Filippo Patrizi

Filippo was involved in the civic government of Rome. He also developed the family’s connections with Tuscany. He was active in the affairs of the Grand-Duchy of Tuscany, from an early age being a member of the magistracy called the otto di guardia e balia, and chief magistrate in 1686 and 1694. In 1688 he was gentilhuomo della camera to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and was sent to Munich to organise the marriage contract between Grand Prince Ferdinand of Tuscany and Violante Beatrice, the youngest child of Ferdinand Maria, Prince-Elector of Bavaria.

Filippo was a member of the Accademia degli Intronati in Siena, the venerable literary academy of Siena today housed in the Palazzo Patrizi-Piccolomini. Filippo also cultivated his family’s connections with the Corsini family of Florence, and was maestro di camera to Marchese Filippo Corsini.

In 1709 he was elected maestro di camera to Monsignor Annibale Albani, along with Conte Bussi as majordomo and Marchese Theodoli as cavallerizzo, but that they were reluctant to serve him as Albani had not yet been created cardinal (this would take place on 23 December 1711). Filippo was active as a conservator in the Capitoline administration, a traditional activity for a younger son of his social station, and was engaged as one of the four ‘consoli della nobil’Arte dell’Agricoltura’ who published summaries in Italian of the various papal regulations about agriculture.

Eventually, on 1 September 1730, he was given the lucrative appointment of generale delle poste by Clement XII in place of Marchese de Carolis.