Ventimiglia family


The Ventimiglia were a noble family of Liguria. Descendants of the family held positions and titles of nobility in Sicily in Mediaeval times and later.

Origin

The Ventimiglia family originated from Cono/Corrado Count of Ventimiglia, son of Count Cono, likely Count palatine of Vienne, Isère.

Lascaris di Ventimiglia

Another branch, the Lascaris Conti di Tenda, is descended in female line from the Laskaris of the Empire of Nicaea through the marriage in 1261 of Guglielmo Pietro I, Conte di Ventimiglia, Signore de Tenda with Eudokia Laskarina, daughter of Emperor Theodore II Laskaris and wife Princess Elena of Bulgaria.

Members of the family

, near Palermo
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