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| House of Malaspina Cybo-Malaspina (since 1553) | |
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| Marcher noble family[1] | |
_(2).svg) Flowered thorns of the Malaspina's main branch | |
| Parent family | Obertenghi |
| Country |  Kingdom of Italy (HRE) Republic of Genoa Duchy of Massa and Carrara Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Etymology | Alberto Obertenghi's nickname "Malaspina" ("bad thorn") |
| Founded | 12th century |
| Founder | Alberto "Malaspina" Obertenghi[2] |
| Current head | Not extinct. |
| Final ruler | Maria Theresa, Duchess of Massa |
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| Motto | Sum Mala Spina Malis. Sum Bona Spina Bonis ("A bad thorn for the bad. A good thorn for the good.") |
| Estate(s) | Malaspina Castle (seat, Massa) Palazzo Cybo-Malaspina (seat, Carrara) Castle of Serravalle (Sardinian stronghold) |
| Dissolution | 1790 |
| Cadet branches | Malaspina "of the Dry Thorn" (still existing) [a] |
The House of Malaspina was a noble Italian family of Longobard origin that descended from Boniface I, through the Obertenghi line, that ruled Lunigiana from the 13th to the 14th centuries, and the marquisate of Massa and lordship of Carrara (which later became the Duchy of Massa and Carrara and at a later time the Principality of Massa and the Marquisate of Carrara) since the 14th century.
- ^ Treccani (ed.). "Malaspina" (in Italian). Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ Bicchierai, Marco (2006). Treccani (ed.). "MALASPINA, Alberto". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian).
- ^ Fiori, Giorgio (1995). "I Malaspina: castelli e feudi nell'Oltrepò piacentino, pavese, tortonese" (in Italian). pp. 157–158.
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