Alighieris

Alighieris refers to members of the Florentine family bearing the surname Alighieri. The most famous bearer is Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321), a major Italian poet whose works, especially the Divine Comedy, elevated the name in literary history. The Alighieri family originated in Florence and participated in the city’s social and cultural life during the late Middle Ages.

Beyond Dante, records of other Alighieris are sparse. Some members appear in Florentine civic documents from the 13th to 15th centuries as citizens, merchants, or officials, but none achieved the same enduring prominence in literature or politics. The genealogy of the family outside Dante is not fully settled due to fragmentary medieval records, and the direct line did not leave a widely documented continuation of public significance.

In modern usage, the surname Alighieri persists in Italy and among the Italian diaspora. The term Alighieris is most often encountered in discussions of Dante and the Florentine milieu of late medieval Italy, rather than as a separate contemporary lineage with a distinct public identity.