Malaspina family

House of Malaspina Cybo-Malaspina (since 1553)
Marcher noble family[1]
Flowered thorns of the Malaspina's main branch
Parent family	Obertenghi
Country	Kingdom of Italy (HRE)  Republic of Genoa Duchy of Massa and Carrara Kingdom of Sardinia
Etymology	Alberto Obertenghi's nickname "Malaspina" ("bad thorn")
Founded	12th century
Founder	Alberto "Malaspina" Obertenghi[2]
Current head	Not extinct.
Final ruler	Maria Theresa, Duchess of Massa
Titles	Duke/Duchess of Massa 1529–1790) Prince/Princess of Carrara 1529–1790) Lord of Massa and Carrara 1492–1529) Marquis of Fosdinovo 1355–1797) Marquis Malaspina 12th century – 1790)
Connected families	Este Pallavicini Cybo
Motto	Sum Mala Spina Malis. Sum Bona Spina Bonis ("A bad thorn for the bad. A good thorn for the good.")
Estate(s)	Malaspina Castle (seat, Massa) Palazzo Cybo-Malaspina (seat, Carrara) Castle of Serravalle (Sardinian stronghold)
Dissolution	1790 (1790)
Cadet branches	Malaspina "of the Dry Thorn" (still existing) [a]

The House of Malaspina was a noble Italian family of Longobard origin that descended from Boniface I, through the Obertenghi line, that ruled Lunigiana from the 13th to the 14th centuries, and the marquisate of Massa and lordship of Carrara (which later became the Duchy of Massa and Carrara and at a later time the Principality of Massa and the Marquisate of Carrara) since the 14th century.

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