Vitelleschi is a noble Italian family from Foligno and Corneto. They are descended from the powerful family of Vitelli from Città di Castello, Umbria. The family established itself in Rome in the sixteenth century. In 1600, Virginia Vitelleschi married Girolamo Nobili di Rieti, giving rise to the family of Nobili-Vitelleschi.
Notable members of the family
Giovanni Maria Vitelleschi (1390–1440), cardinal and leader (1410–1463), bishop Muzio Vitelleschi (1563–1645), Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1615 until his death Sulpizia Vitelleschi (1635–1684), Italian heiress (1818–1875), cardinal (1829–1906), senator
Family properties
in Tarquinia in Labro in Roma
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