first historical documents mentioning the family appear in the 10th century only, when Cante was awarded by Pope Stephen VII a few castles in central Italy, and especially the castle at Luceoli, which was named Cantiano (i.e. belonging to Cante) after him. Caracalla Caracalla (April 4, 186–April 8, 217) was emperor of the Roman Empire from AD 211–217. ... Stephen VII, was Pope from May 896 to July or August 897. ...

The family grew in power and many of its members had remarkable lives:

Forte Gabrielli was a hermit in the mountains around Gubbio, and later on joined the Benedectines at Fonte Avellana. He died on 9 May 1040 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV on 17 March 1756. His body is still exposed in the Cathedral of Gubbio.

Saint Rodolfo Gabrielli was born in 1034 and in 1054 bequeathed his castle at Camporeggiano to Saint Peter Damian and became a Benedectine monk at the Monastery of Fonte Avellana. He was appointed bishop of Gubbio in 1061 and died on 17 October 1064. He was later sanctified. Pietro Damiani (Saint Peter Damian), (c. ... Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 43°12′ N 12°34′ E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. ...

His brother Pietro Gabrielli was also beatified.

Girolamo Gabrielli was the leader of 1000 knights during the First Crusade. According to an undocumented tradition he was the first Crusader to enter the Holy Sepulchre when Jerusalem was seized (1099). The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ...

Cante Gabrielli was Commander in Chief of the Guelph League in Central Italy and Podestà (Lord-Mayor) of Florence. He condemned Dante Alighieri, the famous poet, to exile. Giosue Carducci (1835-1907), the famous Italian poet and Nobel Prize winner, dedicated a sonnet to him. Guelph has several meanings: Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada. ... Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... Giosuè Carducci (July 27, 1835 - February 16, 1907) was an Italian poet and teacher, and winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ...

Castora Gabrielli joined the Franciscan order as a tertiary. She died on 14 June 1391 and was later beatified. The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ...

Giovanni Gabrielli, count of Borgovalle was lord of Gubbio from 1350 to 1354. Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 43°12′ N 12°34′ E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. ...

Gabriello Gabrielli was bishop and lord of Gubbio from 1381 to 1384. Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 43°12′ N 12°34′ E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. ...

Gabriele Gabrielli was bishop of Urbino and Cardinal. He died in 1511. Panorama of Urbino with the cathedral and the palazzo ducale Urbino is a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site with a great cultural history during the Renaissance as the seat of Federico da Montefeltro. ... The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for hinge and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins. ...

Francesco Gabrielli, count of Baccaresca, served as General of Italian troops during the Portugal war and died at the battle of Alcazarquivir in 1578. Alcazarquivir (Arabic, القصر الكبير) is a city in Morocco also known under the names Al Qasr al Kabir and Ksar el Kbir. ...

Giulio Gabrielli (1604-1677) was created Cardinal in 1641. The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for hinge and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins. ...

Another Giulio Gabrielli (1748-1822) served as Cardinal Secretary of State. The Cardinal Secretary of State presides over the Vatican Secretariat of State, which is the oldest and most important dicastery of the Roman Curia. ...

The count Nicolò Gabrielli (1814-1891) was a well known musician at the court of the French Emperor Napoleon III. Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ...

The family divided over the centuries in many branches, the most famous of which was the one that settled in Rome and obtained the title of Prince of Prossedi. Two members of this branch married two princesses of the Bonaparte family. The line is currently continuing in the di Carpegna-Falconieri-Gabrielli family. A branch that settled in Fano was styled Gabrielli-Wiseman, and was related to Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman. Another branch settled in Fano was styled Gabrielli di Montevecchio, and bears the titles of Duke and Count. The branch that settled in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies bears the title of Count Gabrielli and Baron of Quercita. All the branches bear the title of Patrizio di Gubbio (Patrician of Gubbio). City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Of Corsican origin, the Bonaparte (originally Buonaparte) family is the family of Napoleon I, who was elected as first consul of France on November 10, 1799 with the help of his brother, Lucien Bonaparte, president of the Council of Five Hundred at Saint-Cloud. ... Nicholas Patrick Stephen Cardinal Wiseman (August 2, 1802 - February 15, 1865) was an English Cardinal and the first Archbishop of Westminster. ... The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the new name that the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV of Naples gave to his domain (including Southern Italy and Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration of his power in 1816. ...

References

• Francesco SANSOVINO. Della origine et de' fatti delle famiglie illustri di Italia. Venezia, Salicato, 1609

• G. B. di CROLLALANZA, Dizionario Storico-Blasonico, Pisa, 1886

• Vittorio SPRETI "Enciclopedia Storico Nobiliare Italiana, Milano, 1928-35

• Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Italiana, XXII edizione, Roma, 2000