List of the Counts of Caserta

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Casertavecchia (Old Caserta)

The Counts of Caserta , a county in the southern Italian region of Campania (capital Caserta ), were closely associated with the ruling house or the papacy, the most famous of them being Richard († after 1265), the son-in-law of Emperor Frederick II . The county was a fiefdom in the Kingdom of Sicily or Kingdom of Naples since the 12th century .

In 1579 the county was elevated to a principality, sold by the last prince to the king in 1750. At the end of the 19th century, the title of count became known again through Alfons Maria of Naples-Sicily , the "pretender to the throne of Naples".

The Norman and Staufer Counts

Caserta Castle ruins (by Paolo Monti, 1965)
Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Caserta, 1965) - BEIC 6366026.jpg
  • Robert von Lauro (* around 1120, † August 31, 1183), attested in 1150 as lord of Lauro Castle, in 1159 as Count of Caserta , from 1171 as magnus comestabulus and magister iustitiaris Apulie et Terre Laboris .
  • Wilhelm von Lauro, attested in September 1178, 1183 Count von Caserta and Lord von Lauro, † probably at the end of 1199.
  • Wilhelm (II.), Count of Caserta, captures Diepold von Schweinspeunt in 1199 ;
  • Robert (II.), Brother of Wilhelm (II.), 1202/12 Count of Caserta
  • Thomas, attested in 1216, son Roberts (II.), Count of Caserta until 1223, deposed in the revolt against Emperor Friedrich II. , Exiled in 1224
  • Richard (I), Brother Thomas', Count of Caserta, 1243/44 Vicar General of the Mark Ancona , 1248 Vicar of the Kingdom of Sicily , son-in-law of Emperor Frederick II.
  • Richard (II.), His son, Count of Caserta and Tricarico
  • Konrad (* shortly before 1250, † after December 13, 1306, probably 1307) Count of Caserta late 1266 / early 1267, then 36 years prisoner Charles of Anjou and his successors, freed in 1303/04

The French counts

  • Guillaume de Beaumont, called Pied-de-Rat († 1269), Seigneur de Beaumont-du-Gâtinais et de Villemomble , 1265 Count of Caserta
  • Isabelle de Beaumont († 1276), Countess of Caserta, ⚭ Guy VIII. De Laval, (around 1240-after 1295), Sire de Laval
  • Guy IX. de Laval († 1333), Sire de Laval, Count of Caserta
  • Guy X. de Laval (X 1347), Sire de Laval, Count of Caserta
  • Guy XI. de Laval († 1348), Sire de Laval, Count of Caserta
  • Guy XII. (Jean) de Laval († 1412), 1348 Sire de Laval
  • Anne de Laval (1385–1466), ⚭
  • Guy XIII. de Laval (Jean de Montfort, † 1414), 1406 Sire de Laval
  • Guy XIV. De Laval (1407-1486), 1431 Comte de Laval
  • Guy XV. de Laval (1435–1501), 1461 Seigneur de Gavre, 1468 Comte de Montfort , 1486 Comte de Laval etc., Count of Caserta, Viscount de Rennes

The Caetani, Ratta and Acquaviva

  • Roffredo (Goffredo) Caetani , († after 1295) his brother, appointed Count of Caserta by Charles II of Naples in 1295
  • Pietro Caetani, † murdered 1308, his son, 2nd Count of Caserta

The county is sold in 1308

  • Diego della Ratta († probably 1327), 1st Count of Caserta, Gran Camerlengo. ⚭ Oddolina di Chiaromonte († 1328), Baronessa di Mignano, daughter of Riccardo Signore del Vasto
  • Francesco I della Ratta, 2nd Count of Caserta. ⚭ Beatrice del Balzo († 1336) ( Les Baux house )
  • Luigi Antonio della Ratta, 3rd Count of Caserta ⚭ around 1368/70 Beatrice Orsini, daughter of Nicola, 3rd Count of Nola ( House Orsini )
  • Francesco II. Della Ratta († 1399), their son, 1382 4th Count of Caserta
  • Baldassare della Ratta, his son
  • Giovanni della Ratta, his son, 6th Count of Caserta ⚭ Anna Orsini († after 1471) daughter of Raimondo Orsini, Principe di Salerno , Duca di Amalfi
  • Francesco III. della Ratta († 1488), 7th Count of Caserta ⚭ Altobella Gesualdo (1457–1507), daughter of Sansone II, 1st Count of Conza
  • Caterina della Ratta, † 1511, heir daughter of Giovanni della Ratta, 8th Contessa di Caserta etc. ⚭ I Cesare d'Aragona, † 1501, illegitimate son of King Ferdinand I of Naples . ⚭ II 1509 Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, 8th Duca di Atri , Conte di Conversano , † 1529 ( House Acquaviva )
    • Gianfrancesco Acquaviva († 1527), his son, Marchese di Bitonto . ⚭ Dorotea Gonzaga († 1550), daughter of Gianfrancesco Gonzaga Signore di Sabbioneta ( Gonzaga house )
    • Giulio Antonio Acquaviva († 1539 in France), his son, Conte di Conversano. ⚭ Anna Gambacorta, † 1544, daughter of Francesco Signore di Limatola and Caterina della Ratta, heiress of Caterina in 1509, not recognized by the king
    • Gianfrancesco Acquaviva, his son, Seigneur de Brie. ⚭ Susanna Caracciolo del Sole, daughter of Sergianni III, 2nd Prince of Melfi
  • Baldassare Acquaviva († 1577), his brother, Signore di Caserta. ⚭ Gironima Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, daughter of Giacomo Conte di Morcone

The princes of Caserta

  • Giulio Antonio Acquaviva (around 1549–1594), their son, Signore and in 1579 1st Prince of Caserta. ⚭ 1569 Vittoria de Lannoy, daughter of Filippo de Lannoy, 2nd Prince of Sulmona
  • Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d'Aragona (1594–1634), her son, 2nd Prince of Caserta, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece . ⚭ Isabella Caracciolo, daughter of Carlo, 6th Conte di Sant'Angelo
  • Anna Acquaviva d'Aragona (1596–1659), her daughter, 1635 3rd Princess of Caserta, ⚭ Francesco Caetani (1594–1683), Duca di Sermoneta
  • Filippo II. Caetani (1620–1687), their son, 1659 4th Prince of Caserta, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  • Gaetano Francesco Caetani (1656–1716), his son, 9th Duca di Sermoneta, Duca di San Marco, 1687 Prince of Caserta
  • Michaelangelo Caetani (1685–1759), his son, sold Caserta to the king in 1750 and received the Principality of Teano .

The Bourbon Count of Caserta

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ The southern Lazio and northern Campania are called Terra di Lavoro
  2. ↑ Berardo Pio , “Lauro, Roberto di”, in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 64 (2005) online
  3. ↑ Berardo Pio, “Lauro, Guglielmo di”, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 64 (2005) online
  4. ↑ Source as for Wilhelm von Lauro and Neue Deutsche Biographie Volume 3, p. 653 online ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bsbndb.bsb.lrz-muenchen.de
  5. ↑ Source as for Wilhelm (I.) von Lauro)
  6. ↑ Source as for Wilhelm (I.) von Lauro)
  7. ^ Riccardo I conte di Caserta. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .; "Filiam imperatoris naturalem" ... "comitissam de Caserta filius" in: "Annales Sancti Pantaleonis Coloniensis" 1246, MGH Scriptores (in folio) 19 [Annales aevi suevici], p. 343
  8. ↑ Treccani, as Richard I.
  9. ^ Norbert Kamp :  Corrado. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 29:  Cordier-Corvo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1983.
  10. ↑ see Francesco II. Della Ratta
  11. ↑ see Baldassare della Ratta
  12. ↑ see House Acquaviva
  13. ↑ see Filippo II. Caetani