2011 - European Nobility - "A Dynamic Tradition in a Changing World"
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The Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility together with The Assembly of the Maltese Nobility is honoured to invite members of CILANE to the Congress of European Nobility with the theme:
A Dynamic Tradition in a Changing World
to be held in Malta from the 6th to the 9th October 2011
Organising Committee
The Congress of the European Nobility, held in Malta under the auspices of the Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility and the Assembly of the Maltese Nobility (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/representation.htm www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/introduction-nobility.html ) is organised by the following committee:
Chairman The Marchesino of San Vincenzo Ferreri (MG link: www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/testaferrata.htm www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/marchesedisanvincenzoferreri.htm )
Members The Marquis of San Giorgio (MG link: www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/sangiorgio.html www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/marchesedisangiorgio.htm )
The Count della Senia (MG link: www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/senia.html
www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/Melita/classesofmaltesesociety.htm
www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/depiro/mariebenoit.html )
The Marquis of Gnien is-Sultan (MG link: http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/gnienissultan.htm )
Co-ordinator Mr Michael Sayer
Secretary Baroness Vera von Fersen
Belgium Count Henri de Beauffort
Mr Léopold de Callataÿ
Denmark Mr Cai-Asmus von Rumohr
Count Casper Moltke
Finland Mr Johan Grotenfelt
Baron Sebastian Cedercreutz
France Count Bernard de Gatellier
Marquis d’Aubigny d’Assy
Germany Mr Friedrich von Abendroth
Great Britain Mr Henry Bedingfeld
Mr Michael Sayer
Hungary Mr György von Csornay
Mr Zsolt Dr. Némethy
Italy Marquis Luca Páveri-Fontana de Fontana Pradosa
Edoardo Balbo dei Conti di Vinadio
Malta The Marquis of San Giorgio
The Marchesino of San Vincenzo Ferreri
Netherlands Jeroen Baron van Wassenaer
B.L. Gravin van Limburg Stirum-Menten
Pontifical Nob. Count Christophe Blanchy
Count Laurent Marquet de Vasselot
Portugal Mr António de Mattos e Silva
Russia Princess Patrice Galitzine
Mr Konstantin Smirnov
Spain Vacant
Sweden Mr Erik Tersmeden
Baron Åkerhielm
Switzerland Mr Bernard de Muralt
Jeunes Spokesman Jonkheer Cees Röell
Jeunes Secretary Miss Christina Antell
CILANE delegates and supplementary delegates
Commission d’Information et de Liaison
des Associations Nobles d’Europe
CILANE
9, Rue du Chevalier de Saint Georges
F–75008 Paris
www.cilane.eu
Belgium Association de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique
Baron Bernard Snoy
Denmark Dansk Adels-Forening
Baron, Chamberlain Henrik Wedell-Wedellsborg
Finland Maison de la Noblesse Finlandaise
Mr Gustav Adlercreutz
France Association d’entraide de la Noblesse Française
Mr de Saint Pulgent
Germany Vereinigung der Deutschen Adelsverbände
Prince Alfred von Schönburg-Hartenstein
Great Britain Commission & Association for Armigerous Families of Great Britain
The Duke of Norfolk
Hungary Magyar Történelmi Családok Egyesülete
János Count Nyáry
Italy Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana
Luigi Michelini dei Conti di San Martino
Malta Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility (MG link:
www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/Melita/verifyingtheauthenticityofclaims.htm)
Baron Carmel Apap Bologna Sceberras D’Amico Inguanez
Netherlands Nederlandse Adelsvereniging
Jeroen baron van Wassenaer
Pontifical Nob. Réunion de la Noblesse Pontificale
Count Roger Marraud des Grottes
Portugal Associação da Nobreza Histórica de Portugal
Count of Nova-Gôa
Russia Union de la Noblesse Russe
Mr Cyrille Kisselevsky
Spain Vacant
Sweden Maison de la Noblesse Suédoise
Count Gustaf Wachtmeister
Switzerland Association de Familles Suisses
Mrs Beatrix de Sury d’Aspremont
Presidents of CILANE Member Associations
Welcome message from the President of The Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility
I extend a heartfelt welcome to all participants at the forthcoming CILANE congress to be held in Malta later this year. This fills us with pride, despite our relatively recent membership of such a distinguished body.
Malta has been well renowned throughout the ages in greeting innumerable visitors to the country, starting with St Paul, each endowing it with its individual imprint which has determined our identity through such a rich ethnic and cultural intermix. Melita, the Roman appellation of our country, derived from the Latin name for honey, evokes images of melliferous products and warm-hearted people, which have never changed throughout the years.
In consequence of our geographical location, which has been a watershed for cultural and political expression in the central Mediterranean, our country has been enriched by these influences, foremost among which has been the foundation of a Maltese nobility (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/ancientprivileges.html ) in acknowledgement of our tangible contribution to the kingdoms and principalities that governed us.
The initial noble families (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/oldfamilies1647.htm
www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/Melita/maltesenobility1725.htm ) were established in the fourteenth century by the kingdom of Aragon through its vassal monarchs, the Kings of Sicily and Naples (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/royalbenefices.html ). Later, bestowal of ennoblement reached its apogee during the governance of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/SME2/Translationofthedeed.html ) in recognition of services provided by these respective families to the Order (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/Archivesofordervol627.html www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/precedence.htm ). The thirty-two titles (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/importanceofnobilty.htm ) that constitute the Maltese nobility were ratified in the House of Lords of the British Crown at the time of its rule over our islands (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility1878.htm www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/Table9.html ). These titles, though buffeted by republican sentiments, still survive intact after all these years. Our families (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/tableofgrantees.htm ) all truly welcome our European counterparts in a spirit of hospitality and friendship. I augur a successful debate of the European Nobility in an ever-changing world, which hopefully enough should underpin an improved potential for the future.
“Merhba” – the Maltese word for “Welcome” – still resounds throughout the ages as an expression of sincere conviviality to whoever visits our shores.
Carmel Apap Bologna Sceberras
d’Amico Inguanez (MG link: www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/djarilbniet1.html )
Baron of Djar il-Bniet and of Buqana (MG link:
www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/baronedidjarilbniet.htm www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/depiro/Threeinguanezfamilies.html )
Thursday 6th October 2011 (Note that only Presidents, Delegates and Supplementary Delegates need to arrive on Thursday. All others may arrive on Friday.)
am/pm Arrivals, and morning at leisure.
19.00 Coaches depart from the four main congress hotels.
20.00 Dinner at Palazzo Santa Sofia in Mdina, hosted by the Most Noble (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility.htm
www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/mostillustriousnoble.htm ) Baron and Baroness of Djar il-Bniet and of Buqana, President of the Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility. (Presidents, Delegates, Supplementary Delegates and their spouses. Dress: Lounge suit.)
Friday 7th October 2011
am/pm Arrivals, and morning at leisure.
19.00 Coaches depart from the four main congress hotels.
20.00 Cocktail reception at Palazzo Parisio, home of the Most Noble Baroness of Tabria (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/titlesdisposablebynomination.htm ). (Dress: Lounge suit.)
PROGRAMME
Saturday 8th October 2011
08.30 Coaches depart from the four main congress hotels.
09.00 Congress: A Dynamic Tradition in a Changing World held at St John’s Cavalier — Embassy in Malta of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John, by kind permission of H.E. Ambassador and Mrs di Capua.
The congress shall be opened by the Grand Master, His Most Eminent Highness Frà Matthew Festing.
Speakers shall include:
Mr Michael Sayer — CILANE Coordinator.
Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith,
Knighthood and Chivalry: Fantasy or Vocation?
Hipólito Sanchiz y Álvarez de Toledo, Marqués del Vasto,
Grande de España, The Spanish Nobiliary Institutions and the Military Orders and in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Count Constantin Kinsky,
Restitution and Restoration in the Czech Republic.
Nicholas, Marquis de Piro, (MG link: www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'oro/depiro.html www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/marquisdepiro1.htm )
The Conventual Church of St John—a sympathetic and anecdotal history.
12.30 Working Lunch at the Casino Maltese.
16.45 Conclusion of the congress and return to hotels.
19.45 Coaches depart from the four main congress hotels.
20.30 Dinner-Ball at the President’s palace, by kind permission of His Excellency Dr George Abela, President of Malta. (Dress: White tie, medals and decorations / Black tie .) (MG link: www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/depiro/maltesenobilityModern.html )
Sunday 9th October 2011
08.30 Coaches depart from the four recommended hotels.
09.15 Holy Mass at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
10.30 Walking tour of Valletta, including a visit to the Upper Barracca Gardens, commanding a magnificent view of the Grand Harbour.
12.00 Coaches depart for Mdina.
12.30 Lunch followed by a walking tour of Mdina.
14.00 Meeting for Presidents, Delegates and Supplementary
Delegates at Vilhena Palace, seat of the Mdina Local Council, by kind permission of Mr Peter dei Conti Sant Manduca (MG link: www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'oro/sant1.html www.saidvassallo.com/SME/maltesenobility/nobility/depiro/santcassia.html ), Mayor of Mdina.
Congress Participation fee ............................................ € 300.00
(This includes being welcomed at the airport, transport to the hotel, all transport to and from the various events, the congress and its working lunch and the dîner-bal at the President’s Palace.)
Optional additional events:
Dinner for Delegates and Presidents on Thursday evening ..... € 50.00
(Only for Delegates, Presidents , Supplementary Delegates and their spouses)
Cocktail party at Palazzo Parisio on Friday evening ............... € 50.00
Excursion in Valletta and Mdina on Sunday, including lunch .. € 75.00
Participants choosing to participate in all the activities will be entitled to an overall discount of € 25.
It is essential that any members of the Hereditary Peerage Association wishing to participate should in the first instance contacr
Sir Henry Bedingfeld Bt
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
The College of Arms
Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4BT
Tel: 020 7236 6420
Email: [email protected]
Applications arriving after the 15th July are subject to a € 75 surcharge Applications, on first come first served basis, close on the 15th August.
Payment must be made to the following account:
IBAN: MT 51 VALL 2201 3000 0000 1020 2730 016
BIC: VALLMTMT
Account Holder: The Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility.
Bank charges are to be paid by the applicant.
All applications must be sent, preferably by e-mail, directly to:
Marchesino Daniel de Petri Testaferrata
Russell Buildings, Naxxar Road, Lija, Malta.
Tel: +356 2141 9070 / +356 9942 4448
e-mail address: [email protected]
PLEASE INCLUDE A COPY OF YOUR PAYMENT WITH YOUR APPLICATION!
Participation fees.
Application form
(One application per person please)
Send the completed form to e-mail address [email protected]
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All three activities below (including discount of € 25) € 400
The Congress, including the diner-bal, and all transport € 300
Cocktail party on Friday evening. € 50
Excursions on Sunday morning, including lunch € 75
Delegates, Supplementary Delegates, Presidents and their spouses only:
Delegates’ dinner on Thursday evening € 50
Main Congress Hotels, from which transport will be provided free of charge:
Corinthia Hotel St George’s Bay (5 Star)
Perfectly located at the entrance to St George’s Bay and offering magnificent panoramic views of the sparkling blue Mediterranean, as well as a private balcony with every room within, and is close to Malta’s top restaurants and entertainment areas. The hotel offers a spa, luxurious restaurants, a variety of swimming pools and a private beach club.
www.corinthia.com
Marina Hotel at the Corinthia Beach Resort (4 Star)
The Marina Hotel at the Corinthia Beach Resort boasts an advantageous position overlooking the striking St George’s bay. It offers a private beach club and a variety of water sports, as well as a number of award-winning restaurants.
www.marinahotel.com.mt
Corinthia Palace Hotel & spa (5 Star)
Poised between Malta’s capital, Valletta, and the ‘silent’ city of Mdina, and a short distance from the Presidential Palace, the Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa is an oasis of serenity. Built in the 19th century as a luxury private villa, the grand design and landscaped gardens have inspired guests from around the world. It boasts the Athenaeum Spa and a variety of restaurants.
www.corinthia.com
Hotel Phoenicia (5 Star)
The Hotel Phoenicia is located at the gates of Valletta. A national treasure, opened in 1947, it has played a key role in Malta’s social and cultural history. Stars, socialites and the crowned heads of Europe have enjoyed this 5 star hotel for over 60 years.
www.phoeniciamalta.com
Recommended Hotels
The organising committee has secured extremely advantageous rates from all the above hotels. Participants are invited to contact Count Joseph Bugeja Fontani on e-mail address [email protected] to make enquiries and reservations, as well as for flight requirements if necessary.
Other recommended hotels.
No free transport shall be provided from these hotels.
InterContinental Malta (5 Star)
A wonderful waterfront resort complete with private beach and water sports; a central cosmopolitan location close to shopping, and entertainment sites, and an array of services appreciated by leisure and business travellers.
www.intercontinental.com
Osborne Hotel (3 Star)
The Osborne Hotel is housed in one of the palaces built by the knights of the Order of St John.
It is just a stone’s throw-away from the island's major museums, art treasures and the city’s unique 16th century architecture.
www.osbornehotel.com
Further information on Malta is available at http://visitmalta.com