Prince of Avellino

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Count or Prince of Avellino was a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Sicily, which was successively led by three Italian noble families, including the families Les Baux ( Italian: Del Balzo) and Caracciolo .

history

Ruins of the Avellino Castle in 1898
Castle ruin

The Norman kings of Sicily already appointed a hereditary Count of Avellino from their entourage.

Charles of Anjou , the first French king of Naples , repeated this. After the Counts of Avellino from the House of Les Baux died out in 1426, the Neapolitan Prime Minister Giovanni Caracciolo , who was also Queen Joan II's lover , took over the county, which was held by his descendants until the 20th century.

In 1576, Marino Caracciolo , 2nd Duke of Atripaldi, was appointed (Neapolitan) Prince of Avellino; one of his descendants, the 5th Prince of Avellino, received the imperial prince status in 1715. Six of the first seven princes of Avellino were knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece .

Counts of Avellino

First title holder

  • Riccardo dell'Aquila took control of the city around 1100
  • Richard († 1152), appointed Count of Avellino by King Roger I of Sicily before 1144
  • Roger († 1183), his son, Count of Avellino
  • ...

House Les Baux

  • Bertrand des Baux († 1304/05) appointed Count of Avellino by Charles of Anjou in 1268
  • Raymond I des Baux (X 1321), his son, 2nd Count of Avellino, 1295 regent of Naples and Sicily
  • Hugues des Baux (Ugonello del Balzo) († 1351), his son, 3rd Count of Avellino
  • Robert des Baux († 1353), his son, 4th Count of Avellino
  • Raymond II of the Baux († 1372), his brother, 5th Count of Avellino
  • Alice des Baux († 1426), his daughter, 6th Countess of Avellino; ∞ I Odon de Villars, titular count of Geneva († after 1413); ∞ II Conrad IV., Count of Freiburg († 1424)

Caracciolo house

Princes of Avellino

  • Marino Caracciolo († 1591), 1576 2nd Duke of Atripaldi, 1589 1st Prince of Avellino
  • Camillo Caracciolo (1563–1617), his son, 2nd Prince of Avellino
  • Marino Caracciolo (1587–1630), his son, 3rd Prince of Avellino
  • Francesco Marino Caracciolo (1631–1674), 4th Prince of Avellino
  • Marino Francesco Caracciolo (1668–1720), his son, 5th Prince of Avellino, 1715 Imperial Prince
  • Francesco Marino Caracciolo (1688–1727), his son, 6th Prince of Avellino, 2nd Imperial Prince
  • Marino Francesco Caracciolo (1714–1781), his son, 7th Prince of Avellino, 3rd Imperial Prince
  • Francesco Caracciolo (1734–1784), his son, 8th Prince of Avellino, 4th Imperial Prince
  • Giovanni Caracciolo (1741–1800), his brother, 9, Prince of Avellino, 5th Imperial Prince
  • Marino Caracciolo (1783–1844), his son, 10th Prince of Avellino, 6th Imperial Prince
  • Francesco Maria Caracciolo (1804–1870), his son, 11th Prince of Avellino, 7th Imperial Prince
  • Marino Caracciolo (1838–1901), his son, 12th Prince of Avellino, 8th Imperial Prince, Roman Prince
  • Francesco Caracciolo (1860–1932), his son, 13th Prince of Avellino, 9th Imperial Prince, Roman Prince, 14th Duke of Atripalda

literature

  • Wilhelm Bahnson: Family and Regent Tables on Political History, Volume Two (1912) Plate 76 (Caracciolo)
  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume III.4 (1989) Plate 747 (Les Baux-Avellino)

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