Delle Piane Family - Notable Members

Notable Members

• Nob. Oberto de Planis de Pulcifera (delle Piane di Polcevera), Knight of the Doge of Genova from the 3rd of July 1360 and member of the Council of Elders of the Republic of Genova in 1373 and in 1394, brother of Giacobo de Planis.
• Nob. Giacobo de Planis de Pulcifera (delle Piane di Polcevera), Adviser of the Council of Elders of the Republic of Genova from 1382.
• Nob. Antonio delle Piane di Fegino, member of the Council of Elders of the Republic of Genova from 1400 to 1401, Abbot of the people of Liguria from 1404, landowner.
• Nob. Giovanni Maria delle Piane (il Mulinaretto), primary court painter and the friend of Princess Elizabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain.
• Nob. Giovanni Battista delle Piane (1889–1961), Apostolic nuncio to Austria, Archbishop of Stauropolis, the friend of Pope John XXIII and buried in the church of Bavari.
• Nob. Jose Maria (Giuseppe Maria) delle Piane (1787–1883), born in Genova, Marine (military) and marine surveyor, participated the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 with the French marines, fortified Montevideo (Uruguay) during its siege in 1843 with Italian legionnaires led by the exiled Giuseppe Garibaldi, grandfather of General Luis J. Dellepiane.
• Nob. Luis J. delle Piane (1865–1941), General of the Argentinian army, Civil engineer who did the first geodetic studies of Argentina.
• Nob. Carlos delle Piane (1893–1946), Ligurian Father, Militarist, innovative General of the Peruvian army, founder of the Center of military history studies of Peru, the author of several military books.
• Nob. Mariano delle Piane (1844–1916), Textile industrialist and Philanthropist.
• Nob. Gian Marino delle Piane (1939-), Knight and the author of several nobility books.