Alfonso Felice d'Avalos

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Alfonso Felice d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona (* 1564 on Ischia ; † December 2, 1593 in Rome ) was an Italian nobleman from the originally Spanish house of Avalos .

Life

He was a son of Francesco Fernando d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona , governor of the Duchy of Milan and Viceroy of Sicily and his wife, Isabella Gonzaga , from the house of the Dukes of Mantua . Alfonso Felice was Principe di Francavilla, Principe di Montesarchio (town in the province of Benevento ), 5th Marchese del Vasto (in the province of Chieti, on the Adriatic), 5th Marchese di Pescara (capital of the province of Pescara, on the Adriatic), Conte di Monteodorisio (neighboring parish of Vasto), Grande of Spain , Royal Neapolitan Chamberlain, Papal Assistant to the Throne and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece .

Marriage and offspring

He married in Pesaro on June 5, 1583 with Lavinia della Rovere (born January 16, 1558 in Pesaro; † Castellone June 7, 1632), a daughter of Guidobaldo II della Rovere Duke of Urbino (* 1514; † 1574) and his 2nd wife, Vittoria Farnese (* 1521; † 1602), a granddaughter of Pope Paul III. (Alessandro Farnese) and daughter of Pier Luigi II. Farnese , Duke of Parma and Piacenza and Gerolama Orsini († 1570) from the house of the Conti di Pitigliano.

Children:

  • Isabella d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, heir to the paternal title and possessions (born April 26, 1585 in Pesaro, † September 27, 1648), married her cousin Inigo d'Avalos d'Aquino in Fossombrone on December 6, 1597 d'Aragona, Royal Neapolitan Chamberlain, first documented mention 1578; † November 20, 1632 in Vasto, who through this marriage became Principe di Francavilla, Marchese di Pescara, Marchese del Vasto, Conte di Monteodorisio and the progenitor of the older line of his house, which died in 1729.
  • Caterina d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona (born August 16, 1586 in Urbino; ​​† May 23, 1618) ∞ Camillo Gonzaga , Conte di Novellara ( Province of Reggio Emilia ), clerical since 1618 († 1650)
  • Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona (born September 9, 1587 in Casalmaggiore, † August 20, 1590)
  • Maria d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, nun in the convent of Santa Caterina in Pesaro, first documented mention from 1571 to 1632

literature

  • Gran Enciclopedia de España. Volume 3, 1991, pp. 1,109 f. ISBN 84-87544-01-0
  • Genealogical handbook of the princely houses. Volume XV, pp. 540 f., CA Starke Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-7980-0814-0

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfonso Felice / d'Avalos /. In: familysearch.org. FamilySearch International, accessed August 10, 2015 .
  2. ↑ http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3631.htm#i109086
personal data
SURNAME Avalos, Alfonso Felice d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, Alfonso Felice d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1564
PLACE OF BIRTH Ischia
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1593
Place of death Rome