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Chigi family coat of arm in Minerva square<br /><div><strong>Chigi </strong>is a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the counts which possessed castles in southern Tuscany. </div><br /><div>The Roman branch of the family was founded by Mariano in the 16th century, a banker of the popes, the other branch was started by his brother, Benedetto, but the most famous member of this family was Agostino Chigi ho became a extremely rich banker. He commissionated buildings and gardens to the best artists of the time such as Raphael. the family had also a Pope Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII and its nephew was created by emperor Leopold I prince of the Holy Roman Empire.The family become more and more powerful thanks to some political marriages, whith Borghese family first and with Albani family later.<br /><br /><br /></div><br />
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Chigi family coat of arm in Minerva square

Chigi is a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the counts which possessed castles in southern Tuscany.

The Roman branch of the family was founded by Mariano in the 16th century, a banker of the popes, the other branch was started by his brother, Benedetto, but the most famous member of this family was Agostino Chigi ho became a extremely rich banker. He commissionated buildings and gardens to the best artists of the time such as Raphael. the family had also a Pope Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII and its nephew was created by emperor Leopold I prince of the Holy Roman Empire.The family become more and more powerful thanks to some political marriages, whith Borghese family first and with Albani family later.