# List of papal relatives created cardinal

This is a list of papal relatives created cardinal by a pope other than their relative. These creates are similar to cardinal-nephews but this list does not include cardinals included in the list of cardinal-nephews

## List

| Cardinal | "Nephew" of | Elevator | Elevated | Notes |
| Giovanni Aniceo (relative) | Gregory I | Pelagius II | circa 580 | |
| Pope Paul I (brother) | Stephen II | Pope Zachary | Before 750 | Future Pope Paul I |
| Romano Marin | Pope Marinus I | Pope Nicholas I | cira 867 | |
| Cristoforo (relative) | Leo V | Sergius III | circa 904-911 | |
| Leone (brother) | Pope Leo VI | Pope John XI | circa 931-936 | Future Pope Leo VII |
| Pietro Ruffino (nephew) | Paschalis II | Callixtus II | 9 March 1118 | |
| Gregorio della Suburra (nephew) | Anastasius IV | Innocent II | 1 March 1140 | His relationship with Anastasius IV is not explicitly confirmed in the contemporary sources |
| Giovanni Paparoni | Pope Innocent II | Pope Celestine II | 17 December 1143 | |
| Giovanni Caccianemici (nephew) | Lucius II | Celestine II | 17 December 1143 | |
| Cinzio Papareschi | Pope Innocent II | Pope Adrian IV | 14 March 1158 | Credibility of the evidence for his relationship with Innocent II is uncertain |
| Graziano da Pisa (nephew) | Eugenius III | Alexander III | 4 March 1178 | |
| Bobo (relative) | Celestine III | Lucius III | 18 December 1182 | |
| Ottaviano di Paoli (or Conti) (relative) | Innocent III | Lucius III | 18 December 1182 | Cardinal's nephew married the niece of Innocent III |
| Bobo (relative) | Celestine III | Clement III | 12 March 1188 | |
| Alessio Capocci (nephew) | Anastasius IV | Clement III | 12 March 1188 | His relationship with Anastasius IV is unconfirmed |
| Gregorio Bobone (nephew) | Celestine III | Clement III | 22 September 1190 | |
| Guido Papareschi (relative) | Innocent II | Clement III | 22 September 1190 | |
| Pietro de Morra (relative) | Gregory VIII | Innocent III | 18 December 1204 | His relationship with Gregory VIII and the surname de Morra are not proven |
| Tommaso da Capua | Pope Honorius IV | Pope Innocent III | 5 March 1216 | |
| Aldobrandino Orsini | Pope Celestine III | Pope Honorius III | December 1216 | |
| Goffredo da Castiglione | Pope Urban III | Pope Gregory IX | 18 September 1227 | future Pope Celestine IV; his relationship with Urban III is disputed |
| Pietro Capocci | Pope Honorius III | Pope Innocent IV | 28 May 1244 | |
| Matteo Orsini Rosso | Pope Nicholas III | Pope Urban IV | 22 May 1262 | Not to be confused with Senator Matteo Rosso Orsini |
| Napoleone Orsini Frangipani | Pope Nicholas III | Pope Nicholas IV | 16 May 1288 | |
| Francesco Napoleone Orsini | Pope Nicholas III | Pope Boniface VIII | 12 December 1295 | |
| Luca Fieschi | Pope Adrian V | Pope Boniface VIII | 2 March 1300 | |
| Giovanni Gaetano Orsini | Pope Nicholas III | Pope John XXII | 17 December 1316 | |
| Gaillard de la Mothe | Pope Clement V | Pope John XXII | 17 December (or 18), 1316 | |
| Jean de Carmin | Pope John XXII | Pope Clement VI | 17 December 1350 | |
| Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu | Pope Clement VI | Pope Innocent VI | 17 September 1361 | |
| Guillaume d'Aigrefeuille | Pope Clement VI | Pope Urban V | 12 May 1367 | |
| Francesco Carbone Tomacelli | Boniface IX | Urban VI | 17 December 1384 | Cardinal Carbone's mother married a brother of Pope Boniface IX in second nuptials, after the death of the cardinal's father |
| Giovanni Domenico de Cupis | Pope Julius II | Pope Leo X | 1 July 1517 | the son of the mother of Julius II's illegitimate daughter, Felice della Rovere |
| Agostino Spinola (grandnephew) | Pope Sixtus IV | Pope Clement VII | 3 May 1527 | |
| Alessandro Sforza | Pope Paul III | Pope Pius IV | 12 March 1565 | |
| Giovanni Aldobrandini (brother) | Pope Clement VIII | Pope Pius V | 17 May 1570 | |
| Roberto Ubaldini | Pope Leo XI | Pope Paul V | 2 December 1615 | |
| Francesco Boncompagni | Pope Gregory XIII | Pope Gregory XV | 19 April 1621 | Grandson of Gregory XIII |
| Ippolito Aldobrandini (grandnephew) | Pope Clement VIII | Pope Gregory XV | 19 April 1621 | |
| Carlo Barberini | Pope Urban VIII | Pope Innocent X | 23 June 1653 | Grand-nephew of Pope Urban VIII, son of Taddeo Barberini |
| Felice Rospigliosi | Pope Clement IX | Pope Clement X | 16 January 1673 | |
| Benedetto Pamphili (grandnephew) | Pope Innocent X | Pope Innocent XI | 1 September 1681 | |
| Francesco Pignatelli | Pope Innocent XII | Pope Clement XI | 17 December 1703 | |
| Alessandro Albani (cousin) | Pope Clement XI | Pope Innocent XIII | 16 July 1721 | |
| Domenico Orsini d'Aragona | Pope Benedict XIII | Pope Benedict XIV | 9 September 1743 | |
| Andrea Corsini (grandnephew) | Pope Clement XII | Pope Clement XIII | 24 September 1759 | |
| Gabriele della Genga Sermattei | Pope Leo XII | Pope Gregory XVI | 1 February 1836 | |