Perollo

Perollo

 Alias: none

 Blazon: azure, with a crenellated tower or, open and windowed sable, surmounted by a baron's crown
 

Origins: Normandy

Seat: Sciacca

Notable people: Giulio, Giovanni, Guglielmo, Bernardo, Giacomo, Giovanni Andrea, Federico, Francesco, Emmanuele, Arcadio

Titles: 

• Baron of Pandolfina
• Baron of Castellammare del Golfo
• Baron of Salina
• Baron of Culla
• Baron of S. Bartolomeo
• Baron of Calamonaci
• Baron of the Ponte
• Barone di Licodia
• Baron of Cellaro, 

• Lord of Sciacca
• Lord of Gagliano
• Lord of Ciminna

 Bibliography: Palizzolo Gravina 1871, s.v. "Perollo"; Mango 1912, s.v. 'Perollo'

The Perollo family, an ancient and noble lineage, traces its origins to Guntrano, Grand Duke of Agen and Perignon. According to Savasta, citing Mugnos and other writers, the family was brought to Sicily by Giliberto, nephew of Count Roger and lord of Sciacca and Gagliano in 1100. Giliberto, after expelling the Saracens in 1071, came to Sicily for the same reason: to gain glory. King Roger, his uncle, confirmed certain lands to him. After his first wife's death, Giliberto married Giulietta, the widow Zamparrone and daughter of the king, in Sciacca in 1100, at which time he gained absolute dominion over the city and its territory.

The family's descendants continued in their possessions, even when William the Bad attempted to exchange them for other feuds. Guglielmo, Giliberto's son from his first marriage, obtained the lordship of Via and the position of master justiciar of the kingdom (1144-51), as well as straticot of Messina (1154), due to his great merits. Giorgio, Matteo, and Ludovico, sons of Giulietta, inherited a substantial legacy; Ludovico was also a general of King Roger's armies.

Later, Matteo became lord of Ciminna, followed by Giovanni, Baron of Castellammare del Golfo, Salina, Culla, Pandolfina, and San Bartolomeo, among other titles. Giovanni was also master justiciar, state, and war councillor. It was his seeing Nicolò Peralta's daughter married to Artale di Luna by order of King Martino, despite being promised to someone else, that led to the second case of Sciacca. Giovanni also aided Queen Bianca, besieged by Caprera, with 500 cavalry maintained at his own expense, for which he received the privilege of being buried with a flag and white arms, as mentioned by Surita.

Delfino was one of the barons of Sciacca. Matteo, Giovanni's second son, inherited the lordship of the Sala castle, the barony of Calamonaci, and the Ponte, establishing a branch that expanded significantly in Sciacca, notably through Girolamo, Baron of the Ponte and a prominent figure in the Sciacca affair. Gaspare, Giovanni's third son, Baron of Cassaro and Bonfiglio, also produced a series of illustrious figures, including Federico, a captain justiciar; Giambattista, founder of the Jesuit college in Sciacca; Giacomo, a royal councilor; Domenico, Baron of Licodia; another Domenico, president under Ferdinand the Catholic; and another Giacomo, royal horticulturist of Sciacca and Baron of Pandolfina, whose line ended with his noble daughter Monroy through the marriage of Francesca Perollo to Ferdinando Monroy, Marquis of Garsigliano.

Other notable members include Giovanni, Bishop of Conturhie in France; Dionisio, Bishop of Reims; Glielmo, a Cistercian abbot; Domico and Cosimo, Hierosolymitan knights; and Accursio, a knight of Saint Spirit in Florence.

The Perollo family obtained a certificate of nobility from the Senate of Palermo on May 10, 1834.