The
Corsini family is a princely
Florentine family. The emperor
Charles IV created the head of the house a
count palatine in 1371; the
marquisate of
Sismano was conferred on them in 1620, those of Casigliano and Civitella in 1629, of Lajatico and Orciatico in 1644, of Giovagallo and Tresana in 1652. In 1730 Lorenzo Corsini, as pope, conferred the rank of
Roman princes and the duchy of Casigliano on his family, and in 1732 they were created
grandees of Spain.[1]
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