House of Caracciolo

The House of Caracciolo (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈrattʃolo]) is the surname of a prominent aristocratic family from the kingdom of Naples. Its members include:

Coat of arms taken from Cronologia della famiglia Caracciola by Francesco de' Pietri, 1605

• Allegra Caracciolo di Castagneto, wife of the late industrialist Umberto Agnelli
• Battistello Caracciolo (1578–1635), Italian painter
• Fabrizio Caracciolo (1607 - 1683), Duke of Girifalco, adviser of the Holy Council, Neapolitan Patrician
• Carmine Nicolao Caracciolo (1671–1726), Viceroy of the Spanish Colony of Peru
• Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, Archbishop of Naples from 1833-1844
• Prince Francesco Caracciolo (1752–1799), Neapolitan admiral and revolutionary
• Saint Francesco Caracciolo (1563–1608), born Ascanio Pisquizio, priest and co-founder with Gian Agostino Adorno of the Congregation of the Clerics Regular Minor
• Franco Caracciolo, 20th-century Italian actor and conductor
• Giovanni Caracciolo (c. 1372 – 1432), Minister of the Kingdom of Naples under Joan II
• Giuseppe Caracciolo (born 1892) Italian cinematographer
• Gerolamo Caracciolo, Marqués de Torrecuso, 17th century Spanish aristocrat and soldier
• Carlo Caracciolo, twentieth-century Italian-American newspaper publisher; founder of Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso
• Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (born 1927), Italian art collector and designer, widow of Gianni Agnelli
• Marino Caracciolo (1468–1538), cardinal and diplomat
• Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo, twentieth-century painter
• Riccardo Caracciolo (died 1395), one of two rival Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller
• Rudolf Caracciola (1901–1959), German racing-driver (from a branch in Germany since the 17th century)
• Tommaso Caracciolo, Count of Roccarainola (1572–1631), Spanish Field Marshal
• Tommaso Caracciolo (bishop of Gerace), Bishop of Gerace (1687–1689)
• Tommaso Caracciolo (archbishop of Capua), Archbishop of Capua (1536–1546), Bishop of Trivento (1502–1540), and Bishop of Capaccio (1523–1531)
• Tommaso Caracciolo (archbishop), Archbishop of Taranto (1636–1637)

Bibliography

Maria Pina Cancelliere, "Lo Stato feudale dei Caracciolo di Torella: poteri, istituzioni e rapporti economico-sociali nel Mezzogiorno moderno", editore Terebinto, 2012, ISBN 8897489079.