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Malaspina
Malaspina can refer to: ;People *The Italian noble Malaspina family. Members of this family include: **Albert Malaspina (1160/65 – 1206/12), Italian marquess. **Conrad Malaspina (The Old) ( – after 1254), Italian nobleman. ** Spinetta Malaspina, Italian nobleman. ** Opizzo Malaspina (late 11th century – 1254 ), Italian nobleman. ** Spinetta II Malaspina, Italian nobleman. ** Conrad Malaspina (The Young), Italian nobleman **Ricciarda Malaspina (1497–1553), 16th-century Italian marchesa. **Taddea Malaspina (1505 – after 1537), 16th-century Italian marchesa. **Alessandro Malaspina (1754–1810), Spanish-Italian explorer. *Michele Malaspina (1908–79), Italian actor and voice actor. *Oliviero Malaspina (1961), Italian poet and musician. ;Places and objects, mostly named after Alessandro Malaspina *Malaspina Glacier, Alaska. *Malaspina Inlet, British Columbia. *Malaspina Peninsula, British Columbia. *Malaspina Strait, British Columbia. *Malaspina Provincial Park, British Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaspina Family
The House of Malaspina was a noble Italian family of Longobard origin that descended from Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany, Boniface I, through the Obertenghi line, that ruled Lunigiana from the 13th to the 14th centuries, and the Province of Massa and Carrara, marquisate of Massa and lordship of Carrara (which later became the Duchy of Massa and Carrara and at a later time the Principality of Massa and the Marquisate of Carrara) since the 14th century. History The founder of the Malaspina family was Oberto I, who became the count of Luni, Italy, Luni in 945. Oberto I was appointed as the marquise of the March of Genoa under the Italian king Berengar II of Italy, Berengario II in 951 and he became a count palatine in 953. Oberto I had two children; Oberto II, who inherited the title of count of Luni from his father, and Adalberto I, whose offspring founded the Pallavicino and the Cavalcabò families. Oberto II had four children; Bertha of Milan, the spouse of the King of Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Malaspina
Alejandro Malaspina (November 5, 1754 – April 9, 1810) was a Tuscan explorer who spent most of his life as a Spanish naval officer. Under a Spanish royal commission, he undertook a voyage around the world from 1786 to 1788, then, from 1789 to 1794, a scientific expedition (the Malaspina Expedition) throughout the Pacific Ocean, exploring and mapping much of the west coast of the Americas from Cape Horn to the Gulf of Alaska, crossing to Guam and the Philippines, and stopping in New Zealand, Australia, and Tonga. Malaspina was christened "Alessandro." He signed his letters in Spanish "Alexandro," which is usually modernized to "Alejandro" by scholars. Early life Malaspina was born in Mulazzo, a small principality ruled by his family, then part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire. Alessandro's parents were the Marquis Carlo Morello and Caterina Meli Lupi di Soragna. From 1762 to 1765, his family lived in Palermo with Alessandro's great- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Malaspina (The Old)
Conrad Malaspina, also known as L’Antico or The Old was an Italian nobleman who lived in the 12th century. There is no certainty about Conrad's birthdate but most historians agree that it is around 1180, his death date is also uncertain but it is speculated to be around July 1254. Conrad was the forefather of the " Spino Secco" (''dried thorn'' in English) branch of the Malaspina family. Conrad Malaspina's achievements were of fundamental importance for the way Italian territories were shaped. He had very close relationships with Emperor Frederick II as well as many intellectuals and political figures of the time. Biography He was born approximately around 1180, his father was Obizzo II Malaspina (died circa 1193). He started his diplomatic career in 1198 when he himself confirmed the attornment of the knolls of the “ Court of Gondola” to the city of Piacenza. The juridical procedures needed for this attornment had started to be composed years before by his uncles Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Island University
Vancouver Island University (abbreviated as VIU, formerly known as Malaspina University-College and earlier as Malaspina College) is a Canadian public university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Malaspina College began in 1969 and it has grown into a university which plays an important role in the educational, cultural, and economic life of the region. The main campus is located in Nanaimo; there are regional campuses in Duncan and Powell River as well as a centre in Parksville. History Vancouver Island University enrolled its first students in September 1969 as Malaspina College, named after Captain Alessandro Malaspina, who explored Vancouver Island. Registration in the first year was over 600 students, almost double what was initially expected. In 1976, after seven years at the original campus in the old Nanaimo Hospital building at 388 Machleary Street, Malaspina College moved to its new campus on Fifth Street (the present location of VIU) on former D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Malaspina (The Young)
Corrado Malaspina (called ''“il Giovane”'', “The Young,” as opposed to his grandfather Corrado Malaspina ''“il Vecchio”'', “The Old”), was an Italian nobleman and landowner. He was born in the first decades of the 13th century, the illegitimate son of Frederic I Malaspina, and died sometime between September 1294 and 1300. He is best remembered as a character in the poetry of Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio. Biography Conrad Malaspina was born sometime in the first two decades of the 13th century. Natural son of Frederic I, Marquess of Villafranca in Lunigiana and of Virgoletta, he was raised by his grandfather Conrad the old, the forefather of the Spino Secco branch of the Malaspina, lords of Lunigiana since the 11th century. Wedding The first documents attributed to him date back to 1234 and are about his wedding, which took place two years before to a woman named Urica, the biological daughter of Marianus II of Torres, a judge from Sardinia. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opizzo Malaspina
Opizzo Malaspina known as Opizzino (late 11th century - 1254 ) was the forefather of the Spino Fiorito branch of the Malaspina Family. Biography Opizzo Malaspina was born around the end of the 12th century from Guglielmo Malaspina and he's most famous for being the forefather of the branch of the Spino Fiorito in the Malaspina family. Marriage and children Although there is no certain information, Opizzo's wife is thought to be Caterina di Niccolò Della Volta of Genoa, we know however that she certainly had four children: Franceschino, Bernabò, Isnardo and Alberto. Agreements and Career The first reference to Opizzo in the oath of concord between the Malaspina and the cities of Milan and Piacenza dates back to 1212, an agreement previously signed by his father Guglielmo and Conrad Malaspina. Together with his father in 1213, he made arrangements with the municipality of Lucca. From 1220 he became the head of the family following the death of his father, even though from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinetta Malaspina
Spinetta Malaspina "''the Great''", a descendant of Obizzo Malaspina, was the Marquisse of Verrucola and the lord of Fosdinovo; he is the forefather of the marquisses of Fosdinovo and of its related imperial feud.Dorini, p. 96 Biography First political assignments Spinetta, also known as "''il Grande''" (the great in Italian), was the first-born son of Gabriele of Isnardo Malaspina, the marquise of Verrucola, of the Malaspinas of Fosdinovo (a sub-branch of the Spino Fiorito branch of the family). He was a close friend of Uguccione della Faggiola and Cangrande della Scala but he strongly antagonised Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli. In 1308 he acquired jurisdictional power in the lordship of Fosdinovo, in 1340 he gained absolute power over the feud. In 1311 he was nominated by Emperor Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor to be imperial vicar of the feud of Reggio, a year later, in 1312 he was excused from his role. Spinetta's father-in-law Matteo Visconti granted him the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinetta II Malaspina
Spinetta Malaspina II, Duke of Gravina in Apulia (died 1398) was an Italian nobleman. Son of Galeotto I Malaspina, he was the third Marquis of Fosdinovo. Biography Probably born at Fosdinovo, Spinetta II Malaspina was the son of the Marquis of Fosdinovo Galeotto I Malaspina (1355-1367) and a nephew of Spinetta Malaspina, Lord of Fosdinovo (1340-1352). On the death of his father, he and his brothers Gabriele and Leonardo Malaspina were raised by their mother Argentina Grimaldi, a Genoese noblewoman who had previously been the widow of the marquis Morello Malaspina of Giovagallo. In the name of his sons, he brought a case before Emperor Charles IV against relatives who, taking advantage of Galeotti's death, had stripped his family of lands and castles. On 18 April 1369 the emperor followed the appeal of Argentina by appointing three doctors and a lawyer from the Roman Curia to resolve the dispute. Regaining the possession of their ancestral lands, the sons Gabriele, Spinetta, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaspina Glacier
__NOTOC__ The Malaspina Glacier ( Lingít: ''Sít' Tlein'') in southeastern Alaska is the largest piedmont glacier in the world. Situated at the head of the Alaska Panhandle, it is about wide and long, with an area of some . Name The Lingít name translates to Big Glacier. The colonial name for the glacier is in honor of Alessandro Malaspina, a Tuscan explorer in the service of the Spanish Navy, who visited the region in 1791. In 1874, W.H. Dall, of what is now the U.S. National Geodetic Survey, bestowed the name "Malaspina Plateau" on it, not realizing its true geological character. Geography The Malaspina Glacier actually comprises Seward Glacier, Agassiz Glacier, and Marvine/Hayden Glacier, which converge as they spill out from the Saint Elias Mountains onto the coastal plain facing the Gulf of Alaska between Icy Bay and Yakutat Bay. Officially, these three glaciers are classified independently, such that Malaspina Glacier does not technically exist. The three glaciers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M/V Malaspina
MV ''Malaspina'', colloquially known as the ''Mal'', is a mainline ROPAX ferry and the original ''Malaspina''-class vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System. ''Malaspina'' is named after the Malaspina Glacier, which, in turn, is named after Captain Don Alessandro Malaspina, Italian navigator and explorer who explored the northwest coast of North America in 1791. ''Malaspina'' is nearly identical to her sister ship, MV ''Matanuska''. ''Malaspina'' was designed by Philip F. Spaulding & Associates, constructed in 1963 at the Lockheed Shipbuilding yards in Seattle, Washington and elongated in 1972 at the Willamette Iron and Steel Company in Portland, Oregon. As a mainline ferry, she serves the larger of the Inside Passage communities, such as Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka, but her route spans the entirety of the Inside Passage, beginning runs in either Bellingham, Washington, or Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, and running to the northernmost Alaskan Panhandle co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricciarda Malaspina
Ricciarda Malaspina (1497 – 15 June 1553) was an Italian noblewoman, who was marquise of Massa and lady of Carrara from 1519 to 1546, and again from May 1547 until her death. She was ultimately succeeded by her younger son Alberico I. Life Born in Massa, she was the daughter of Antonio Alberico II Malaspina and Lucrezia d'Este. His father in 1481 had become marquis of Massa and lord of Carrara, together with his brother Francesco. After rebelling and defeating the latter, and being heirless, Antonio Alberico named his first daughter, Eleonora, as heir of his lands. Elenora was married to Scipione Fieschi, count of Lavagna, but she died in 1516. The following year Fieschi would marry again, to Ricciarda. The marriage lasted for four years, until he also died heirless. After Antonio Alberico's death in 1519, notwithstanding her being a woman and in spite of the Salic law, Ricciarda succeeded in mantaining control over his states. The following year she married Lorenzo Cybo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taddea Malaspina
Taddea Malaspina (1505 - 1559) was an Italian marchesa. She was the mistress of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence from the early 1530s to about 1537 and was likely the mother of at least two of his children, Giulio di Alessandro de' Medici and Giulia de' Medici. Giulio de' Medici was associated with the Malaspina family at different points throughout his life.Langdon (2006), p. 233 Taddea was the younger daughter of Alberico Malaspina, sovereign marquis of Massa, and Lucrezia d'Este. She married Count Giambattista Boiardo di Scandiano. After his death and the death of her father, Malaspina lived with her mother in Florence and had a number of lovers, including Alessandro. Her sister Ricciarda inherited the title after their father's death. Through Ricciarda's marriage, the family was related to Pope Innocent VIII. Ricciarda was probably also one of Alessandro de' Medici's lovers. In a portrait of Alessandro by Pontormo, dated to about 1534, the Duke, dressed in black, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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