Torre Piromallo - Once the summer home of my 3rd Great Grand Parents
Nobili Napoletani
Nobili Napoletani is a great website that is dedicated to the Noble Families of Naples. In addition, it provides some links to other good websites for Neapolitan and Italian research in general. To be fair, finding your name on this site does not guarantee that you descend from that family or a branch of that family. A lot of hard research needs to be done to confirm.
Unlike researching family in the US on let’s say ancestry.com, researching in Italy is much harder, but not impossible, The best place to start is the antenati site, which gives birth, death and marriage records starting around 1806. While not every person is on there yet, more and more are added every month. The site is in Italian, but they do have some pages that you can click the flag and get an English translation, or you can use this google link. They google translations are not the best, but you will get the picture.
Even if you are not sure about your family being noble, the Nobili Napoletani is a great site for anyone researching the History of Naples. Some things that stood out was the information about the seats one Naples. Basically, these families ran the many sections of the city. We will be doing another post soon about another great website that lists more noble families of Italy. During the Spanish reign over Naples, because there was a shortage of Spanish nobles, they began to marry into Italian families. In many cases, names were changed to look and sound more Italian. One example of this is Pope Alexander IV, the Borgia Pope. His name in Spanish would be Borja. His daughter, Lucrezia Borgia, had an affair with one of my GGGGG Grandfather’s. Francesco Gonzga.
If you are not sure, need some help or have a road block that you can not resolve, you can always call on a professional for help. I used Bella Italia Genealogy. Alex and his team are based in Campania are excellent and very reasonable. You can find his link and others here.
Nobili Napoletani page shots of my two main families Caracciolo and Piromallo.
Helpful links on the Nobili Napoletani, using google translate where available:
Stemarrio or Crests
Stories of the Kings I have direct line into the Normans, Swabians, Angevins and Argonese.
My great grandfather’s that were Knights of the Spanish Golden Fleece. Note: Carlo Maria is not direct,
Prince Marino Caracciolo C 1625
Me 1977
History of Naples Italy with Vintage Photos
I have seen a lot of people that whose ancestors are from Naples, or Italy in general wondering why they have a percentage of Greek, Spanish, Arabic or other non-Italian segments. DNA segments can potentially go back 10 generations. I’m not a DNA nerd, but I certainly welcome any comments that any one may have to give simple explanations. I have also seen people post that I know where I came from and I’m 100%
Caracciolo Family History
The Caracciolo di Torchiarolo are a side branch of the Caracciolo di Avellino. The progenitor of the Torchiarolos was the second son of the fifth prince of Avellino, Ambrogio (1699-1748), who obtained in 1726, upon payment of 9000 ducats, the fiefdom of Torchiarolo, in the province of Lecce, on which he also received the title of Prince Ambrose married Francesca Afan de Rivera daughter of the Marquis of Villanueva de Las Torres. Ambrose’s sons were Luigi II,
Capece Piscicelli Family ( with succession to Piromallo )
Capece Capece Piscicelli Capece Piscicelli Piromallo Click here to join Italian Genealogy on Facebook This is where my research began. Having my great grandfather’s card, I knew that it matched the crest on the far right. However, in all my research, I could not find his name in the family line attached below. As Piromallo is not a very common name, I was really stumped for quite some time. It seemed very logical that I
Piromallo Family History
My entire ancestry quest started with my great grandfather’s card below. I never expected to find the wealth of information contained in this post, our the fact that I would find so many cousins in Italy. Throughout this post, I will be adding photos, charts, history and so forth. I expect that it will take many updates, so come back, or sign up for updates. I would love for anyone that has additional information to
Louis II King of Naples/Yolanda of Aragon
Louis Anjou II and Yolanda of Aragon — my 17th great-grandparents Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) was King of Naples from 1389 until 1399, and Duke of Anjou from 1384 until 1417. He was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou. Born in Toulouse, Louis II was the son of Louis I of Anjou, Duke of Anjou and King of Naples,[1] and Marie of Blois. He came into his Angevin inheritance,
Prince Marino Caracciolo and Princess Francesca D’Avalos D’Aragona My 9th Great Grandparents
Caracciolo Rossi D’Avalos Prince Marino Caracciolo III Knight of the Golden Fleece Me Prince MarinoThe feudal rights to Avellino were purchased in 1581 by Don Marino I Caracciolo, duke of Atripalda, of a patrician family of Naples, who was made Prince of Avellino in 1589. Avellino became the main seat of the Caracciolo. Don Marino’s son and grandson were consecutively Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Naples and chevaliers of the Order of the Golden
