Stemma Guerri dall'Oro Gallone, Principi di Tricase e di Moliterno Principe di Tricase Archive of the Guerri dall'Oro Gallone house

A thousand years, one estuary

Convergence tree

Like rivers, the noble houses converge into a single lineage

From the Conti Guidi of 887, four great houses — Guerri, dall’Oro, Gallone, Pignatelli — flow through the centuries and unite, marriage after marriage, until they form a single course: the Guerri dall’Oro Gallone. Each confluence has its date and its keystone couple.

Guerri dall’Oro Gallone coat of arms
Convergence tree of the houses into the Guerri dall’Oro Gallone River diagram: the Guerri spine descends from the Conti Guidi (887); the dall’Oro, Gallone and Pignatelli tributaries join it at the dates of their marriages (1796, 1862, 1939) down to the present-day mouth, Simon (12th Prince) and Léon (13th). Conti Guidi Tuscany · since 887 → Guerri of Siena (14th c.) dall'Oro joins in 1862 Gallone fiefs of the South Pignatelli joins in 1796 1796Pignatelli ⊕ Gallone→ GalloneGiuseppe Gerardo Gallone × Maria Emanuela Pignatellibrings the fiefs of the South 1796Pignatelli ⊕ Gallone→ GalloneGiuseppe Gerardo Gallone × Maria Emanuela Pignatellibrings the fiefs of the South 1862dall'Oro ⊕ Guerri→ Guerri dall'OroPietro Giovanni Guerri × Dejanira dall'Orothe “Guerri dall’Oro” is born 1862dall'Oro ⊕ Guerri→ Guerri dall'OroPietro Giovanni Guerri × Dejanira dall'Orothe “Guerri dall’Oro” is born 1939Gallone ⊕ Guerri dall'Oro→ Guerri dall'Oro GalloneAldo Guerri dall'Oro × Simonetta della PostaGallone via della Posta 1939Gallone ⊕ Guerri dall'Oro→ Guerri dall'Oro GalloneAldo Guerri dall'Oro × Simonetta della PostaGallone via della Posta todayGuerri dall'Oro GalloneSimon (12° Principe di Tricase) → Léon (13°, n. 2018) todayGuerri dall'Oro GalloneSimon (12° Principe di Tricase) → Léon (13°, n. 2018)

Generation by generation

The tree of confluences

The diagram above shows the currents; here are the people. For each of the four confluences: the two lines of direct ancestry that meet, the marriage that joins them, and the descendants down to the next confluence. Only direct ancestors appear here; siblings and cadet branches are on the pages of each house.

  1. Gallone

    Tricase · Terra d'Otranto

    7 earlier generations
    1. Clemente Gallone « Greek » priest
    2. Cesario Gallone « Greek » priest
    3. Mariano Gallone « Greek » priest
    4. Angelo I Gallone † 1546 Lord of Tricase
    5. Alessandro I Gallone † 1589 2nd Baron of Tricase 1588, 1st Baron of Specchia Gallone 1586
    6. Giovanni Angelo II Gallone 1572–1616 3rd Baron of Tricase 1589, 3rd Baron of Specchia Gallone
    7. Stefano II Gallone 1601–1662 5th Baron 1623 then 1st Prince of Tricase 1651, 7th Baron of Specchia Gallone
    1. Alessandro III Gallone 1638–1675 2nd Prince of Tricase 1662
    2. Stefano III Gallone 1666–1733 3rd Prince of Tricase 1675
    3. Giuseppe Domenico Gallone 1706–1766 5th Prince of Tricase 1753
    4. Giuseppe Gerardo Gallone 1766–1806 6th Prince of Tricase

    Pignatelli

    Naples · from the 11th c.

    19 earlier generations
    1. Sergio de Domna Maria
    2. Giovanni de Domna Maria
    3. Landolfo « Pignatello »
    4. Bartolomeo « Pignatello »
    5. Landolfo Pignatelli
    6. Ruggero Pignatelli † 1278c.
    7. Landolfo « Puzzetto » Patrician of Naples
    8. Riccardo « de Caserta » † 1303c. Knight
    9. Giacomo Pignatelli Viceroy of Apulia 1326 and Abruzzo 1336
    10. Tommaso Pignatelli Prefect of the Royal House of Naples
    11. Angelo Pignatelli Captain of Charles III
    12. Tommaso « Masello » † 1431 Governor of Atri 1400 and Bari 1431
    13. Palamede Pignatelli
    14. Giacomo Pignatelli † 1539 1st Lord of Cerchiara and Noja
    15. Fabrizio I Pignatelli † 1567 1st Baron 1532 then 1st Marquess of Cerchiara 1557
    16. Lucio Pignatelli † 1639c. 1st Lord of Marsiconovo 1638
    17. Francesco Pignatelli † 1649 2nd Lord then 1st Baron of Marsiconovo 1639
    18. Giovanni Battista I Pignatelli † 1649 2nd Baron of Marsiconovo
    19. Girolamo I Pignatelli 1641–1701 3rd Baron then 1st Prince of Marsiconovo 1677
    1. Giovanni Battista II Pignatelli 1697–1729 2nd Prince of Marsiconovo
    2. Girolamo II Pignatelli 1721–1777 1st Prince of Moliterno 1743, 3rd Prince of Marsiconovo
    3. Giovanni Battista III Pignatelli 1740–1805 2nd Prince of Moliterno, 4th Prince of Marsiconovo
    4. Maria Emanuela Pignatelli 1775–1818 Princess of Moliterno and Marsiconovo (heiress)
    1796

    Gallone ∞ Pignatelli

    Giuseppe Gerardo Gallone, 6th Prince of Tricase, marries Maria Emanuela Pignatelli: through her inheritance the Principalities of Moliterno and Marsiconovo pass to the House of Gallone (1848).

    Descent

    1. Giovanni Battista Gallone 1800–1868 7th Prince of Tricase, 4th of Moliterno, 6th of Marsiconovo
    2. Giuseppe Gallone 1819–1898 8th Prince of Tricase, Count of Nociglia, Senator of the Kingdom of Italy 1861
    3. Pietro Giovanni Battista « Gino » Gallone 1855–1931 9th Prince of Tricase (1898–1931), 6th of Moliterno, Count of Nociglia
    4. Maria Bianca Gallone 1895–1982 10th Princess of Tricase, 7th of Moliterno

  2. Conti Guidi · Guerri

    Tuscany · from 887

    28 earlier generations
    1. Grimaldus
    2. Theudelgrimus (Tegrimo) c. 887 Resident at Pistoia
    3. Tegrimo I ? – 930 Count of Modigliana (925)
    4. Guido I ? – 963 Count of Modigliana · founder of the dynasty
    5. Tegrimo II "Bevisangue" ? – 990
    6. Guido II ? – 1034
    7. Guido III ? – 1056
    8. Guido IV ? – 1103
    9. Guido Guerra I "il Marchese" ? – 1124
    10. Guido Guerra II ? – 1157 Comes Tusciae · diploma of Frederick Barbarossa
    11. Guido Guerra III 1140–1213 Count Palatine of Tuscany
    12. Tegrimo VI 1175–1234 Count of Modigliana · Count of Porciano · Count Palatine
    13. Guido dei Conti Guidi 1221–1293 Count of Modigliana · Count of Porciano
    14. Corrado ? – 1291 of the Counts of Porciano · Count of Val d'Ambra
    15. Amerigo ? – 1300 of the Counts of Porciano · Count of Val d'Ambra
    16. Guido "Zeffiro" ? – 1348 of the Counts of Porciano · Count of Val d'Ambra
    17. Giovanni ? – 1363 of the Counts of Porciano · of the Counts of Val d'Ambra
    18. Pietro Guerra Citizen of Siena · from noble to commoner
    19. Giovanni "Tempesta" Guerri
    20. Piero Guerri
    21. Giovanni Battista Guerri
    22. Domenico Guerri
    23. Piero Guerri c. 1542
    24. Domenico Guerri ? – 1573
    25. Pietro Guerri ? – 1611 m. 1573 Anna del Marzaro
    26. Giovanni Battista Guerri 1589–1662 m. 1611 Maria de' Baroncelli
    27. Giuseppe Guerri 1633–1700
    28. Francesco Guerri 1671–1737
    1. Anton Cesario Guerri 1706–1792
    2. Francesco Maria Guerri 1740–1808
    3. Pier Lorenzo Guerri b. 1784
    4. Pietro Giovanni Guerri dall'Oro 1819–1880 First Guerri dall'Oro (marriage to Dejanira, 1862)

    dall'Oro

    Padua, then Treviso · from the 13th c.

    7 earlier generations
    1. Stefano dall'Oro
    2. Martino dall'Oro 1528–1623
    3. Domenico dall'Oro
    4. Pietro Antonio « il Logia » dall'Oro b. 1578 Noble « Messere »
    5. Silvestro dall'Oro b. 1604 Noble « Messere »
    6. Domenico « da Macarelli » dall'Oro Noble « Messere »
    7. Carlo Antonio dall'Oro b. 1674
    1. Carlo Domenico dall'Oro 1704–1756
    2. Carlo Andrea dall'Oro 1755–1823
    3. Paolo dall'Oro 1795–1860
    4. Dejanira dall'Oro 1835–1900 last of her House
    1862

    Guerri ∞ dall'Oro

    Pietro Giovanni Guerri marries Dejanira dall'Oro, last of her House, and adds her surname to his own: the Guerri dall'Oro are born.

    Descent

    1. Pietro Quinto Guerri dall'Oro 1874–1944 Colonel of the Carabinieri
    2. Aldo Guerri dall'Oro 1913–2004 Count Guerri dall'Oro

  3. Gallone

    ↑ see the 1796 confluence

    1. Maria Bianca Gallone 1895–1982 10th Princess of Tricase, 7th of Moliterno

    della Posta

    Abruzzo · from the 13th c.

    21 earlier generations
    1. Francesco I della Posta † 1276 Lord of the Terra della Posta, of Capracotta 1269, of Palata 1269, of Torrebruna d'Abruzzo
    2. Gentile della Posta Lord of Capracotta, of Duronia 1276, of Montemitro 1276
    3. Bartolomeo della Posta c. 1292 Lord of Capracotta and Duronia
    4. Alessandro della Posta Knight, Lord of Capracotta
    5. Gentile della Posta c. 1308 Lord of Capracotta
    6. Francesco III della Posta c. 1331 Lord of Capracotta
    7. Simone I della Posta † 1367 Master Usher of Robert I, King of Naples, Lord of Capracotta, of Castelverrino 1326, of San Felice del Molise 1321
    8. Cristoforo (Cristofano) della Posta † 1384 Chamberlain of Joanna I, Queen of Naples
    9. Agapito della Posta
    10. Simone II della Posta c. 1415 Chamberlain of Ladislaus, King of Naples
    11. Francesco IV della Posta
    12. M. della Posta
    13. Francesco « Fantauzzo » della Posta General of the imperial Cavalry 1507
    14. Graziano I della Posta
    15. Scipione I della Posta
    16. Graziano II della Posta c. 1621
    17. Francesco della Posta
    18. Domenico « Seniore » della Posta 1648–1697 1st Baron of Civitella Alfedena 1697
    19. Scipione III della Posta † 1742 2nd Baron then 1st Duke of Civitella Alfedena 1715, 4th Baron of Vulgano
    20. Domenico « Juniore » della Posta 1741–1788 2nd Duke of Civitella Alfedena, 5th Baron of Vulgano
    21. Pietro della Posta 1773–1815 3rd Duke of Civitella Alfedena, 6th Baron of Vulgano
    1. Augusto I della Posta 1813–1890 4th Duke of Civitella Alfedena, 7th Baron of Vulgano
    2. Augusto II della Posta 1849–1917 5th Duke of Civitella Alfedena, 8th Baron of Vulgano
    3. ⋯ archival gap 6th Duke of Civitella Alfedena
    4. Augusto III della Posta 1890–1970 7th Duke of Civitella Alfedena, 9th Baron of Vulgano
    1915

    Gallone ∞ della Posta

    Maria Bianca, last of the Gallone, 10th Princess of Tricase, marries Augusto III della Posta, Duke of Civitella Alfedena. Their only daughter, Simonetta, carries the Gallone inheritance.

    Descent

    1. Simonetta della Posta 1916–1986 of the Dukes of Civitella Alfedena

  4. Guerri dall'Oro

    ↑ see the 1862 confluence

    1. Aldo Guerri dall'Oro 1913–2004 Count Guerri dall'Oro

    della Posta · Gallone

    ↑ see the 1915 confluence

    1. Simonetta della Posta 1916–1986 of the Dukes of Civitella Alfedena
    1939

    Guerri dall'Oro ∞ della Posta

    Aldo Guerri dall'Oro marries Simonetta della Posta, daughter of Maria Bianca Gallone: the currents join into a single course, the House of Guerri dall'Oro Gallone, down to Simon, 12th Prince of Tricase, and his son Léon.

    The mouth

    1. Guido Guerri dall'Oro Gallone 1941–2019 11th Prince of Tricase, 8th of Moliterno
    2. Simon Guerri dall'Oro Gallone b. 1985 12th Prince of Tricase, 9th of Moliterno
    3. Léon Guerri dall'Oro Gallone b. 2018 future 13th Prince of Tricase, 10th of Moliterno

The four keystone dates

Four marriages, spread over more than a thousand years, brought together into a single lineage the houses that today make up the name Guerri dall’Oro Gallone.

  1. 887

    The Tuscan roots

    From the Conti Guidi of Tuscany (since 887) descends, in the 14th century, the Guerri of Siena branch: it is the spine, the river’s main course, from which everything springs.

    Read more : Conti Guidi · Guerri

  2. 1796

    The Southern graft

    The marriage of Giuseppe Gerardo Gallone and Maria Emanuela Pignatelli unites two great houses of the South: the Pignatelli flow into the Gallone, who bring with them the southern fiefs.

    Read more : Gallone · Pignatelli

  3. 1862

    The “Guerri dall’Oro” is born

    Pietro Giovanni Guerri (1819–1880) marries in 1862 Dejanira dall’Oro (1835–1900), the last of her House: from the union the compound name “Guerri dall’Oro” is born.

    Read more : dall'Oro · Pietro Giovanni Guerri

  4. 1939

    The mouth: Guerri dall’Oro Gallone

    Aldo Guerri dall’Oro marries Simonetta della Posta, who carries the Gallone heritage: thus the “Guerri dall’Oro Gallone” are born, the course that reaches Simon (12th Prince of Tricase) and his son Léon (13th, b. 2018).

    Read more : Gallone · della Posta · Guerri dall'Oro Gallone

Gallery

Palazzo Gallone, Tricase
Palazzo Gallone, Tricase