This page is the story of the family Cavalletti. the history of Cavalletti is one of the 100 noble families of Italy dating back to Roman times. Cavalletti family is one of a hundred known Italian family crests known today.
The family crest shows a horse jumping over a fire with a sword under the fire a royal crown above the horse The meaning Of this is the original family where messengers for powerful Roman senators. There job was to pass messages from province to province. Being excellent and skilled horsemen they would travers the roman roads and deliver these messages. The family became famous horsemen of the day and were given nobility themselves. According to early historical records eventually obtaining senatorial rights in Rome. The Cavalletti chapel of the church of Sant Agostino was most likely linked to the noble family.
my family known history starts in Pisa and Livorno in the early 17th century. The family at some time moved to Livorno and were of nobility . via Cavalletti and the Villa Cavalletti still stand today and bear the family name. Giovanni Cavalletti was a prominent lawyer of the day and lived in the villa. He is well known to have negotiated peace between the two cities. at some point the family married into Austrian and English nobility as my great great great grandfather, Giacomo Hamilton Cavalletti remained in the Livorno area and lived in Montelupo in a countryside villa where he became a well know litererary of the day. Eventually publishing the novel Dal Detto Al Fatto Nel Socialismo. One of the first known books detailing socialism. Giacometti Cavalletti's son Francesco Cavalletti had 5 children Carlo Alberto, Margarita, Enrico, Umberto and Maria. Carlo Alberto is my grandfather. I will continue to update this genealogy on a regular basis