BURIAL CHURCHES OF SOVEREIGNS OF MASSA-CARRARA FROM A TO Z

MASSA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINTS PETER AND FRANCIS (Massa, la Cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Francesco, Piazza Duomo):

01. Prince ALBERICO I (+1623)
02. Marchioness ELISABETTA DELLA ROVERE (+1561), consort of Alberico I
03. Princess ISABELLA OF CAPUA (+1575), consort of Prince Alberico I
04. Duke ALBERICO II (+1690).
The tomb has not been preserved.
05. Duke CHARLES II (+1710).
The tomb has not been preserved.
06. Duke ALBERICO III (+1715).
The tomb has not been preserved.
07. Duke ALDERANO (+1731).
The tomb has not been preserved.
08. Duchess RICCIARDA OF GONZAGA (+1768), consort of Duke Alderano.
The tomb has not been preserved.


MASSA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST PETER
(Massa, Chiesa di San Pietro):

Prince CHARLES I (+1662).

The church had been demolished in 1807 and the tomb was lost.

MODENA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST VINCENT
(Modena, Chiesa di San Vincenzo, Corso Canalgrande):

Duke ERCOLE III RINALDO (+1803), consort of Duchess Maria Theresa of Massa

REGGIO NELL’EMILIA (ITALY)
BURIED IN THE SANCTUARY OF THE MADONNA DELLA GHIARA (Reggio nell’Emilia, Santuario della Madonna della Ghiara, Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi):

Duchess MARIA THERESA CYBO-MALASPINA OF MASSA (+1790)

VIENNA (AUSTRIA)
BURIED IN THE CAPUCHIN CHURCH
(Wien, Kapuzinerkirche, Neuer Markt):

01. Duchess MARIA BEATRICE (+1829)
02. Archduke FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA (+1806), consort of Duchess Maria Beatrice

LIST OF SOVEREIGNS OF MASSA AND CARRARA 1553-1829

MARQUESSATE OF MASSA, CARRARA, AVENZA AND MONETA until 1568:
HOUSE OF CYBO-MALASPINA (Dinastia di Cybo-Malaspina)
1553-1568: ALBERICO I (Prince from 1568)

PRINCIPALITY OF MASSA AND CARRARA 1568-1664:
HOUSE OF CYBO-MALASPINA (Dinastia di Cybo-Malaspina)
1568-1623: ALBERICO I
Born in 1532 in Genoa.
Father: Count Lorenzo di Ferentillo. Mother: Countess Ricciarda Malaspina.
Married firstly in 1552 in Rome Elisabetta della Rovere (*1529 Urbino,+1561 Massa).
Married secondly in 1563 in Rome ISABELLA of Capua (*1546 Molfetta,+1575 Massa).
Died in 1623 in Massa.
Buried with his both consorts in the Cathedral in Massa.

1623-1662: CHARLES I (Carlo I)
Born in 1581 in Ferrara.
Father: Alderano di Ferentillo. Mother: Marfisa d'Este.
Married in 1605 in Genoa BRIGIDA Spinola (*1588 Genoa,+1660 Genoa).
His issue who reigned: ALBERICO II (*1607,+1690).
Died in 1662 in Massa.
Buried in the Church of St Peter in Massa (demolished).

DUCHY OF MASSA AND PRINCIPALITY OF CARRARA 1664-1796:
HOUSE OF CYBO-MALASPINA (Dinastia di Cybo-Malaspina)
1662-1690: ALBERICO II (Duke from 1664)
Born in 1607 in Genoa.
Father: Prince Charles I of Massa. Mother: Princess Brigida Spinola.
Married in 1626 in Genoa FULVIA Pico della Mirandola (*1607 Mirandola,+1679 Massa).
His issue who reigned: CHARLES II (*1631,+1710).
Died in 1690 in Massa.
Buried in the Cathedral of Massa (no tomb).

1690-1710: CHARLES II (Carlo II)
Born in 1631 in Massa.
Father: Duke Alberico II of Massa. Mother: Duchess Fulvia Pico della Mirandola.
Married in 1673 in Rome THERESA Pamphili of Carpineto (*1654 Rome,+1704 Massa).
His issue who reigned:
-ALBERICO III (*1674,+1715),
-ALDERANO (*1690,+1731).
Died in 1710 in Massa.
Buried in the Cathedral of Massa (no tomb).

1710-1715: ALBERICO III
Born in 1674 in Massa.
Father: Duke Charles II of Massa. Mother: Duchess Theresa Pamphili of Carpineto.
Married in 1698 in Genoa NICOLETTA Grillo (*1681 Genoa,+1748 Vienna).
Died in 1715 at Agnano.
Buried in the Cathedral of Massa (no tomb).

1715-1731: ALDERANO
Born in 1690 in Massa.
Father: Duke Charles II of Massa. Mother: Duchess Theresa Pamphili of Carpineto.
Married in 1715 in Milan RICCIARDA of Gonzaga-Novellara (*1698 Novellara,+1768 Massa).
His issue who reigned: MARIA THERESA (*1725,+1790).
Died in 1731 in Massa.
Buried with his consort Duchess Ricciarda of Gonzaga in the Cathedral of Massa (no tomb).

1731-1790: MARIA THERESA (Maria Teresa)
Born in 1725 at Novellara.
Father: Duke Alderano of Massa. Mother: Duchess Ricciarda of Gonzaga-Novellara.
Married in 1741 in Massa Duke ERCOLE III RINALDO of Modena (*1727,+1803).
Her issue who reigned: MARIA BETRICE (*1750,+1829).
Died in 1790 in Reggio nell'Emilia.
Buried in the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Ghiara at Reggio nell'Emilia.
Her consort Duke Ercole III Rinaldo of Modena was buried in the Church of St Vincent in Modena.

HOUSE OF ESTE (Casa d'Este)
1790-1796 and 1815-1829: MARIA BEATRICE
Born in 1750 in Novellara.
Father: Duke Ercole III Rinaldo of Modena. Mother: Duchess Maria Theresa of Massa-Carrara.
Married in 1771 in Milan Archduke FERDINAND of Austria (*1754 Schönbrunn, Vienna,+1806 Vienna).
Her issue who reigned:
-Maria Theresa (*1773,+1832; Queen of Sardinia),
-Maria Leopoldina (*1776,+1848; Electress of Bavaria),
-Francis IV (*1779,+1846; Duke of Modena),
-Maria Ludovica (*1787,+1816; Empress of Austria).
Deposed in 1796 by the French. Restored in 1815.
Died in 1829 in Vienna.
Buried with her consort Archduke Ferdinand in the Capuchin Church in Vienna.

1796-1814: FRENCH RULE/REPUBLIC.
1829: MASSA-CARRARA ANNEXED TO THE DUCHY OF MODENA.

TOMBS OF SOVEREIGNS OF MASSA AND CARRARA

Tombs in the Cathedral of Massa (Italy):
01. Prince ALBERICO I.
02. Marchioness ELISABETTA DELLA ROVERE and Princess ISABELLA OF CAPUA, consorts of Alberico I.

01. The tomb of Duchess MARIA THERESA OF MASSA in the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Ghiara at Reggio nell'Emilia (Italy).
02. The cenotaph to Duke ERCOLE III RINALDO, consort of Duchess Maria Theresa, in the Church of St Vincent in Modena (Italy).
03. The tomb of Duke ERCOLE III RINALDO, consort of Duchess Maria Theresa, in the Church of St Vincent in Modena (Italy).

Tombs in the Capuchin Church in Vienna (Austria):
01. Duchess MARIA BEATRICE.
02. Archduke FERDINAND, consort of Duchess Maria Beatrice.