Gaetani 2

Nicolo, 2th Count of Fondi, Lord of Sermoneta, Norma, Ninfa, Sezze, Traetto, Piperno etc. (1335-45), Gran Ciambellano in kingdom of Naples, +1310/14, +1348; 1m: 1331 Violante della Ratta (de La Rath/De Larath), dau.of Diego Count of Montorio and Caserta by Domicella N (+1334); 2m: 1335 Giacomo Orsini, dau.of Orsello Orsini (+2.2.1363); he had issue:

A1. [2m.] Onorato, 3th Count of Fondi, Lord of Sermoneta, Bassiano, Selvamolle, Norma, Ninfa, Sezze, Traetto etc. (1348-1400), +IV.1400; m.Caterina del Balzo from Dukes of Andria
- B1. Cristofano, +at 14 years
- B2. Giacobella, +after 25.5.1400; m.1370 Balthasar von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, Despot of Romania (+after 1384)
A2. Giacomo, 4th Count of Fondi, Lord of Sermoneta, Bassiano, Selvamolle, Norma, Ninfa, Sezze and Traetto 1400, Lord of Piedimonte, Caserta and Morcone, *1338, +1419/23; m.Sveva Sanseverino, dau.of Roberto Count of Corigliano
- B1. Giacobello, +1408; m.Rosa/Magasia d’Eboli, daughter and heiress of Pietro Lord of Macchia, Monteroduni and Montaquila (+1432)
  - C1. Giacomo, Lord of Sermoneta, Bassiano, Caserta, Selvamolle, Norma, Ninfa and Sezze, Viceroy of Abruzzo, +1433; 1m: 1418 Giovannella Orsini, dau.of Pirro Count of Nola and Pitigliano (+1425/26); 2m: 1432 Angela Orsini, dau.of Giacomo Count of Tagliacozzo; He was ancestorof the branch of Caetani Dukes of Sermoneta, extincted in 1961
  - C2. Ruggero, Gran Camerlengo of the kingdom of Naples
  - C3. Ludovico, +young
  - C4. Francesco, Lord of Maenza and Norma; m.Francesca Conti; He was ancestorof the branch of Lords of Maenza and Norma, extincted
  - C5. Sveva; m.Lorenzo Colonna Count of Alba, Lord of Genazzano and Gran Camerario of the kingdom of Naples (+1423)
- B2. Cristofaro, 5th Count of Fondi, Lord of Piedimonte, 1st Count of Morcone, Viceroy of Terra di Lavoro, Viceroy of Abruzzo 1410, Gran Protonotario and Logoteta of the kingdom of Naples, take the name "Gaetani dell’Aquila", +k.a.18.10.1439; 1m: Isabelle de Pizzutis/Piczutis (+1435); 2m: 20.3.1436 Giovannella del Forno, his mistress
  - C1. [natural, legitimated after the marriage] Onorato Gaetani dell’Aquila, 6th Count of Fondi, Lord of Alife, Piedimonte, Vallecorsa, Monticelli, San Lorenzo, Caivano, Spigno, Castelforte, Dragone, Le Fratte, Castelnuovo, Cusano, Itri, Sperlonga, Lenola, Pastena and Castellonorato (1439-91), Count of Morcone (-1437), assume the name Gaetani dell’Aquila d’Aragona, *1414/1425, +25.4.1491; 1m: 1428 Francesca di Capua, dau.of Fabrizio di Capua by Cubella Gesualdo from Lords of Venosa; 2m: Caterina Piganteli, dau.od Carlo Lord of Monteleone by Mariella Offieri (+1515)
    - D1. [1m.] Sveva, *ca 1433, +before 1487; m.1454 Baldassarre Spinelli Lord of Roccaguglielma
    - D2. Baldassarre, Count of Morcone 28.6.1443, 1st Count of Traetto, *before 1443, +ca 1480; m.Antonella Caracciolo, dau.of Giovanni Duke of Melfi, Count of Avellino and Gran Siniscalco in the kingdom of Napoli
      - E1. Beatrice, +after 1491; m.before 1472 Giovanni Battista Conti Patrizio Romano
      - E2. Laura, Countess of Potenza; m.Antonio Guevara
      - E3. Giovannella called Banella/Mandella; m.Geronimo Sanseverino, Prince of Bisignano, Count of Tricarico (*ca 1465, +k.a.1490)
      - E4. [parentage uncertain, dau.of Onorato, +1491 ?] Arognasa, +before 1491
    - D3. Giovannella, +after 1487; m.1448 Giovanni Cantelmi Count of Popoli
    - D4. Cubella; m.1452 Jacobello Caetani Lord of Maenza
    - D5. [2m.] Caterina, *before 1458, +after 1491; m.before V.1458 Carlo de Sangro Lord of Torremaggiore (+1517)
    - D6. Pietro Bernardino, *1458, +prisoner in Castel dell’Ovo, Naples 1492; m.Constanza Orsini, dau.of Roberto Count of Alba and Tagliacozzo by Caterina Sanseverino
      - E1. Camilla, +after 1507; m.15.7.1507 Collela Caetani (from Lords of Maenza ?)
      - E2. Onorato, 7th Count of Fondi, Lord of Piedimonte, Alife, Montepeloso, Minervino, Mottole and Grottole and Prince of Altamura (1506-21), confiscated titles, 1st Duke of Traetto 28.11.1493 (confiscated 20.5.1497), +VIII.1528; 1m: 1493 Sancia d’Aragona, natural dau.of Alfonso Duke of Calabria (King Alfonso II of Naples) by Trusia Gazella (*1478, +1506) annulled; 2m: XI.1493 Lucrezia d’Aragona, natural dau.of Ferdinando I King of Napoli by Eulalia Ravignano (+1549)
        F1. [2m.] Luigi, Duke of Traetto, Lord of Montepeloso, *1495, +ca 1528; m.1522 Lucrezia di Montalto, dau.of Ludovico di Montalto and Vincenza di Montalto di Salgi (+1541)
        G1. Beatrice; m.Giovanni Conclubet Count dell’Arena
        G2. Scipione, 8th Count of Fondi, 3th Duke of Traetto, Lord of Montepeloso, Piedimonte, Alife etc. and Prince of Altamura (1528-54), *1528, +4.8.1554; m.(contract 1.4.) 1544 Camilla Zurlo, dau.of Giacomo Count of Montoro by Cassandra di Capua from Dukes of Termoli (+31.12.1604); for his issue see HERE
        
        F2. Federico, Count of Morcone, disinherited for treason, *1494/98, +1528; m.Caterina Sanseverino (+after 1539)
        G1. Beatrice; m.Giovanni Giordano Conclubet Count dell’Arena
        
        F3. Nicola, +after 21.10.1531, pretender to the fief of Morcone
        F4. Isabella; m.Ugolino Trinci Lord of Foligno
        F5. Porzio; m.Diomede Carafa Count of Maddaloni
        F6. Beatrice, +before 1523; m.before 1.2.1514 Camillo Gaetani Lord of Sermoneta (*ca 1494, +Sermoneta 7.10.1554)
        F7. Ferdinando, Lord of Piedimonte and Grottola, Count of Molise 1544 and Governeur of Capitanata, +before 1548; m.Cassandra di Capua, dau.of Annibale di Capua (+1593), widow of Giacomo Zurlo Count of Montoro
        G1. Vittoria; m.Don Giovanni Antonio Carafa Lord of Castelnuovo and San Lorenzo and 1st Duke of Laurino (+III.1592)
        
        F8. Giovanna, +after 1523; 1m: Giovanni Granai Castriota Duke of Ferrandina and Count of Copertino and Soleto (+Mesagne 2.8.1514); 2m: after 1518 Giovanni Bernardino Acquaviva d’Aragona 2nd Duke of Nardi (+25.8.1541)
      - E3. Giacomo, Lord of Sonnino, Count of Morcone (1502-04)+(1527-50), Lord of Caivano until 1545, +1550 ?; m.Constanza Pignatelli, dau.of Ettore Duke of Monteleone, Count of Borello and Viceroy of Sicily by Ippolita Gesualdi from Counts of Consa
        F1. Geronima, +after 1578; m.Baldassarre d’Acquaviva Marques of Bellante
        F2. Vittoria; m.Don Scipione Carafa Prince of Stigliano
        F3. Isabella, +after 1565, Countess of Morcone
      - E4. [parentage uncertain] Luigi, +after 10.11.1515
    - D7. Lucrezia, +before 1523; m.28.5.1467 Scipione Pandone Count of Venafro
    - D8. Nicola Antonio, +after 1491, Protonotario Apostolico
    - D9. [natural] Antonio; m.Medea di Sant’Agapito, Lady of San Marco di Licatola; he was ancestor of Lords of San Marco di Licatola family, extincted
  - C2. Giordano, Archbishop of Capua 31.5.1447, Patriarch of Antiochia 1485, Abbot of San Magno, *before 1425, +13.10.1496
  - C3. Colantonio called Colella, Consignore of Ceccano and Falvaterra, *before 1425, +killed during the siege of Colle 6.5.1479; 1m: Elena di Montechiaro; 2m: Caterina (from Colonna family ?)
  - C4. Agnesella, +after 14.6.1479; m.Raimondo della Leonessa
  - C5. Bonifacio, Prior in Barletta for the S.John’s Order of Rodi 1456, *before 1438, +after III.1491
  - C6. Alfonso, Lord of Telesia, Solopaca, Amorosi and Riardo; 1m: Cristofora Margani (?); 2m: Maria di Celano
    - D1. Bonifacio, Prior in Barletta for the Order S.John’s of Rodi
    - D2. Onorata; m.Ettore Borgarello Lord of Vico
    - D3. Giovanni Battista, Lord of Telesia, Solopaca, Amorosi and Riardo; m.Covella Carafa
      - E1. Alfonso, Baron; m.NN
        F1. Fabio
        F2. Scipione
        F3. Fulvia
      - E2. Ippolita; m.Vincenzo Mastrogiudice
    - D4. Camilla; m.Carlo Turso
    - D5. Lucrezia; m.Andrea Matteo Gargano
  - C7. Giacomo, 2th Count of Morcone and Lord of Piedimonte 1437, Lord of Riardo, *before 1425, +1461/63; m.Margherita Attendolo (Sforza) Lady of Muzio, dau.of Giovanni Attendolo by Elisa Petraccini
    - D1. [illegitimate] Emilia; m.before 1465 Marino della Leonessa
    - D2. [illegitimate] Bernardo, Lord of Riardo, Longana, Rocca Maynoli and San Massimo, +1501 ?; 1m: Troisiana (Lucrezia ?) del Duce; 2m: Roberta Toraldo
      - E1. [2m.] Ippolita; m.before 1494 Caraffello Carafa
      - E2. Camillo, +after 1528, Lord of Riardo; m.Camilla Mansolino/Mansoria
        F1. Vincenzo Bernardino, Lord of Riardo; m.Sigismonda de Francesco
        G1. Prospero
        G2. Geronimo Bernardino
        
        F2. Cristofaro; m.Giulia Cicinelli
        G1. Giovanni Bernardino; m.Filomena Antinori
        H1. Dorotella
        H2. Francesco
      - E3. Drusiana, +after 1509; m.Tomasso di Transo
    - D3. [illegitimate] Antonio Cristoforo, Lord of Baranello, Longana, San Massimo and Busso, +before 1464/68
  - C8. Terina, *before 1425, +?; m.Giuliano di Celano
  - C9. Gaspare, Camerario, *before 1425, +29.12.1437
  - C10. Iacobella, +after 1425
  - C11. Giovanni, knight of St.John of Rhodos, +after 1425
  - C12. [parentage uncertain] Melchiore, Lord of Campello, his descendants are uncertain
  - C13. [parentage uncertain] Ferdinando
- B3. Antonio, Cardinal of Santa Cecilia and Patriarch of Aquileia 1396, +1412
- B4. Angela; m.Giovanni Tomacelli
- B5. Giovanna; m.Carlo d’Artus

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