Emmanuele Darmenia was a trader from Valletta, but it’s hard to say what he traded in.
Emmanuele is one of my maternal great-great-grandfathers.
Emmanuele Darmenia
Malta
Paolo Darmenia (19th Century)
It’s taking time to uncover original sources for Paolo Darmenia’s life. There’s a lot that we can infer from other sources though.
He is one of my maternal great-great-great-grandfathers.
Giuseppe d’Armenia
Little is known about Giuseppe d’Armenia except that he was a judge, and married 4 times.
He is my 7 x great-grandfather.
Grazio Leonardo d’Armenia
We know little about Grazio Leonardo d’Armenia because few records survive.
Bartolomeo d’Armenia
Little is known about Bartolomeo d’Armenia, the 8th Senior Lusignan male heir, mainly because of the lack of records.
Gio Leonardo d’Armenia
Little is known about Gio Leonardo d’Armenia except that he was an Ambassador in 1541.
Paul Darmenia
Paolo Darmenia worked with the British Forces at their arsenal in Malta. Valletta-born, he lived in St Julians and Sliema.
Anthony Darmenia
Anthony Darmenia, known and remembered as Nannu Twanny, was a Maltese pharmacist.
Paola Mazzara
Paola Mazzara was a Sicilian heiress who married Eugene of Lusignan, styled d’Armenia. She is one of my maternal 11 x great-grandmothers.
Eugene d’Armenia
Prince Eugene Matteo of Lusignan styled himself as d’Armenia. He escaped Cyprus for Padua, Naples, then Sicily to avoid the Venetians who were assassinating his …