PAMPHILI, FAMILY. - Originating from Gubbio. IACOPO and FRANCESCO obtained from Frederick III in 1461 the title of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire. GIROLAMO, a disciple of St. Philip Neri, Dean of the Rota, was promoted to the cardinalate by Clement VIII on 17 September 1603, appointed vicar, and died on 11 August 1610.
Among the sons of his brother CAMILLO were GIOVANNI BATTISTA, the future Innocent X, and PAMPHILIO, the eldest (d. 1639), who married Olimpia Maidalchini, a wealthy heiress (d. 1657). She succeeded in imposing herself so completely upon her brother-in-law the Pope, whom she had previously supported, as to dominate the papal court in all matters not pertaining to spiritual governance. Her son CAMILLO was first appointed General of the Church, commander of the fleet, governor of Borgo, and finally created cardinal on 14 November 1644; but he resigned the cardinalate on 21 January 1647 to marry, against his mother’s wishes, Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess of Rossano, on 10 February (d. 26 July 1666); hence arose conflicts and jealousies over precedence between the two Olimpias. Francesco Maidalchini, a nephew of Olimpia, was created cardinal-nephew at the age of seventeen on 7 October 1647 (d. 1700); but when he proved incapable, he was replaced by Camillo Astalli, another relative of Olimpia, created cardinal on 19 September 1650, who assumed the surname and arms of the PAMPHILI as a nephew and was granted the Gianicolense Villa and the Palazzo at Piazza Navona (d. at Catania on 21 December 1663).
In gratitude to his predecessor, Innocent XI on 1 September 1681 created cardinal BENEDETTO, a great-nephew of Innocent, who was Grand Prior of Rome. He served as archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore and later of the Lateran, and died during the Conclave on 20 March 1730 (G. Novaes, Elementi della storia de’ sommi Pontefici, XI, Rome 1822, p. 37).
The family became extinct in 1750, and its inheritance passed to the Doria Landi and Borghese Aldobrandini families.
PAMPHILI, FAMILY. - Originating from Gubbio. IACOPO and FRANCESCO obtained from Frederick III in 1461 the title of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire. GIROLAMO, a disciple of St. Philip Neri, Dean of the Rota, was promoted to the cardinalate by Clement VIII on 17 September 1603, appointed vicar, and died on 11 August 1610.
Among the sons of his brother CAMILLO were GIOVANNI BATTISTA, the future Innocent X, and PAMPHILIO, the eldest (d. 1639), who married Olimpia Maidalchini, a wealthy heiress (d. 1657). She succeeded in imposing herself so completely upon her brother-in-law the Pope, whom she had previously supported, as to dominate the papal court in all matters not pertaining to spiritual governance. Her son CAMILLO was first appointed General of the Church, commander of the fleet, governor of Borgo, and finally created cardinal on 14 November 1644; but he resigned the cardinalate on 21 January 1647 to marry, against his mother’s wishes, Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess of Rossano, on 10 February (d. 26 July 1666); hence arose conflicts and jealousies over precedence between the two Olimpias. Francesco Maidalchini, a nephew of Olimpia, was created cardinal-nephew at the age of seventeen on 7 October 1647 (d. 1700); but when he proved incapable, he was replaced by Camillo Astalli, another relative of Olimpia, created cardinal on 19 September 1650, who assumed the surname and arms of the PAMPHILI as a nephew and was granted the Gianicolense Villa and the Palazzo at Piazza Navona (d. at Catania on 21 December 1663).
In gratitude to his predecessor, Innocent XI on 1 September 1681 created cardinal BENEDETTO, a great-nephew of Innocent, who was Grand Prior of Rome. He served as archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore and later of the Lateran, and died during the Conclave on 20 March 1730 (G. Novaes, Elementi della storia de’ sommi Pontefici, XI, Rome 1822, p. 37).
The family became extinct in 1750, and its inheritance passed to the Doria Landi and Borghese Aldobrandini families.
PAMPHILI, FAMILY. - Originating from Gubbio. IACOPO and FRANCESCO obtained from Frederick III in 1461 the title of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire. GIROLAMO, a disciple of St. Philip Neri, Dean of the Rota, was promoted to the cardinalate by Clement VIII on 17 September 1603, appointed vicar, and died on 11 August 1610.
Among the sons of his brother CAMILLO were GIOVANNI BATTISTA, the future Innocent X, and PAMPHILIO, the eldest (d. 1639), who married Olimpia Maidalchini, a wealthy heiress (d. 1657). She succeeded in imposing herself so completely upon her brother-in-law the Pope, whom she had previously supported, as to dominate the papal court in all matters not pertaining to spiritual governance. Her son CAMILLO was first appointed General of the Church, commander of the fleet, governor of Borgo, and finally created cardinal on 14 November 1644; but he resigned the cardinalate on 21 January 1647 to marry, against his mother’s wishes, Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess of Rossano, on 10 February (d. 26 July 1666); hence arose conflicts and jealousies over precedence between the two Olimpias. Francesco Maidalchini, a nephew of Olimpia, was created cardinal-nephew at the age of seventeen on 7 October 1647 (d. 1700); but when he proved incapable, he was replaced by Camillo Astalli, another relative of Olimpia, created cardinal on 19 September 1650, who assumed the surname and arms of the PAMPHILI as a nephew and was granted the Gianicolense Villa and the Palazzo at Piazza Navona (d. at Catania on 21 December 1663).
In gratitude to his predecessor, Innocent XI on 1 September 1681 created cardinal BENEDETTO, a great-nephew of Innocent, who was Grand Prior of Rome. He served as archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore and later of the Lateran, and died during the Conclave on 20 March 1730 (G. Novaes, Elementi della storia de’ sommi Pontefici, XI, Rome 1822, p. 37).
The family became extinct in 1750, and its inheritance passed to the Doria Landi and Borghese Aldobrandini families.
PAMPHILI, FAMILY. - Originating from Gubbio. IACOPO and FRANCESCO obtained from Frederick III in 1461 the title of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire. GIROLAMO, a disciple of St. Philip Neri, Dean of the Rota, was promoted to the cardinalate by Clement VIII on 17 September 1603, appointed vicar, and died on 11 August 1610.
Among the sons of his brother CAMILLO were GIOVANNI BATTISTA, the future Innocent X, and PAMPHILIO, the eldest (d. 1639), who married Olimpia Maidalchini, a wealthy heiress (d. 1657). She succeeded in imposing herself so completely upon her brother-in-law the Pope, whom she had previously supported, as to dominate the papal