NameCount Miké ‘Michael’ (Pandely) Mavrogordato, 1C3R
Birth24 Feb 1817, Chios, Greece/Hellenes
Death8 Mar 1892, Florence, Italy
OccupationMerchant of Chios.
Note 1Ennobled in Tuscany 13 Feb 1857 (see Libro d’Oro).
Note 2A Michele Maurogordato is commemorated on a marble plaque, with his coat of arms, on the Santa Maria del Fiore Duomo, Florence Cathedral, in recognition of his donation for the finishing of the façade.
Note 3Presumably he was the Michele Maurogordato who gave his name to Vila Maurogordato when buying the palazzo, its estate and 8 hectares of gardens in 1847.
Flags***, Argenti, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Vlasto