Stampa family

They were Grandees of Spain, members the Order of the Golden Fleece and owned many estates throughout the Italian Peninsula, including a Castle in Soncino, a Palace in Milan, and countless others in Muggiò, Melzo, Gorgonzola, Rivolta d'Adda, Ferentino and Rome.

[3] However, historians such as the Count Pompeo Litta do not believe these sources, arguing that it was very common for aristocratic families to trace their ancestry back to France.

A few years later his cousin Pietro Antonio Stampa inherited the palace, settling in Rome and marrying a local noblewoman, who had a dowry of estates in Ferentino and Alatri.

[10] In 1779, with the consent of Pope Pius VI, Pietro Antonio's youngest son Angelo joined the council of the 15 noble families of Ferentino.

[11] He and his older brother Filippo were loyal servants of the papacy, so much that in 1770 Pope Clement XIV appointed them state administrators of the Duchy of Castro.

After Napoleon's exile to Saint Helena, Pope Pius VII offered Angelo Stampa's first born Pietro an important job within the Papal States to compensate him for the financial damage.

Cardinal Mastai Ferretti, later Pope Pius IX, ensured that Domenico Stampa contracted a good marriage with Paolina Vinciguerra, last heir of the counts Antonini di Alatri.

Massimiliano II Stampa, 3rd Marquess of Soncino, portrayed in 1557 by Sofonisba Anguissola .
Coat of arms of the Stampa di Ferentino
Commemorative plaque in memory of count Filippo Stampa (1710 - 1798) at the entrance of Ferentino's town hall.