The Cybo, Cibo or Cibei family of Italy is an aristocratic family from Genoa of Greek origin. They came to the city in the 12th century. In 1528 the Cybo's formed the 17th "Albergo

Albergo

An Albergo was a term used during the Renaissance to indicate an organizational structure in which several families linked by blood or a common interest banded together. The different families derived economic, political, or military support from each other...

", a union of noble families of Genoa. The family split in many branches, some living in Genoa, other in Naples. Most famous member is pope Innocent VIII, from whom descended the dukes of Massa. They married with the most famous Italian families: de Medici, della Rovere

Della Rovere

Della Rovere is a noble family of Italy. Coming from modest beginnings in Savona, Liguria, the family rose to prominence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes, Francesco della Rovere, who ruled as Pope Sixtus IV and his nephew Giuliano...

, d'Este and Pico della Mirandola.

The family became marquises (later dukes) of Massa. With the matrimony of Lorenzo

Lorenzo Cybo

Lorenzo Cybo Malaspina was an Italian general, who was duke of Ferentillo.Born at Sampierdarena , he was the son of Franceschetto Cybo and Maddalena de' Medici: his grandafather was Lorenzo de' Medici and his uncle Pope Leo X...

 with Ricciarda Malaspina in May 1520 started the branch of Cybo-Malaspina.

Notable members

Notable members from the 15th century to the 19th century include:

• Lanfranco, consul of Genoa 1241; one of the first known members
• Guglielmo "il Buono", palatine count of Holy Roman Empire 1260, admiral of the Genoan fleet
• Giulio Cybo
  Giulio Cybo
  Giulio Cybo was an Italian noble from Genoa.He was the son of Riccarda Malaspina, duchess of Massa and Carrara and Lorenzo Cibo di Ferentillo who changed his name in Cibo-Malaspina, and a nephew of Pope Innocent VIII....
  
  , Italian noble executed 1548 for conspiring against Andrea Doria
• Innocenzo Cybo
  Innocenzo Cybo
  Innocenzo Cybo was an Italian cardinal and archbishop.-Family and education:From the Genoese family Cibo or Cybo, in 1488 the Cybo family purchased Florentine citizenship for a considerable sum of money   Innocenzo was born in Florence on 25 August 1491 to Franceschetto Cybo and...
  
   (1491 - 1550), Italian cardinal
• Lorenzo Cybo de Mari
  Lorenzo Cybo de Mari
  Lorenzo Cybo de Mari was an Italian Catholic cardinal. He was archbishop of Benevento.Born in Genoa, de Mari was an illegitimate child. According to some sources his paternity was attributed to Domenico de Mari, patrician of Genoa, brother of Teodorina and uncle of Maurizio Cybo. Now it looks...
  
   (died 1503), Italian cardinal
• Pope Innocent VIII
  Pope Innocent VIII
  Pope Innocent VIII , born Giovanni Battista Cybo , was Pope from 1484 until his death.-Early years:Giovanni Battista Cybo was born at Genoa of Greek extraction...
  
   (Giovanni Battista Cybo) (1432 – 1492)
• Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina (1554-1623)
• Carlo I Cybo-Malaspina
  Carlo I Cybo-Malaspina
  Carlo I Cybo-Malaspina was an Italian nobleman, who was marquis of Massa and Carrara from 1623 until his death....
  
   (1623-1662)
• Alderamo, principe di Carrara
  Carrara
  Carrara is a city and comune in the province of Massa-Carrara , notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence....
  
   (1690 – 1731), father of:
  • Maria Theresa Francesca Cybo-Malaspina, (1725 - 1790), princess of Carrara, wife of Ercole III Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena (1727-1803), and mother of Maria Beatrice d'Este, (1750-1829) heiress of Modena and Massa-Carrara, who married Ferdinand of Austria (d. 1806). Massa was united with Modena upon Maria Beatrice's death in 1829.
  • Gherardo, colonel of the papal army, a famous naturalist (1512 – 1600)