Draft:Roero Family


The Roero, Rotari, Roverio or Roure were one of the major families from the nobilty of Asti[1]

The family was not aligned with Guelph or Ghibelline groups. With the increase in its profits obtained from trade and pawnbroking, it increased its political weight exponentially by holding positions both locally and nationally.

The many family lines (more than twenty in the 16th century) with purchases and feuds occupied the area located in the north-eastern part of the province of Cuneo still called Roero today.

  1. ^ L. Vergano, Storia di Asti, parte II, Il trionfo del Comune, Asti, 1953, p. 174