Barony of Bahria
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The Barony of Bahria is a title of Maltese nobility. The current holder of the title is Salvatore Consoli, as the 9th Count of Bahria.
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[edit] Origin
The title of Count was recognised to the Bahria estates owned by the grantee. These estates, purchased by Navarra family from the Calava family in 1599, were raised to the dignity of a feudal tenure. The title is inheritable by any stranger in blood who may come into ownership of the Bahria estates.
The first grantee was Ignazio Moscati-Falsoni-Navarra by the Grand Master Pinto de Fonseca on the 16th May 1743. The next holder was Ignazio’s eldest daughter, Maria Teresa, who married Antonio Stagno, 3rd Count of Casandola (Sicilian Title).
The patent of Bahria differed from all previous diplomas of nobility because it empowered the title holder to nominate as his successors either a relative, or even a stranger in blood (etiam extraneos).
The House of Stagno-Navarra carried two titles to 1908, where the 5th Count of Bahria and his family perished in the Messina earthquake of 1908. At this time the title was succeeded by the 5th Count sister’s son, Raimondo Palermo-Navarra [1]. This too went out of the Palermo family to the Consoli family in 1962, though the title of Casandola went into abeyance.
[edit] Notes
- ^ see the Palermo, prince of Santa Margherita family on Italian Wikipedia
[edit] References
- 1) Said Vassallo, C.M., Unpublished research papers.
- 2) Said Vassallo, C.M., Charles Said-Vassallo's Research site and Maltese Nobility web site.
[edit] Bibliography:
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- Burkes Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the UK.- 1914 Ed.
- Cassar Desain, Marchese L.A., " Genealogia della famiglia Testaferrata di Malta." Malta, 1880.
- Gauci,C.A.," The Genealogy and Heraldry of the Noble Families of Malta", Gulf Publishing Ltd, Malta, 1981.
- Gauci,C.A.," The Genealogy and Heraldry of the Noble Families of Malta, Volume Two", Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, 1992.
- Gauci,C.A and Mallet, P.,"The Palaeologos Family- A Genealogical Review" ,Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, 1985
- Gauci, C.A.," A Guide to the Maltese Nobility", Publishers Enterprise Group (PEG) Ltd, Malta, 1986.
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