Alternative History
House of Frnankenstein
Haus von Frankenstein
Swiss noble family
Parent family House of Lenzburg
Country Swiss Confederacy

Papal States
County of Pyrmont

Republic of San Marino
Founded 1410s
Founder Pope Victor V
Dissolution 1489

The House of Frankenstein is a Swiss noble family descended from Pope Victor V of the House of Lenzburg. Victor V had numerous children while bishop and later pope, which he pushed to the forefront of Italian and German politics. After his death most of his children were later ousted by subsequent popes or Italian nobles, with the noted exception of his son Amadeus Frankstein, from whom descends a minor line of northwest German nobles, centered around the County of Pyrmont.

Family Tree[]

  • Pope Victor V (1376-1435)
    • Otto Frankenstein (1416-1444)
    • Victor Frankenstein (1417-1450) - Lord of Rimini (1443-1449)
      --Maria Malatesta (1420-1500)
      • Elisabetta Frankenstein (1443-1518)
    • Amadeus I (1419-1502) - Cardinal-Bishop of Gubbio (1436-1441), Papal Gonfalonier (1444-1450), Count of Pyrmont (1494-1502)
      • Amadeus II (1471-1530) - Count of Pyrmont (1502-1530)
        • Victor I (1521-) - Count of Pyrmont (1530), Count of Schauenburg (1548)
    • Amelia Frankenstein (1422-1490)
      --Lodovico de' Medici (1418-1449)
      • Maria de' Medici (1442-1504)
    • --Giacomo Trivulzio (1413-1457)
      • Gian Trivulzio (1450-1469)
      • Beatrice Trivulzio (1452-1460)
    • --Andrea Sabbatini (1410-1474) - Captain-regent of San Marino (1527)
      • Cesare Sabbatini (1460-1513)
    • Louis Frankenstein (1426-1473) - Bishop of Camerino (1451)
      • Giovanni Frankenstein (1450-1519) (Illegitimate)

Footnotes[]

This article is part of Merveilles des Morte.