Christian Settipani (born January 31 1961) is the Technical Director of an IT company in the Paris area and a self-taught genealogist and historian.

Passionate about genealogy, he has specialised in the ancestry of early Middle Ages people and earlier. His work is much quoted by genealogists, being widely accepted by them, searching for the elusive Descent from antiquity (DFA), in which area of expertise he is one of the current major authorities, having inspired other researchers.

Publications

The earlier works were originally published by his owned Editions Christian in French, although some English translations have been produced. Later works have been released via other publishers.

• Référence:Les ancêtres de Charlemagne, 1989
• Référence:Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité, 1991
• Référence:Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, 1993
• Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale, 2000
• Référence:Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval, 2000, Settipani and K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, editors
• Référence:La noblesse du Midi Carolingien, 2004
• Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du VIe au IXe siècle, 2006

References

• Présentation de Christian Settipani par Jean-Louis Beaucarnot

See also

• Descent from antiquity