Marquis of San Sperate


Marquis of San Sperate is a title granted in 1749 by Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy, king of Sardinia, to Sardinian judge and nobleman Joseph Cadello. It has passed afterwards to the house Ripoll and eventually to Sanjusts.

The grant

The title was conferred over the village of San Sperate, bought by the judge Joseph Cadello from the treasury in 1742.

The inheritance

The title passed over to the grantee's descent up to date, with some indirect passages and three female inheritances.

List of Marquesses of San SperateAccording to the common genealogical use in Sardinia (and also legal use in Spain), Marquesses are indicated with both the father's and the mother's surnames, whatever the actual form in documents.In order to describe the spouses' houses, main titles of those houses are indicated, in the modern Italian form «of the title»

  1. Joseph Cadello Cugia, 1st Marquess of San Sperate, 1749–1792; unmarried;
  2. Sadorro Cadello Cadello, 2nd Marquess of San Sperate, nephew of the latter as son of a sister died before him, and of a first cousin once removed, 1792–1813; brother of Cardinal Diego Cadello; married Clara Martinez of the Marquesses of Montemuros;
  3. Efisio Cadello Asquer, 3rd Marquess of San Sperate, nephew of the latter as son of a brother died before him, 1813–1846; unmarried; during his rule the fief was "redeemed";
  4. Anna Maria Cadello Asquer, 4th Marchioness of San Sperate suo jure, sister of the latter, 1846–1848; married Pietro Ripoll, 3rd Marquess of Neoneli;
  5. Maria Angela Ripoll Cadello, 5th Marchioness of San Sperate suo jure, Marchioness of Neoneli, etc., sister of the latter, 1848–1850; m. don Carlo Sanjust, Baron of Teulada;
  6. Enrico Sanjust Ripoll, 6th Marquess of San Sperate, Baron of Teulada etc., son of the latter, 1850–1910;
  7. Luigi Sanjust Ripoll, 7th Marquess of San Sperate etc., brother of the latter, 1910–1915; m. Maria Francesca Aymerich of the Marquesses of Laconi;
  8. Giuseppe Sanjust Ripoll, 8th Marquess of San Sperate etc., brother of the latter, 1915–1923; m. Maria Sanjust of the barons of Teulada;
  9. Carlo Sanjust Sanjust, 9th Marquess of San Sperate etc., son of the latter, 1923–1964; m. Olga Mattiolo;
  10. Francesco Sanjust Mattiolo, 10th Marquess of San Sperate etc., son of the latter, 1964-2014; m. Angela Lodrini;
Present holder is the brother of the latter, called Ignazio, with his only son as heir apparent.