County of Montone



The County of Montone was a noble fiefdom in Italy, formed of the town of Montone and its territory. That territory was turned into a county by Antipope John XXIII on 28 August 1414 and granted by him to Braccio da Montone, a condottiero. Pope Martin V refounded it and on Braccio's death in 1424 confirmed it to Braccio's son Carlo. It was under the jurisdiction of the Papal States until 1519, when pope Leo X granted it to Vitello Vitelli, a member of the Vitelli family of Città di Castello. That family held it until 1573 and then from 1598 to 1646, when their line went extinct.

List of counts

 * Braccio da Montone (1414-1424)
 * Carlo da Montone (1424-?)
 * Alessandro Vitelli (? - 1461)
 * Paolo Vitelli (1461-1499)
 * Vitellozzo Vitelli (1499-1503)
 * Vitello Vitelli (1519–28)
 * Chiappino II Vitelli (1530–34)
 * Camillo II Vitelli (1534–40)
 * Alessandro Vitelli (1540–44)
 * Camillo II Vitelli and Alessandro Vitelli (1544–46)
 * Angela de' Rossi (wife of Alessandro) (1546–47)
 * Camillo II Vitelli (1547–50)
 * Camillo II Vitelli and Ferrante Vitelli (1550–58)
 * Vitellozzo Vitelli (1558–66)
 * Ferrante Vitelli (1566–67)
 * Ferrante Vitelli and Vincenzo Vitelli (1567–72)
 * Paolo II Vitelli and Chiappino II Vitelli (1572–73)
 * Direct papal jurisdiction (1573-1598)
 * Virginia Savelli Vitelli, wife of Giovanni Vincenzo Vitelli (1598-1634)
 * Chiappino III Vitelli (1634–46)

Chiappino III died without issue in 1646 and the county was absorbed into the Papal States, never to be awarded again.