House of Carandini

The House of Carandini (originally Risi) is an ancient Italian noble family, known since the 12th century, whose members occupied many important ecclesiastical and political positions.

House of Carandini Casa Carandini
Coat of arms of the Carandini family
Country	Kingdom of Italy
Founded	12th century
Founder	Cristoforo (Risi) Carandini
Current head	Marquis Alberto Carandini
Titles	Marquis of Sarzano Count Palatine Patrician of Modena Noble of Bologna

History

Records of the Carandini family go back at least to the 12th century, when Emperor Frederick Barbarossa gave the family the right to bear the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; by the 15th century, the Carandinis had risen to political prominence in Modena. The title of Conte palatine (Count palatine) was obtained by a Carandini following the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Additional titles were obtained later including that of Marchese (Marquis) of Sarzano. One or more members of the family became political fugitives in the 19th century and fled to England or Australia; some of the persons listed below are their descendants. Another family member, Filippo Cardinal Carandini, was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and a participant in the 1800 papal conclave.^[1]

Notable members of the family

• Andrea Carandini
• Filippo Carandini
• Nicolò Carandini
• Marie Carandini (by marriage to Jerome Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano)
• Matteo Carandini
• Ercole Consalvi
• Christopher Lee (being son of Estelle Marie Carandini, granddaughter of Jerome and Marie Carandini)
• Rosina Palmer
• Elena de Carandini Raventós, Barcelona, Spain

Bibliography

• Gianna Dotti Messori, I Carandini: la storia e i documenti di una famiglia plurisecolare. No. 144. Aedes muratoriana, 1997
• Roberto Regoli, "Ercole Consalvi, le scelte per la chiesa". Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2006