Editing Calabria Citra

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Calabria Citra
| settlement_type = Historical province
| subdivision_type = State
| subdivision_name = [[Kingdom of Naples]]<br>[[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Cosenza]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = Medieval period
| extinct_title = Became
| extinct_date = [[Province of Cosenza]]
}}

'''Calabria Citra''' was a historical province of southern [[Italy]]. It formed the northern part of Calabria under the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and later the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]. Its capital was [[Cosenza]].<ref name="catholic-cosenza">[https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/archdiocese-of-cosenza "Archdiocese of Cosenza"]. ''Catholic Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 14 June 2026: "In 1130 Cosenza became the capital of Calabria Citeriore, now Cosenza, and thenceforth shared the vicissitudes of the Kingdom of Naples."</ref>

Calabria Citra appears in early Nostrini family records as the province containing [[Cosenza]], [[Mendicino]], [[Dipignano]], and [[Rossano]] during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Several early members of the Nostrini family, the southern Italian origin of the [[Noord family]], were born or worked there before the [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]] in 1811.<ref name="domenico">''[[Domenico Nostrini]]'': "Domenico Nostrini was born on 16 February 1744 at Casa Nostrini in [[Cosenza]]. At the time, Cosenza was part of [[Calabria Citra]] in the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref><ref name="lorenzo">''[[Lorenzo Nostrini]]'': "Lorenzo Nostrini was born on 8 August 1716 in Dipignano, in [[Calabria Citra]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref>

== History ==
Calabria Citra developed from the older administrative division of Calabria into nearer and farther provinces. The name ''Citra'' referred to the part of Calabria nearer to [[Naples]], the capital of the Kingdom of Naples, while Calabria Ultra referred to the farther southern part of the region.<ref name="province-boundaries">[https://www.roangelo.net/valente/boundary.html "Province Boundaries of the Kingdom of Naples"]. Italian Genealogy Online. Retrieved 14 June 2026.</ref>

Cosenza was the chief city of Calabria Citra. The city had earlier been the ancient Cosentia, capital of the Bruttii before Roman control. It remained a regional centre through later Byzantine, Norman, Angevin, Spanish, Bourbon, and Italian periods.<ref name="britannica-cosenza">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Cosenza-Italy "Cosenza"]. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''. Retrieved 14 June 2026.</ref>

During the early modern period, Calabria Citra was shown in European cartography as a defined Calabrian province. Joan Blaeu's 1665 map ''Calabria Citra'' presented the province as part of the wider geography of southern Italy.<ref name="rumsey">[https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~282798~90054306:Calabria-Citra "Calabria Citra"]. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Retrieved 14 June 2026.</ref>

The province remained within the Kingdom of Naples until 1816, when Naples and Sicily were joined as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.<ref name="kingdom-naples">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Kingdom-of-Naples "Kingdom of Naples"]. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''. Retrieved 14 June 2026.</ref> Under the later Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Calabria Citra continued as a mainland province with Cosenza as its seat. After the annexation of the Two Sicilies into the unified Italian state, the province became the [[Province of Cosenza]].<ref name="two-sicilies">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Kingdom-of-the-Two-Sicilies "Kingdom of the Two Sicilies"]. ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''. Retrieved 14 June 2026.</ref>

== Nostrini family ==
The [[Noord family]] originated in Calabria under the surname Nostrini. The family was established there on 14 September 1761 by [[Lorenzo Nostrini]], who was born in Dipignano, Calabria Citra, on 8 August 1716.<ref name="lorenzo" />

Casa Nostrini in [[Cosenza]] served as the older family seat. [[Domenico Nostrini]] was born there on 16 February 1744 and later served as capofamiglia until his death on 18 November 1810.<ref name="domenico" /> [[Saverio Nostrini]] was born in Cosenza on 22 March 1783 and led the Calabrian branch during the 1811 dispute over family authority.<ref name="saverio">''[[Saverio Nostrini]]'': "Saverio Nostrini was born on 22 March 1783 in [[Cosenza]], in [[Calabria Citra]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref>

Mendicino and Rossano also appear in Nostrini records from the same provincial setting. [[Don Paolo Nostrini]] was born in Mendicino on 22 June 1756, and [[Maria Giuseppa Nostrini]] was born there on 3 November 1757.<ref name="paolo">''[[Don Paolo Nostrini]]'': "Paolo Nostrini was born on 22 June 1756 in Mendicino, in [[Calabria Citra]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref><ref name="maria">''[[Maria Giuseppa Nostrini]]'': "Maria Giuseppa Nostrini was born on 3 November 1757 in Mendicino, in [[Calabria Citra]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref> [[Raffaele Nostrini]] was born in Rossano on 27 September 1769 and later represented the Ionian branch at the convocation.<ref name="raffaele">''[[Raffaele Nostrini]]'': "Raffaele Nostrini was born on 27 September 1769 in [[Rossano]], in [[Calabria Citra]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]."</ref>

The legal reforms in the Kingdom of Naples in 1806 affected southern estate records and inheritance claims. After Domenico Nostrini's death, the succession dispute was settled at the Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini, held from 23 to 30 April 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]] in [[Aversa]].<ref name="kingdom-naples-page">''[[Kingdom of Naples]]'': "The legal reforms of 1806 affected the estate papers that later formed part of the Nostrini succession dispute. After Domenico Nostrini's death, [[Vittorio Nostrini]] summoned the senior branch representatives to [[Aversa]]. The [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]] was held from 23 to 30 April 1811 at the [[Casa di San Michele]], in Aversa, Kingdom of Naples."</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Calabria]]
* [[Cosenza]]
* [[Mendicino]]
* [[Dipignano]]
* [[Rossano]]
* [[Kingdom of Naples]]
* [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]
* [[Province of Cosenza]]
* [[Noord family]]
* [[Convocazione Settentrionale della Famiglia Nostrini]]

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