Barberini family

Barberini
Barberini coat of arms.
Country	Italy
Founded	Between 1530 and 1559
Founder	Antonio Barberini (1494–1559)
Current head	Benedetto Francesco Barberini, Prince of Palestrina (born 1961)
Titles	Pope (non-hereditary) Prince of Palestrina Prince of Valmontone Duke of Monterotondo
Estate(s)	Palestrina
Cadet branches	House of Colonna di Sciarra House of Sacchetti (Barberini) (By marriage of female heirs – male line became extinct twice.)

The House of Barberini is a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in the 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII. Their urban palace, the Palazzo Barberini, completed in 1633 by Bernini, today houses Italy's Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (National Gallery of Ancient Art).