Coat of arms of the Conti di Segni. Gules, an eagle chequy sable and or membered or (from the 14th century, the eagle is often shown crowned or).
The counts of Segni (Italian: Conti di Segni, Latin: de Comitibus Signie, also known as Conti or De Comitibus for short) were an important noble family of medieval and early modern Italy originating in Segni, Lazio.
Many members of the family acted as military commanders or ecclesiastical dignitaries, including many cardinals and four popes.
The family is on historical record beginning with Trasimondo, the father of Lotario Conti, who became Pope Innocent III in 1198.
The second Conti pope was Ugolino (1227-1241), as Gregory IX, the third Rinaldo, as Alexander IV (r. 1254-1261). Bishop Paul of Tripoli (1261–1285) was a Conti and his sister Lucienne was the princess of Antioch. Medieval to Renaissance era cardinals of the family include Giovanni dei Conti di Segni, Niccolò dei Conti di Segni, Ottaviano di Paoli, Giovanni Conti (d. 1493) and Francesco Conti (d. 1521).
In medieval Rome, both the Torre dei Conti (built in 1238) and the Torre delle Milizie, testified to the feudal power of the family.
In the early modern period, Michelangelo Conti reigned as Pope Innocent XIII from 1721 to 1724.
Torquato Conti (1591–1636) served as a general-field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War, where his cruelty earned him the nickname The Devil.
The family became divided into numerous branches, the principal of which were the counts of Segni and Valmontone, and the dukes of Poli and Guadagnolo (cf. House of Torlonia).
The former branch was extinct with Donna Fulvia (died 1611), who had married the count Sforza of Santa Fiora.
The countsofSegni (Italian: Conti di Segni, Latin: de Comitibus Signie, also known as Conti or De Comitibus for short) were an important noble family...
Jenne (now in the Province of Rome), he was, on his mother's side, a member of the house Conti di Segni, the countsofSegni, like Pope Innocent III and...
Italy, near Anagni. His father, Count Trasimondo ofSegni, was a member of a famous house, the Conti di Segni (CountsofSegni), which produced nine cardinals...
behalf of her minor son in 1252. Lucia was born into the family of the countsofSegni. She was the grandniece of Pope Innocent III and cousin of Pope Gregory...
XIII), a member of the noble clan of the CountsofSegni. The enlargement of the east wing, on the other hand, was presumably the work of the Caetani. Other...
erecting a palace in the middle of the twelfth century. The Countsof Marsi, hereditary enemies of the Orsini, obtained Segni in the twelfth century. The...
The Prophecy of the Popes (Latin: Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus, "Prophecy of Saint-Archbishop Malachy, concerning...
bishop of Tortosa that took him to Rome. He spent his last five years in Italy. Paul was born into the Roman noble family of the countsofSegni and owned...
Gregorio was born in Ferentino into a family related to the countsofSegni, original of Montelongo in Molise. He was papal legate in Lombardy since 1238...
The following is a list of princesses of Antioch. Although the ultimate heirs to the Principality of Antioch was the kings of Cyprus, they did not use...
strong in the Latin mountains, the CountsofSegni controlled Campagna, the Crescentii held Sabina, the Countsof Galeria controlled Tuscany, and Thrasmundus...
advantage of the event by besieging and driving out the pro-papal castellan who had occupied the fortress on behalf of Jacopo of the CountsofSegni in the...
his election as bishop. He belonged to the family of Conti di Anagni, a branch of the countsofSegni. He was probably related to Pope Gregory IX, who...
century, the CountsofSegni from Bologna built a villa in Mercatino Marecchia, which is the present-day municipal hall. The comune of Mercantino Marecchia...
the period of the kings, and its site is unknown. In the Middle Ages Artena was a fief of the Countsof Tusculum and then the CountsofSegni, who held...
Merzagora, as President of the Senate, assumed temporary powers for President Antonio Segni after his cerebral hemorrhage of 10 August 1964 and assumed...
Lucienne ofSegni, a great-niece of Pope Innocent III. He had two children: Plaisance of Antioch, a daughter who became the third wife of King Henry I of Cyprus...
faction led by Paul ofSegni, bishop of Tripoli, and the Armenian faction led by Sibylla and Bartholomew. Paul made friends with William of Beaujeu, the new...
Ferentillo The Counties of Tusculum, Segni, Spello and Bettona, Fondi, Vignanello, Falcino, Ronciglione The Marquisates (or Marches) of Ancona, Fermo, Riano...
son, Bohemond VII. Bohemond VI was the son of Bohemond V of Antioch and Lucienne ofSegni, great-niece of Pope Innocent III. When Bohemond V died in January...
Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020. "I Governo Segni". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 April...
Bartholomew, Bishop of Tortosa, was Bohemond VII's regent. Paul ofSegni, Bishop of Tripoli, who was a friend of the Templar Grandmaster, William of Beaujeu, opposed...
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