Marquis of Gnien-is-Sultan
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The Marquis of Gnien is-Sultan is a title of Maltese nobility. The current Marquis is Capt. Phillip Apap Bologna, the seventh Marquis. His heir is his son, Richard Apap Bologna, styled the Marchesino.
[edit] History
The title of Marquis of Gnien-is-Sultan was first created in 1361 and granted to the Pellegrino family.
The present incarnation of the title was created and granted in 1792 to Filippo Apap, who was a Jurat and Deputy. He was created a Marquis by Grand Master de Rohan-Polduc with remainder to his legitimate and natural male descendants in perpetuity, and in the absence of male issue, to the first born female descendants.
The marquisate had been inherited from son to son or grandson right up to the present holder, the seventh Marquis.
Felicissimo Apap-Bologna, the fourth Marquis, waged a protracted a lawsuit with Luisa Bonici-Mompalao for the title of Count of Catena, although the Maltese court upheld their decision in favor of Luisa Bonici-Mompalao's son, Sir Gerald Strickland, G.C.M.G., later Baron Strickland of Sizergh in the United Kingdom.
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