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Alderano I Cybo-Malaspina

Massa, 22 Jul 1690 – Massa, 18 Aug 1731

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  • Born22 Jul 1690, Massanot verified1 source
  • MarriedRicciarda Gonzaganot verified1 source
  • Died18 Aug 1731, Massanot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 22 Jul 1690

    Born in Massa

  2. 29 Jun 1725

    A daughter is born

  3. 18 Aug 1731

    Dies in Massa, aged 41

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Massa.

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The 1690s · Alderano I is born in Massa

In the news1695

Hospice for the Poor established in 1695

In 1695, Duke Rinaldo I established the Hospice for the Poor to manage the large influx of beggars and unemployed people in the city of Modena.

Getting around

Mountain travel and daily distances

Alpine crossings required switching to mules or porters because carriage roads often ended at the base of the mountains. Travelers covering long distances usually managed about 20 to 40 kilometers per day.

In the news1690–1699

Famine during 1690s war occupation

Due to war-related requisitions and bad harvests starting in 1690, families in the mountainous Tarentaise and Maurienne provinces were reduced to eating ground shells and nuts mixed with small amounts of oats or barley.

Daily life

Forced lodging of soldiers

Ordinary families often had to provide their own heating, bedding, salt, and cooking materials for quartered soldiers. Soldiers could forcefully enter these homes, sometimes destroying doors with muskets.

What people wore

Feast day attire

For feast days and Sundays, people increasingly wore finer, brightly colored fabrics that were imported rather than produced in the village.

Music

Hurdy-gurdy as a popular folk instrument

The hurdy-gurdy was a common instrument used by ordinary people for centuries to accompany singing, dancing, and popular entertainment. It was also famously associated with Savoyard street performers and children who traveled across Europe with their music and puppets.

At the table

Survival Diet During War and Famine

During times of war and famine around the 1690s, the rural poor in mountainous provinces were sometimes forced to survive on ground shells and nuts mixed with small amounts of oats or barley.