Marquis of Neoneli


Marquis of Neoneli is a title granted in 1774 by Victor Amadeus III of Savoy, king of Sardinia, to Sardinian nobleman Pedro Ripoll. It has passed afterwards to the house Sanjust.

The grant

The title was conferred over the villages of Neoneli, Ula and Ardauli, the surrounding Basala mountains, lands of Tollinaro, Borte and Lochele in the Barigadu susu and the fisheries of Marceddì and Rio Maggiore in Oristano, all those in Iglesias and that of Piscinalonga in the poll of Cagliari; but with limited jurisdiction out of the villages.

The inheritance

The title passed over to the grantee's descent up to date.

List of Marquesses of NeoneliAccording to the common genealogical use in Sardinia (and also legal use in Spain), Marquesses are indicated with both the father's and the mother's surnames, whatever the actual form in documents.In order to describe the spouses' houses, main titles of those houses are indicated, in the modern Italian form «of the title»

  1. Pedro Ripoll Manca, 1st Marquess of Neoneli and Count of Tuili, 1774-1775; married Juana Asquer of the Viscounts of Flumini;
  2. Manuel Ripoll Asquer, 2nd Marquess of Neoneli etc., son of the latter, 1775–1802; m. 1st Juana Nin of the Marquesses of St. Thomas and 2nd Josefa Zapata of the Barons of Las Plassas;
  3. Pietro Ripoll Nin, 3rd Marquess of Neoneli etc., son of the latter by first marriage, 1802–1822; m. Anna Maria Cadello, later Marchioness of San Sperate suo jure;
  4. Emanuele Ripoll Cadello, 4th Marquess of Neoneli etc., son of the latter, 1822–1823;
  5. Maria Angela Ripoll Cadello, 5th Marchioness of Neoneli suo jure, Marchioness of San Sperate, etc., sister of the latter, 1823–1850; m. don Carlo Sanjust, Baron of Teulada; under her rule, the fiefs were "redeemed";
  6. Enrico Sanjust Ripoll, 6th Marquess of Neoneli, Baron of Teulada etc., son of the latter, 1850–1910;
  7. Luigi Sanjust Ripoll, 7th Marquess of Neoneli etc., brother of the latter, 1910–1915; m. Maria Francesca Aymerich of the Marquesses of Laconi;
  8. Giuseppe Sanjust Ripoll, 8th Marquess of Neoneli etc., brother of the latter, 1915–1923; m. Maria Sanjust of the barons of Teulada;
  9. Carlo Sanjust Sanjust, 9th Marquess of Neoneli etc., son of the latter, 1923–1964; m. Olga Mattiolo;
  10. Francesco Sanjust Mattiolo, 10th Marquess of Neoneli etc., son of the latter, 1964-2014; m. Angela Lodrini;
Present holder is the brother of the latter, called Ignazio, with his only son as heir apparent.