Description
The Belgramoni family is one of the oldest and most distinguished noble families in Koper, as it can be traced in sources as early as the 12th and 13th centuries. Its members held important positions in the city administration and diplomacy of the Venetian Republic over the centuries: they served as consuls, judges, notaries and military officers. As expected, some members also performed ecclesiastical functions. Among them, Francesco Belgramoni stood out – a canon and vicar of the bishop in Buda, Hungary, in the first half of the 16th century. For his dedication to his service, Emperor Ferdinand I granted him a noble title in the Holy Roman Empire.
A few decades later, Pietro Belgramoni, as lieutenant general of the Venetian Republic, received numerous awards for his military and diplomatic merits. The jurist Lodovico Belgramoni del Bello Ingaldeo (†1797), born in Buzet, was also a poet and a member of various Enlightenment academies. Cristoforo Belgramoni, who served as vicedominus at the end of the 15th century, even complained – with tongue in cheek – that his official duties were taking up too much of his time, which he would otherwise have devoted to poetry.