Marquis of Soleminis

Marquess of Soleminis is a title granted in 1651 by Philip IV, king of Spain and king of Sardinia, to the Sardinian nobleman Francisco Angel Vico Sonza (or Vico Zonza). It has passed afterwards to the house Amat.

The grant

The eldest son of Don Sebastian Zonza and Doña Isabel Vico, Francisco Vico Zonza, was allowed to use the maternal surname in order not to let her family extinguish and to inherit the fief of Soleminis from the maternal grandfather Don Francisco Vico Artea; upon that fief he was created the first Marquis of Soleminis. The fief had been granted to Don Francisco Vico Artea (who had been using the maternal surname first himself) in 1637 as a partial pay of his salaries as a reggente (member) in the Council of Aragon, the first Sardinian ever appointed to the post. The village of Soleminis was created by them.

The inheritance

The fief passed over from father to son for three generations, until it passed over to Esperanza, the last Marquis's only surviving child, according to the Spanish and Sardinian succession rules at that time which allowed female succession in case of lack of sons. Esperanza married secondly Don Joseph Amat, Baron of Sorso, issue of an ancient and distinguished Sardinian house of Catalan origin, and the title then passed to her issue. Amat firstborn (the eldest male) has brought the title of Marquess of Soleminis since, among their other titles, and they were recognized as such in Italian official registers until the Italian Republic ceased to recognize nobility titles.

List of Marquesses of Soleminis[1][2]

Present holder is a nephew of the latter, also called Vincenzo, with his younger brother as heir apparent.

References

  1. According 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.
  2. In order to describe the spouses' houses, main titles of those houses are indicated, in the modern Italian form «of the [title]»

Sources

See also

List of Marquesses in Italy

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