Telve, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Genealogy
Guide to Telve municipality, Italy ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
History[edit | edit source]
The location was inhabited:
- Bronze Age: Evidence of habitation.
- Iron Age: Inhabited by the Reti people.
- Roman Era: Crossed by the "Claudia Augusta Altinate" road.
- 1160: First documented mention of a stable settlement and the "de Telvo" family.
Jurisdictions:
- Roman Empire: Part of the Roman Empire.
- Lombard Rule: Annexed to the Duchy of Feltre, then the Duchy of Trento.
- Frankish Empire: Under Frankish rule.
- 952: Passed to the Duchy of Bavaria.
- 976: Passed to the Duchy of Carinthia.
- 1027: Part of the Episcopal Principality of Feltre.
- 1228: End of the bishop-count's dominion.
- Late Middle Ages: Contested between various lords (Ezzelino da Romano, da Camino, Scaligeri, Carraresi, Visconti).
- 1413: Under the dominion of Frederick IV, Duke of Austria, part of Tyrol.
- 1796: Under Napoleonic rule, part of the Italian Kingdom.
- 1815: Control regained by the Buffa family, then relinquished.
- 1919: Annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1928: United with Borgo Valsugana.
- 1947: Regained autonomy.
Major events:
- Bronze Age: Habitation.
- Iron Age: Reti people.
- Roman Era: Road construction.
- 5th-6th Centuries: Transition from Roman to Lombard rule.
- 774: Part of the Frankish Empire.
- 1160: First documented settlement.
- 12th Century: Rise of the "de Telvo" family.
- Late 13th Century: Construction of the Telve Castle.
- 1487: Attack by the Venetians.
- 1554: Castle passes to the Trautmannsdorf family.
- 1635: Castle sold to Claudia de' Medici.
- 1671: Castle ownership resolved through marriage.
- 1796: Under Napoleonic rule.
- 1815: Buffa family regains control.
- 1825: Buffa family relinquishes control.
- 1866: Battle during the Third War of Independence.
- WWI: Telve completely destroyed; inhabitants evacuated.
- 1919: Repopulation and reconstruction.
- 1920: Annexed to Italy.
- 1928: United with Borgo Valsugana.
- 1947: Regained autonomy.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1585-1923 Registri ecclesiastici di Telve (Trento), 1585-1923(*); Parrocchia di Telve (Trento) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Repositories[edit | edit source]
For a list of FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate Libraries, see map.
Archives[edit | edit source]
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Research Helps[edit | edit source]
The following articles will help you research your family in Italy.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, " Telve," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telve, accessed 21 February 2025.