Malaspina family
The Malaspina was a noble Italian family of Longobard origin that descending from Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany, through the Obertenghi line that ruled Lunigiana from the 13th to the 14th century through many feuds, and since the 14th century the marquisate of Massa and lordship of Carrara, which later became the Duchy of Massa and Carrara and at a later time the Principality of Massa and the Marquisate of Carrara.
Giulio Cybo
Giulio I Cybo- Malaspina( 1525 – 18 May 1548)( or Cibo) was an Italian noble from Genoa who was marquis of Massa and lord of Carrara from 1546 until 1548.
Born in Rome, he was the son of Ricciarda Malaspina, duchess of Massa and Carrara and Lorenzo Cybo, duke of Ferentillo who changed his name to Cybo- Malaspina, and a great- grandson of Pope Innocent VIII.
His mother was the heir of the state of Massa and Carrara, which she had inherited from her father.
In 1546, he challenged his mother for control of the duchy of Massa and Carrara.
With the backing of Cosimo I de' Medici and Andrea Doria, he seized control by force in 1546.
Soon after, his mother appealed to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Charles sent his forces to seize Massa while Giulio was away.
In March 1546, Giulio married Peretta Doria( 1526 – 1591), daughter of Tommaso and sister of Giannettino Doria.
Giulio had been promised a large dowry, which he wanted to fund a return to power, but Andrea Doria refused, arguing that he'd already spent more than the dowry on Giulio's first attempt to seize the Duchy.
At that time Andrea Doria was a Genoese admiral in the service of Emperor and King of Spain Charles V( with whom the petty Massese state had allied so far).
After Doria refused to fund him, Giulio set a plot against him together with Ottobuono Fieschi, Ottobuono Fieschi and other Genoese refugees, also backed by the Strozzi family of Florence and Pope Paul III.
The aim was to enter the city and kill Doria, the Spanish ambassador and other members of the Doria party.
With the help of the pope and Piero Strozzi, the revolt should spread to the whole Italy, with the objective to expel the Spaniards from the country.
The plot was discovered before its beginning and Cybo was arrested in Pontremoli.
Despite an attempt to save him from his cousin Cosimo I of Tuscany, he was beheaded in Milan in May 1548.
His body was buried in the Cathedral of Massa.
At his mother's death in 1553, the states of Massa and Carrara were ultimately inherited by his brother Alberico I Cybo- Malaspina, Prince of Massa.
Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1622 and now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
The couple has been identified as Isaac Massa and his bride Beatrix van der Laen.
Aulla
Aulla is a" comune" in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy.
Equi Terme
Equi Terme is a part of the Italian comune Fivizzano, in the province of Massa and Carrara, in Tuscany.
Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa
Maria Beatrice d’ Este( 7 April 1750 – 14 November 1829) was heiress of Modena and Reggio as well as the sovereign of Massa and Carrara from 1790 until 1796 and from 1815 until her death in 1829.
Thomas Mellon Evans
Thomas Mellon Evans( September 8, 1910 – July 17, 1997) was a financier who was one of the early corporate raiders in American business as well as a philanthropist and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who won the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
James Massa
James Massa( born September 3, 1960) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Fivizzano
Fivizzano is a" comune" in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany, central Italy.
Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa
Maria Teresa Cybo- Malaspina( 29 June 1725 – 29 December 1790) was the sovereign Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara from 1731 until her death in 1790.
She was the eldest child of Alderano I Duke of Massa and Carrara, and his wife Ricciarda Gonzaga, daughter of Camillo, Count of Novellara.
She was the wife of Ercole III d' Este, Duke of Modena.

Question: Did James Massa and Thomas Mellon Evans have the same nationality?
Answer: yes