Agostino Chigi (1465–1520) was the most famous member of the family during the
Renaissance. He was the Marshal of the Conclave both in 1958 and 1963. The office, to which the Chigi had succeeded after the extinction of the
Savelli in 1712, was abolished by Pope Paul VI in a
motu proprio, Pontificalis Domus, of March 28, 1968. The family owns large estates at Siena. The
family palace on the
Via del Corso in
Rome is currently seat of the
Italian government. Another
Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia is now a museum and site for meetings. The family's mausoleum is in the
Chigi Chapel of the
Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, the work of
Raphael and
Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The princely family is represented by Prince Mario Chigi Albani della Rovere, Prince of Farnese (b. 1929), whose heir is Prince Flavio Chigi Albani della Rovere (b. 1975) ==See also==