Rossetti
The House of Rossetti is an Italian noble, and Boyar Princely family appearing in the 14th-15th century, originating among the patrician families, during the Republic of Genoa, with branches of the family establishing themselves in the Kingdom of Austria, and France, and as boyars in Romania that gave Princes of Wallachia and Moldavia. The variants of the name are spelled Ruset, Rosset, Rossetti, of Byzantine and Italian origins.[1] There are several branches of the family named after their estates: Roznovanu, Solescu, Bălănescu, Răducanu, Ciortescu, Tescanu, and Bibica. The Rosetti family in Wallachia is another branch of the family who initially settled in Moldavia.[2]. The origins of the Rossetti family suggest descent from the Della Gherardesca family, a noble family of Germanic origins whose alliance with the Hohenstaufen Emperors had brought the family to prominence in Tuscany, and made them the leaders of the Ghibellines, who feuded against the Guelphs for political control during the Guelph and Ghibelline Wars between 1120s–1320s.
Notable people with the surname Rossetti include:
- Lascaris Rosetti, high chancellor of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Bella Rosetti (Cantacuzino)
- Constantin Rosetti
- Prince Antoine Ruset Voda
- Biagio Rossetti (c. 1447–1516), architect and urbanist from Ferrara, the first to use modern methods
- Carlo Rossetti (1614–1681), Italian Catholic cardinal, Nobleman
- Cezaro Rossetti (1901–1950), Scottish Esperanto writer
- C. A. Rosetti (1816–1885) Romanian literary, academia, and political leader, of noble Byzantine descent
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), English poet, illustrator, painter and translator, founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Francesco Rossetti (1833–1885), Italian physicist
- Gabriele Rossetti (1783–1854), poet, scholar and Italian émigré to England, father of Dante Gabriel, Christina Georgina, William Michael, and Maria Francesca
- Raffaele Rossetti Italian engineer and military naval officer who sank the main battleship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I.[1] He was also a politician of the Italian Republican Party.
- Gino Rossetti (1904–1992), Italian footballer
- Giuseppina Rossetti mother of Lorenzo Respighi an Italian mathematician and natural philosopher
- Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), English author
- Mario J. Rossetti (1935-2014), American jurist
- Stefano Rossetti (or Rossetto) (fl. 1560–1580), Italian composer to the Medici
- Stephen Joseph Rossetti (born 1951), Roman Catholic priest, author, lecturer and psychologist
- William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919), English writer and critic, founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Gallery of styles
- Ruset/Rosetti/Rossetti Full Achievement of Arms
- Rossetti Arms: D' azzurro, alla banda d'argento, caricata di tre rose di rosso, bottonate d'oro, barbate di verde
- Rossetti Stemma
- Rossetti Arms displayed on Palazzo
- Rossetti family Wappen
See also
- Rossetti Architects, a Detroit architectural design firm
- Rosetti (disambiguation)