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Parent family | Dukes of Monfort |
Current region | Italy, Austria |
Place of origin | Friuli, Italy – March of Friuli, Patriarchate of Aquileia, Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire |
Founded | 12th century |
Founder | Enrico, Margrave of Tuscany |
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The House of Attems (Attimis in Italian) is the name of an ancient and illustrious parliamentary family from Friuli that held the titles of princes, counts and barons. The family, from the native castle of Attimis, branched off into Italy and Austria in different lineages, each named after different fiefdoms and domains held. It seems certain that the founder of it is Enrico, already Margrave of Tuscany, who in February 1170 was appointed with his brother Arpone among the deacons of the patriarch of Aquileia Woldarico and from this, in the same year, was conferred the castle of Attems or Attimis. The main lines of this family are those of the Attems of the Trident, that branched in the Attems of Cividale (extinct); the Attems of Udine; the Attems of S. Croce; and the Attems Petzenstein, and that of the Attems of the Bear (Extinct).