Imperiali family
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The Imperiale - or Imperiali - family is a noble family from the Republic of Genoa
. Previously named Tartaro, it was one of the most powerful families dominating the city's politics in the 18th century and owned a vast fiefdom
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Republic of Genoa
The Most Serene Republic of Genoa |Ligurian]]: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean....
. Previously named Tartaro, it was one of the most powerful families dominating the city's politics in the 18th century and owned a vast fiefdom
Fiefdom
A fee was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable lands granted under one of several varieties of feudal tenure by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the...
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