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Montagna di Marzo
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Title: Baron Matteo
Trigona was invested by the Viceroyal of Sicily, maritali
nomine, in the name of Charles 1, King of Sicily and, of Spain, V of the
Holy Roman Empire on the year of 1522 , the Barony of Montagna di Marzo. The
Trigona’s can trace their ancestry
back to 1239 to Ermanno Trigona. The
Trigona’s can also enjoy much connections with Nobility of Sicily and Italy,
and the Royal family of Belgium. The
Trigona's
held many fiefs among themselves,
were Baron's
of Budunetto and Vallegrande. The
Maltese connection was through the daughter of Barone Francesco Trigona and his
wife Vincenza Starrabba-Calafato dei Conti di Pacchino. Their daughter, Gerolama Trigona married in 1792 to Antonio Sceberras-Testaferrata, the 13th Baron di Castel Cicciano (see Castel Cicciano). Antonio
used the title of Baron di Montagno di Marzo in right of his wife. Under
the Sicilian law , all children were enable to succeed, In 1926, the King of
Italy had changed this limiting all titles to male succession,
thus
meaning male to male descent only. Since
Antonio Sceberras Testaferrata, his son and his family had used the title until
extinction in 1981, where it was succeeded by a member of the Sceberras family. A
younger son of the late Barone Sir Pasquale Sceberras Trigona descendant,
Edwin William Sceberras Trigona, succeeded the title , then upon his death, the
title went to his brother, Ronald, who is also the Baroncino di Castel Cicciano. Barone
Edwin William Sceberras Trigona’s only surviving child, his daughter Carole
Ann, succeeded the title of Baroness di Castel Cicciano (see Castel Cicciano). Ronald
Frederick Sceberras Trigona, the present Barone di Montagno di Marzo has several
daughters who will one
day
cede the title to
Castel Cicciano, though the Barony will succeeded yet to another male
Sceberras-Trigona ( a second cousin of the Present Barone).
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