The Calbo family later on Calbo-Crotta is an Italian noble mercantile family originating from

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

and then established in

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starting the year 891. It became part of the

Great Council of Venice The Great Council or Major Council ( it, Maggior Consiglio; vec, Mazor Consegio) was a political organ of the Republic of Venice between 1172 and 1797. It was the chief political assembly, responsible for electing many of the other political off ...

( it, Maggior Consiglio) after the battle of Genoa in 1310. They were given nobility title in 1817 and were part of Venetian nobility.

Notable members

*Luigi Calbo, an administrator in the kingdom of Negroponte and who died during the conquests of

Mehmed the Conqueror Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

(Mehmed II) in 1470 *Antonio Calbo, a councilor in

Kingdom of Candia The Realm or Kingdom of Candia ( Venetian: ''Regno de Càndia'') or Duchy of Candia ( Venetian: ''Dogado de Càndia'' ) was the official name of Crete during the island's period as an overseas colony of the Republic of Venice, from the initial V ...

in 1539, and fought for the withdrawals of the Turkish occupation *Francesco Calbo (1760-1827), son of Giovanni Marco and Lucrezia Crotta. He added the name Crotta to the family known after that as Calbo-Crotta. He was a finance minister under the Austrian rule that became the

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in 1818. He died without inheritors. *M.V. Calbo (1965), daughter of F. Calbo (1914-2004). Best known for being the sweetest mother in the world of three children. Married to Sir G. ‘the weatherman’ Verheij and residing in the Jura castle in the Brabant province with vacation residence in the village besides the Maas river.

Residences

Palazzo Calbo Crotta Palazzo Calbo Crotta is a palace in Venice, located in the Cannaregio district and overlooking the Grand Canal, near the Scalzi bridge. History Palazzo Calbo Crotta dates back to the 14th century, when it was built to be the home of the Calbo f ...

in Venice

Sources

* ''Dizionario Storico-Portatile Di Tutte Le Venete Patrizie Famiglie'', G.Bettinelli, Venezia, 1780. * ''Nouvelle relation de la Ville et République de Venise'', Casimir Freschot, Utrecht, 1709, ed. Guillaume Van Poolsum. * ''Repertorio Genealogico delle Famiglie confermate nobili e dei titolati nobili esistenti nelle provincie Venete'', Francesco Schröder, Venise, 1830, typografia Alvisopoli. * ''Saggio sulla Storia Civile, Politica, Ecclesiastica e sulla Corografia e Topografia degli Stati della Repubblica di Venezia ad uso della Nobile e Civile Gioventù'', Ab. D. Cristoforo Tentori Spagnuolo, Venise, Éd. Giacomo Storti, 1785. {{DEFAULTSORT:Calbo Republic of Venice families