House of Ventimiglia
The Ventimiglia are a noble Italian family that once held fiefdoms in Liguria, France, Spain and Southern Italy.
Origin
The Ventimiglia family originated from Cono/Corrado count of Ventimiglia (10th-11th century), son of count Cono, likely Count palatine of Vienne, Isère (an Alemannian-Franconian Conradines). Enrico II de Ventimiglia, count del Maro (Albenga) husbanding around the 1250 Isabella/Elisabetta, countess of Geraci (Sicily), establish a new branch in Sicily swabian Kingdom.
The counts of Geraci derive by the union of Serlone II d'Hauteville, a godson and relative of Ruggero Gran Count of Sicily, and his wife Lady Isabella. This marital union gave origin to the ancestors of Ventimiglia line, the possibles successors of Serlon were: Eliusa, Rinaldo di Bernaville, Rocca di Bernaville, Ruggero I de Creon count of Ischia and Geraci, Guerrera de Creon countess, Ruggero II count of Ischia and Geraci, Aldoino count, Isabella who married Count Enrico II of Ventimiglia son of count Filippo I of Ventimiglia and del Maro. The French branch uses de Vintimille and the Spanish branch uses de Veintimilla, Vintemilla or Veintimiglia (branch of Màlaga).