Rossetti

Rossetti is an Italian surname appearing in the 14th-15th century, originating among the patrician families, during the Republic of Genoa, with branches of the family establishing themselves in the Kingdom of Austria, and France, and as boyers in Romania. The origins of the Rossetti family suggest descent from the Della Gherardesca family, a noble family of Germanic origins whose alliance with the Hohenstaufen Emperors had brought the family to prominence in Tuscany, and made them the leaders of the Ghibellines, who feuded against the Guelphs for political control.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Biagio Rossetti (c. 1447–1516), architect and urbanist from Ferrara, the first to use modern methods
• Carlo Rossetti (1614 - 1681), Italian Catholic cardinal
• Cezaro Rossetti (1901-1950), Scottish Esperanto writer
• C. A. Rosetti (1816–1885) Romanian literary, academia, and political leader, of noble Byzantine descent
• Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), English poet, illustrator, painter and translator, founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
• Francesco Rossetti (1833–1885), Italian physicist
• Gabriele Rossetti (1783–1854), poet, scholar and Italian émigré to England, father of Dante Gabriel, Christina Georgina, William Michael, and Maria Francesca
• Gino Rossetti (1904–1992), Italian footballer
• Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), English author
• Mario J. Rossetti (1935-2014), American jurist
• Stefano Rossetti (or Rossetto) (fl. 1560–1580), Italian composer to the Medici
• Stephen Joseph Rossetti (born 1951), Roman Catholic priest, author, lecturer and psychologist
• William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919), English writer and critic, founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
• Giuseppina Rossetti mother of Lorenzo Respighi an Italian mathematician and natural philosopher

See also

• Rossetti Architects, a Detroit architectural design firm
• Rosetti (disambiguation)