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The fief of Qlejja (Qlejjgha or Culeja) was granted or sold to many families. The grants were to the following families. Vaccaro 1398; Pace 1472; Falca 1486; Bordino 1510; Mombron 1514; Spadafora 1567 and the present grant to the Bonici in 1737.
The grant was created to Ignazio Bonici by Grand Master Despuig on 2nd June 1737 with remainder to his descendants in perpetuity, each holder having th right to nominate a successor, in default of nomination to the first born male descendant and in absence of male issue, to the first female descendant. Member of the clergy are precluded from succession by primogeniture.
Various other noblemen were commissioned to Military posts in 1750. This included Baron Bonici who was appointed Primotenente of the First Comapny of the Falconieri.
The title was succeeded from father to son until the 3rd Baron died in 1809, when his eldest daughter becoming the 4th Baroness, Upon her death, and also childless, she was succeeded by her nephew .
Emanuele Testaferrata-Bonici-Ghaxaq, was the 5th Marquis di San Vincenzo Ferreri and Testaferrata( See the history of Testaferrata), and inherited the title of Baron di Qlejjha as the 5th Baron.
The combined titles were inherited from father to son , and in 1945 on the death of the 7th Marquis, also 6th Baron, the title was split between two sons.
The elder 8th Marquis, dying unmarried in 1988, and the younger son, the 7th Baron dying in 1982, when both titles meet with the 7th Baron’s daughter Agnes. The title of Marquisate Testaferrata went to the next male descendant. As the eldest daughter of the 7th Baron di Qlejja, Agnes succeeded as the 9th Baroness di Qlejja in 1982, and as the 9th Marchioness di San Vincenzo Ferreri in 1988.
Agnes, married in 1973 to Alfred Gera de Petri, with three children.
Agnes Gera De Petri's heirs are her sons, Daniel Gera de Petri-Testaferrata-Bonici, as the Marchesino di San Vincenzo Ferreri, and her younger son Dr. Andrea Gera de Petri-Testaferrata-Bonici-Ghaxaq LL.D as the Baroncino di Qlejja.
References: * 1) Said Vassallo, C.M., Unpublished research papers. * 2) Said Vassallo, C.M., Charles Said-Vassallo's Research site and Maltese Nobility web site.This Research was researched by
(Text originally based on that of a website by Charles Said Vassallo, by permission.)
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