The Prince of Sulmona is a noble

Nobility

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 title in Italy held by the House of Borghese. The title derives its name from Sulmona

Sulmona

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, a town in Abruzzo

Abruzzo

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. Originally it was created in 1529, during Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

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's reign as King of Naples for Philip de Lannoy, Prince of Sulmona

Philip de Lannoy, Prince of Sulmona

Philip de Lannoy, Prince of Sulmona was an Italian military leader in Spanish service. At the Battle of Ceresole, he commanded the Neapolitan light cavalry.-References:...

. This was given in recognition of the work done by his father Charles de Lannoy

Charles de Lannoy

Charles de Lannoy was a soldier and statesman from the Low Countries in service of the Habsburg Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V of Spain....

 as Viceroy of Naples. The title became extinct in 1616 due to the lack of heirs. Due in large part to the diplomacy of Pope Paul V

Pope Paul V

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, the title was recreated for his nephew Marcantonio Borghese by Philip III of Spain

Philip III of Spain

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 who was directly ruling the Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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 at the time.

House of Borghese, 1616—present

Prince	| Image	Birth	| Marriages	| Death
Marcantonio, 1st Prince of Sulmona 1616–1658		1598 son of Giovanni Battista Borghese and Virginia Lante	Camilla Orsini 20 October 1619 1 child	1658 aged 60
Giovanni, 2nd Prince of Sulmona 1658–1717		14 October 1639 Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Papal States Papal States The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under... son of Paolo, Prince Borghese and Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess of Rossano	Eleonora Boncompagni 22 October 1658 1 child	8 May 1717 Rome, Papal States aged 77
Marcantonio, 3rd Prince of Sulmona 1717–1729		20 May 1660 Rome, Papal States son of Giovanni Battista, 2nd Prince of Sulmona and Eleonora Boncompagni	Lívia Spinola 24 January 1691 2 children	22 May 1729 Rome, Papal States aged 69
Camillo, 4th Prince of Sulmona 1729–1763		7 April 1693 Rome, Papal States son of Marcantonio, 3rd Prince of Sulmona and Lívia Spinola	Agnese Colonna 4 October 1723 10 children	16 September 1763 Rome, Papal States aged 70
Marcantonio, 5th Prince of Sulmona 1763–1800		14 September 1730 Rome, Papal States son of Camillo, 4th Prince of Sulmona and Agnese Colonna	Anna Maria Salviati 25 April 1768 2 children	18 March 1800 Rome, Papal States aged 69
Camillo, 6th Prince of Sulmona 1800–1832		8 August 1775 Rome, Papal States son of Marcantonio, 5th Prince of Sulmona and Anna Maria Salviati	Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla Pauline Bonaparte Pauline Bonaparte was the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla, an imperial French Princess and the Princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. She was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte, Corsica's representative to the court of King Louis XVI of France. Her elder brother,...   28 August 1803 No issue	9 May 1832 Rome, Papal States aged 56
Francesco, 7th Prince of Sulmona 1832–1839		9 June 1776 Rome, Papal States son of Marcantonio Borghese, 5th Prince of Sulmona and Anna Maria Salviati	Adèle, Countess of La Rochefoucauld 11 April 1809 3 children	29 May 1839 Rome, Papal States aged 62
Marcantonio, 8th Prince of Sulmona 1839–1886		23 February 1814 Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... son of Francesco, 7th Prince of Sulmona and Adèle, Countess of La Rochefoucauld	Gwendoline Talbot 11 April 1835 1 child Marie Therèse de La Rochefoucauld 2 December 1843 9 children	5 October 1886 Frascati Frascati Frascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... aged 72
Paolo, 9th Prince of Sulmona 1886–1920		13 September 1845 Rome, Papal States son of Marcantonio, 8th Prince of Sulmona and Marie Therèse de La Rochefoucauld	Ilona, Countess Appony of Nagy-Appony 2 December 1866 4 children	18 November 1920 Venice Venice Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region... , Italy aged 75
Scipione, 10th Prince of Sulmona 1920–1927		11 February 1871 Rome, Papal States son of Paolo, 9th Prince of Sulmona and Ilona, Countess Appony of Nagy-Appony	Anna Maria de Ferrari 23 May 1895 2 children Teodora Martini 8 August 1926 No issue	18 November 1927 Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... , Italy aged 56
Livio, 11th Prince of Sulmona 1927–1939		13 August 1874 Frascati, Papal States son of Paolo, 9th Prince of Sulmona and Ilona, Countess Appony of Nagy-Appony	Valeria Keun 31 August 1901 2 children	18 November 1939 Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... aged 65
Flavio, 12th Prince of Sulmona 1939–1980		2 May 1902 Smirna, Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries... son of Livio, 11th Prince of Sulmona and Valeria Keun	Angela Paternò, 7th Princess of Sperlinga dei Manganelli 10 January 1927 3 children	28 March 1980 Catania Catania Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and... , Italy aged 78
Camillo, 13th Prince of Sulmona 1980–		30 October 1927 Rome, Italy son of Flavio, 12th Prince of Sulmona and Angela Paternò, 7th Princess of Sperlinga dei Manganelli	Rossana Nucci 26 June 1958 2 children Donna Flaminia (b. 1959) Don Scipione (b. 1970)