Monarchs of Elba
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List of Monarchs of Elba since 1098:
House of Appiani
Óbeardo I (1098 - 1121) recognised Lord of Piombino by the Byzantine Emperor. Married (1) Irene Panizella and (2) Onorata of Tuscia.
Érminiano I (1121 - 1150) son of Obeardo and Irene, Lord of Populonia. Married Ispabonda Corzei.
Attilio I (1150 - 1155) son of Erminiano. Killed in battle against Saracens.
Ispabondho I (1155 - 1187) second son of Erminiano. Was a Benedictine monk. Married Beatrice of Provence.
Ispabondho II (1187 - 1190) son of Ispabondo I. Began construction of Piombino Cathedral.
Érminiano II (1190 - 1216) son of Ispabondo II. Lord of Piombino, Populonia and Vignale. Attempts conquest of Elba but fails. Marries Cristiana of Norway
Clodóaldo (1216 - 1222) the "Cruel" son of Erminiano II. Married St. Costanza of Ceva.
Álessandro I (1222 - 1254) the "Conqueror" son of Erminiano II. Conquered Elba. Lord of Elba. Married Clementina Baglioni.
Álessandro II (1254 - 1271) son of Alessandro I. Married Anna of Luxembourg.
Álessandro III (1271 - 1306) son of Alessandro II. Allies with Anjouvins against Pope. Conquers Grosseto and Vetulonia. Married Claudia of Anjou.
Claudio I (1306 - 1329) son of Alessandro III. Married Ponziana of Pomarance annexing its County. Count of Pomarance.
Álessandro IV (1329 - 1337) the "Weak" son of Claudio I. Married Silvana Migliorati. Dominated by wife.
Attilio II (1337 - 1341) second son of Claudio I, unmarried.
Carlo I (1341- 1343) fourth son of Claudio I. Married Genoveffa of Cagnes.
Claudio II (1343 - 1409) son of Carlo I. Under regency of mother until 1355. Count of Elba. Married (1) Maria of Kemr and (2) Ludovica Visconti.
Alessandro V (1409 - 1416) son of Claudio II and Maria. Lost Pomarance to Medici family. Married Maria of Navarre.
Claudio III (1416 - 1453) grandson of Alessandro V. Lost Grosseto to local warlord. Married Giovanna De Medicis.
Carlo II (1453 - 1478) son of Claudio II. Married his cousin Erminia Appiani.
Érminiano III (1478 - 1515) son of Carlo II. Prince of Elba. Married Orsola of Hapsburg.
Giovanni I (1515 - 1541) son of Erminiano III. General of Imperial Armies (1533 - 1537). Prince of Elba and Piombino. Married Fabiana De Cesaris.
Giovanni II (1541 - 1603) son of Giovanni I. Loses Vetulonia to Ercole Baglioni in a card game. Married to Maria of Poland.
Fabiano I (1603 - 1612) son of Giovanni II. Married Agnese of Tenda.
Álessandro VI (1622 - 1645) son of Fabiano I. Founds University of Piombino. Married Violante of Aragon.
Pietro I (1645 - 1649) son of Alessandro VI. Stabbed by lover. Married Giovanna of Modena.
Regency of Giovanna d'Este (1649 - 1665) killed by crowd.
Álessandro VII (1649 - 1654) son of Pietro I. Minor.
Claudio IV (1654 - 1656) son of Pietro I. Minor.
Carlo III (1656 - 1659) son of Pietro I. Minor.
Gastone I (1659 - 1660) son of Pietro I. Minor.
Attilio III (1660 - 1665) son of Pietro I. Married Vittoria Colonna. Murdered presumably by his mother.
Maria I (1665) daughter of Attilio III. Died three months old and three weeks from ascending the throne. Regent was seen as responsible and lynched.
Giovanni III (1665 - 1672) grandson of Fabiano I. Precedent set for Council to elect monarch. Married Diana Bonfilii.
Fabiano II (1672 - 1699) son of Giovanni III. Notable homosexual, composed several operas.
Attilio IV (1699 - 1707) the "pious" son of Giovanni III. Was a priest.
Clemente I (1707 - 1711) son of Giovanni III. Married Giovanna of Savoy-Nemours.
Giovanni IV (1711 - 1745) son of Clemente I. Married Amelia of Saxe-Meiningen.
Álessandro VIII (1745 - 1793) son of Giovanni IV. Married (1) Maria Barbara of Austria-Dalmatia and (2) Maria Paola of Portugal.
Clémente II (1793 - 1801) son of Alessandro VIII and Maria Barbara. Was much influenced by the enlightment.
Carlo IV (1801 - 1806) son of Alessandro VIII and Maria Barbara. Killed in battle for Napoleon with son.
Clémente III (1806) Killed in battle 2 hours after his father.
Cárolina daughter of Carlo IV married Gian Gastone Ludovisi-Boncompagni a Napoleonic General and was given in 1816 the Principality of Piombino.
Giovanni IV (1806 - 1843) son of Alessandro VIII and Maria Paola. Ruled Elba separately. Married Gerarda Scotto.
Gerardo I (1843 - 1866) the "Deaf" son of Giovanni IV. Married Francesca of Ceva.
Álessandro IX (1866 - 1871) son of Gerardo I. Married Smeralda of Brasil.
Claudio V (1871 - 1895) son of Alessandro IX. Prince of Elba. Married Massimiliana of Mecklenburg.
Clémente IV (1895 - 1931) son of Claudio V. Married Isabella of Castile. Deposed for being against the Italian Union. Died in 1936 in Cuba.
Álessandro X (1938 - 1951) son of Clemente IV. Married Federica of Carpi. He died together with his wife, three children, his sister and her family in a storm during a regatta.
Vittorio I (1951) son of Alessandro IX. Unmarried. Abdicated the throne.
House of Mussolini
Benito I (1951 - 1982) Elected Prince by Council. Former Duke of Milan (1931 - 1939), Minister of Defense (1940 - 1949). Married (1) Rachele and (2) Letizia Fioravante.
Vittorio II (1982 - 1998) son of Benito I. Married (1) Gabriella Thorpe, (2) Valentina Coronaro, (3) Filippa MacNabb and (4) Irene Szold.
Ghido I (1998 - ) son of Vittorio II and Valentina. Married Marina of Tuscany in 1958 and has 4 children: Jolanda (b. 1959), Serena (b. 1963), Crown Prince Giulio Cesare (b. 1966) and Ercole (b. 1971). The Crown Prince married in 1996 Anastasia of Crimea and has two sons (Benito and Carlo).
