Boncompagni

Boncompagni
Boncompagni
	Coat of arms of Boncompagni family
Country	Papal States ; Kingdom of Naples ; Duchy of Sora ; Kingdom of Italy
Founded	1133
Founder	Rodolfo Boncompagni
Titles	Pope (non-hereditary); Duke of Sora; Duke of Arce; Lord of Arpino; Prince of Piombino; Lord of Aquino; Duke of Fiano; Duke of Monterotondo; Marquis of Vignola; Marquis of Populonia;
Deposition	1796 (from Sora); 1801 (from Piombino)
Cadet branches	Boncompagni-Ludovisi

The House of Boncompagni is a princely family of the Italian nobility which settled in Bologna in around the 14th century, but was probably originally from Umbria.

In 1572 Ugo Boncompagni was elected pope, taking the name Gregory XIII, and the family prospered. In 1579, the pope bought the Duchy of Sora from the Della rovere family for his son Giacomo, whose descendants reigned there as dukes until 1796. Later they also obtained the Principality of Piombino, following the marriage of Gregorio II Boncompagni with Ippolita Ludovisi, princess of Piombino and last of her dynasty. They reigned over Piombino as Boncompagni-Ludovisi, until Antonio II Boncompagni Ludovisi was deposed as Prince of Piombino in 1801; the heads of the family, though no longer reigning, continued to be known as "Prince [forenames] Boncompagni Ludovisi" as of 2023.

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