MOSCATI FAMILY
According to Giovanni Moscati of Milan University Library the Moscati family tree has two branches, one in Northern Italy and one in Southern Italy.
The northern branch were active as blacksmiths in the 13 C in the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia.
When the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Frederic II, became King of Italy, whose capital was in Naples, he gave development to the manufacturers of the kingdom and called up many from his kingdom. This was why a branch was established in southern Italy, in a zone rich in resources, located between Avellino and Salerno (about 1250 DC) The family became famous and rich during the 15-17 C, becoming the elite of this part of the kingdom , producing doctors, lawyers and chemists.
In 15 C Giovanni Moscati was Castellano of Malta.
After the French Revolution,the political traditions of the Moscatis in 19C were oriented at liberalism. Many joined secret sects ( Carbonari and fil-napoleonici) and when the absolutist forces returned to power were forced to leave their country.
One famous family was the line of Dr Bernardino Moscati reported as being born in Castiglione di Stiviere in northern Italy. His family tree is as follows:
Dr Bernardino Moscati (1705-7 Sept 1798) married Maria Elisabetta Beretti from Tuscany.
A medallion of Bernardino ordered by his son Pietro
They had 4 children:
Conte Dr Pietro Moscati (15 June 1736, Milan -19 Jan 1824,Milan). He married Claudia Catterina Lambertengho . They had no children.
See a section of the portrait of Pietro hanging in L'Ospedale Maggiore in Milan
Luigia Moscati married.
Caterina Moscati married Dottore Gaspare Mangiarotti
Dr Giovanni Moscati who died in 1770 in Milan.He had 2 children:
Anna Moscati who married Conte Adeodata de Ressi de Cervia who died for his political beliefs in Venice Prison while awaiting sentence . She died an octogenarian in 1880.
Capitano Carlo Moscati a cavalry officer.
Find out about the British Moscatis
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