The County of Montone was a noble fiefdom in Italy, formed of the town of Montone and its territory. That territory was turned into a county by Antipope John XXIII on 28 August 1414 and granted by him to Braccio da Montone, a condottiero. Pope Martin V refounded it and on Braccio's death in 1424 confirmed it to Braccio's son Carlo. It was under the jurisdiction of the Papal States until 1519, when pope Leo X granted it to Vitello Vitelli, a member of the Vitelli family of CittÃÂ di Castello. That family held it until 1573 and then from 1598 to 1646, when their line went extinct.
List of counts
- Braccio da Montone (1414-1424)
- Carlo da Montone (1424-?)
- Alessandro Vitelli (? - 1461)
- Paolo Vitelli (1461-1499)
- Vitellozzo Vitelli (1499-1503)
- Vitello Vitelli (1519âÂÂ28)
- Chiappino II Vitelli (1530âÂÂ34)
- Camillo II Vitelli (1534âÂÂ40)
- Alessandro Vitelli (1540âÂÂ44)
- Camillo II Vitelli and Alessandro Vitelli (1544âÂÂ46)
- Angela de' Rossi (wife of Alessandro) (1546âÂÂ47)
- Camillo II Vitelli (1547âÂÂ50)
- Camillo II Vitelli and Ferrante Vitelli (1550âÂÂ58)
- Vitellozzo Vitelli (1558âÂÂ66)
- Ferrante Vitelli (1566âÂÂ67)
- Ferrante Vitelli and Vincenzo Vitelli (1567âÂÂ72)
- Paolo II Vitelli and Chiappino II Vitelli (1572âÂÂ73)
- Direct papal jurisdiction (1573-1598)
- Virginia Savelli Vitelli, wife of Giovanni Vincenzo Vitelli (1598-1634)
- Chiappino III Vitelli (1634âÂÂ46)
Chiappino III died without issue in 1646 and the county was absorbed into the Papal States, never to be awarded again.
References
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120207030737/http://www.comunemontone.it/storia-e-territorio-del-comune.htm