Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina

Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina (28 February 1534 – 18 January 1623) was the first Prince of Massa and Marquis of Carrara. He was also the last Count (1549–1619) and the first Duke of Ferentillo (1619–1623).

Portrait of Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina

Born in Genoa, Italy, he was the son of Lorenzo Cybo and Ricciarda Cybo-Malaspina, and was a descendant of Pope Innocent VIII and Lorenzo de' Medici. He was married twice, first to Elisabetta della Rovere, daughter of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino by whom he had one son, Alderano Cybo-Malaspina; and second to Isabella di Capua, by whom he had three daughters and a son. He also fathered five natural children. Cybo-Malaspina died in Massa.

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