I ventotto alberghi (Doria, 1528) -- aristocrat by decree

Luigi Speranza

Doria decided on 28 family groups or alberghi headed by the most important families.

The practice of alberghos was very common in medieval Italy because it allowed families to enlarge their power by the adoption of other families into the greater family group.

The 1528 decree was abrogated in 1576 and families were allowed to reclaim their original names.

To be one of the 28 names, the family must have had six heads of family in Genova.

The 28 families were:

1. Calvi
2. Cattaneo
3. Centurione
4. Cibo
5. Cicala
6. de Fornari
7. de Franchi
8. de Marini
9. di Negro
10. Doria
11. Fieschi
12. Gentile
13. Giustiniani
14. Grillo
15. Grimaldi
16. Imperiale
17. Interiano
18. Lercaro
19. Lomellino
20. Negrone
21. Pallavicino
22. Pinelli
23. Promontorio
24. Salvago
25. Sauli
26. Spinola
27. Uso di Mare
28. Vivaldi.