While not an Italian name, D’Avalos are connected with Aragona’s that ruled Spain and Naples in the mid 1500’s. Francesca D’Avalos married into the Caracciolo family in the early 1600’s. Maybe that’s where some of the Spanish DNA comes from. D’ Avalos, originally from Spain, came to Italy with the retinue of Alfonso I d’ Aragona. They were distinguished for military value, diplomatic ability and fidelity to the Crown, qualities that always led them to cover a pre-eminent position in the Italian and European politics of the epoch. An example of the narrow connection that was uniting them to the Crown was the confidence of the office of Great Chamberlain or Camerlingo (President of the Chamber of the Summary one), that was held continually for two centuries at the family in spite of aligning itself on the throne of several dynasties. In 1714, Caesar Michelangelo d’ Avalos, for the support given to the house of Austria in the war of succession to the throne of Naples against Filippo V of Spain, had conferred at Carlo’s of Austria, become a king’s with the name of Carlo III, the Prince’s headline of Sacred Romano Impero.
Rodrigo I D’avalos’s relation to you: Direct ancestor (17 generations)
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Here’s how:
1. Nicholas Victor Sorrentino is your father
2. Maria Luigia Piromallo is the mother of Nicholas Victor Sorrentino
3. Maria Emilia Caracciolo is the mother of Maria Luigia Piromallo
4. Filippo Caracciolo is the father of Maria Emilia Caracciolo
5. Prince Luigi Caracciolo is the father of Filippo Caracciolo
6. Prince Ambrogio II Caracciolo is the father of Prince Luigi Caracciolo
7. Prince Luigi Caracciolo is the father of Prince Ambrogio II Caracciolo
8. Ambrogio Caracciolo is the father of Prince Luigi Caracciolo
9. Prince Marino III Caracciolo is the father of Ambrogio Caracciolo
10. Prince Francesco Marino Caracciolo is the father of Prince Marino III Caracciolo
11. Francesca D’AVOLOS is the mother of Prince Francesco Marino Caracciolo
12. Innico III D’Avalos is the father of Francesca D’AVOLOS
13. Cesare D’Avalos is the father of Innico III D’Avalos
14. Marchese Alfonso D’avalos is the father of Cesare D’Avalos
15. Marchese Innico II D’avalos is the father of Marchese Alfonso D’avalos
16. Count Inigo I D’avalos is the father of Marchese Innico II D’avalos
17. Rodrigo I D’avalos is the father of Count Inigo I D’avalos