Gate of the Norman castle in Squillace

Prince of Squillace was a noble title created in 1494, by King Alfonso II of Naples (House of Trastamara) for Gioffre Borgia on the occasion of his wedding with the king's daughter Sancia d'Aragona.[1] He was also created Count of Cariati. His second wife was María de Mila y Aragón with whom he had issue. The male line became extinct after the death of the fourth title-holder, Pietro Borgia d'Aragona, the last male heir to hold this title.[1]

Squillace, in Calabria, was the site of an Italo-Norman castle. During the Norman (1130–94) and Swabian (1194–1266) periods of the kingdom of Sicily, it was the seat of a county. After the wars of 1266 and 1282, the county continued to be granted by the Angevin kings of Naples, while the title continued in use in Aragonese Sicily.

Counts of Squillace

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On Jean de Montfort's death in 1300, the county of Squillace escheated to the crown.[9]

Viscount Hugh V of Bas was appointed Count of Squillace by King Frederick III of Sicily.

Princes of Squillace

Upon the death of María Antonia in 1728, the principality of Squillace reverted to the Crown.[1]

Marquis of Squillace

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Williams 1998, p. 217.
  2. ^ a b Loud & Wiedemann 1998, p. 61 n. 13.
  3. ^ Matthew 1992, pp. 64–65.
  4. ^ Matthew 1992, p. 289.
  5. ^ Cuozzo 2004, p. 107, reports had a son who succeeded him and was still count in May 1191.
  6. ^ Jamison 1957, p. 107.
  7. ^ Settia 2004. He continued to use the title even after losing the county until his death in 1289.
  8. ^ a b Dunbabin 2011, pp. 144–45.
  9. ^ a b Pio 2012.
  10. ^ a b Williams 1998, p. 60.
  11. ^ a b Soler Salcedo 2008, p. 222.
  12. ^ Soler Salcedo 2008, pp. 222–223.
  13. ^ Soler Salcedo 2008, p. 223.
  14. ^ a b Soler Salcedo 2008, pp. 114, 223.

Bibliography

  • Cuozzo, Errico (2004). "Corona, contee e nobiltà feudale d'indomani dell'elezione di Tancredi". In Hubert Houben; Benedetto Vetere (eds.). Tancredi: conte di Lecce, re di Sicilia. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studio, Lecce, 19–21 febbraio 1998. Galatina. pp. 99–116.
  • Dunbabin, Jean (2011). The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266–1305. Cambridge University Press.
  • Jamison, Evelyn Mary (1957). Admiral Eugenius of Sicily: His Life and Work and the Authorship of the Epistola Ad Petrum and the Historia Hugonis Falcandi Siculi. Oxford University Press.
  • Loud, G. A.; Wiedemann, T. E. J., eds. (1998). The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus', 1154–69. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Matthew, Donald (1992). The Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pio, Berardo (2012). "Montfort, Giovanni di". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 76. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  • Settia, Aldo (2004). "Lancia, Federico". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 63. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  • Soler Salcedo, Juan Miguel (2008). Nobleza Española. Grandeza Inmemorial 1520 (in Spanish). Madrid: Visión Libros. ISBN 978-84-9886-179-2.
  • Williams, George L. (1998). Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-2071-5.

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