Barony of Buleben

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The Barony of Buleben is a title of Maltese nobility. The current holder of the title is Joseph Manduca, the tenth Baron. His heir is his son, styled the Baroncino.

[edit] Origin

Gaetano Azopardi (known as Azzopardinu) was the Senior Physician of the Holy Infirmary (Sacra Infermeria), the first medical college in Malta. In recognition of his sterling services as a doctor for over forty years, he was created Baron of Buleben on July 23, 1777, but this "personal" title could not be automatically inherited. By a Rescript of April 25, 1778 Grand Master de Rohan extended the title to the male issue in perpetuity. Consequently, Gaetano's son Calcedonio received the investiture as Baron of Buleben on August 10, 1788.

The fief of Buleben was first created to the Perrello family in 1465, and later regranted to the Azzopardi family in 1777.

[edit] Succession

The 1877 Royal Commissioners in their report held that with the death of the Baron’s son the title had become extinct. In 1883, the committee of Privileges however presented a petition to the British Government in which it argued that by the grant of 1777, "an inheritable, real, proper and noble fief had been erected... in favour of the male issue holding the primogeniture Azzopardi."

The title was granted to Dr Gaetano Azopardi M.D, then followed succession from father to son until the death of the fifth Baron in 1899, who died childless, and was succeeded by his unmarried brother, then his younger sister. Upon the death of Guiseppina Azopardi, seventh Baroness in 1940, the title was passed on to her sister’s younger son, Joseph Manduca-Azopardi, as the 8th Baron.

Upon Joseph’s death, the title was succeeded by his son, Francis Manduca-Azopardi, who was later Count of Mont'Alto until his death.

His sons now share a title each, the elder as the present Count of MontAlto and the younger as the present Baron di Buleben.

[edit] References

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