Avalos

Rodrigo (Rui) Lopez de Avalos (1357-1428) was a Toledo aristocrat who took part in the civil wars of Castile during the reign of Juan II and died in exile in Valencia, becoming the hero of the play of Tirso de Molina (“The happy lot of don Alvaro and unhappy fate Rui of Lopez d'Avalos "). His son Ignigo (Ignacio) , went to the service of Alfonso V of Aragon and ended up in his possessions in Naples, where he entered into a profitable marriage with a representative of the Aquino family named Antonella and received the title of Marquis Pescara (d. 1484).

He was succeeded by his son Alfonso, who received the marquise after him, married an aristocrat from the Cardon family and was treacherously killed during the French invasion of Naples. His only son, Fernando d'Avalos (1489-1525), married to the poetess Vittoria Colonna , became a condottiere and contributed to the glory of his family, participating in many battles. Their marriage was childless, and the title passed to his cousin, Alfonso d'Avalos (1502-1546), the Marquis del Vasto, the ancestor of the main branch of the family and the model of several portraits of Titian .

Of the descendants of the latter, Maria d'Avalos (1562-1590), the wife of the composer Gesualdo da Venosa , whom he killed because of jealousy, is known; and the contemporary and cousin was Constanta d'Avalos (1460—?), the Duchess of Francavilla, the widow of Federigo del Balzo, who was named among the possible models of the Mona Lisa, whose namesake Constanta d'Avalos Piccolomini (d. 1560), the Duchess of Amalfi, was known as a poetess .

• The island of Ischia was transferred under the control of Iñigo d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara in 1495.

1. Rodrigo (Rui) Lopez de Avalos (1357-1428). 1st spouse - Constanta Commodity ^[1] ; 2nd - Elvira de Guevara ^[2]
   1. Inigo d'Avalos (d. 1483), Count of Monteodoricio. Wife - Antonella d'Aquino , Marquis of Pescara.
      1. Alfonso d'Avalos . Spouse - Diana (or Hippolyta) Cordon
         1. Fernando d'Avalos (1489-1525). Wife - Vittoria Colonna
      2. Iñigo d'Avalos (c. 1467-1503). Spouse - Laura di San Severino
         1. Alfonso d'Avalos (1502-1546) Marquis di Vasto di Pescara, Count di Monteodorizio (1526), ​​Prince di Francavilla, Grand of Spain, Spanish Captain General (1536), Governor of Milan (1538-44). His wife is Maria d'Aragona (1503-1568) ^[3]
            1. Ferrante Francesco (1531-1571)
               1. Alfonso Felice (1564–1593)
                  1. Maria Catalina (1586-1618). Spouse - Camillo II Gonzaga
            2. Inigo (1535-1600), Cardinal (1561)
            3. Carlo (1539-1612), Prince of Montezarcio
               1. 1. Mary (1562-1590). Spouse - Carlo Gesualdo
            4. Cesare (1536-1614), Marquis della Padula, Grand Chamberlain of Naples, f Lucretia del Tufo
               1. Inigo (1578–1632), Prince of Francavilla
                  1. Ferrante Francesco (1601-1665), Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1632)
                     1. Francesca (+1676) Prince Avellino, hertz. Atripalda. Wife - Marino Caracciolo.
                     2. Diego (+1697), Prince di Isernia (1646), Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1665), wife - Francesca Caraffa
                        1. Isabella (+1695). Spouse - Carlo Caraffa, Prince of Di Rokkella (1651-95)
                        2. Ferdinando Francesco (1651-72)
                        3. Cesare Michelangelo (1667-1729), Prince of Pescara di Isernia di Francavilla, Spanish Envoy in Vienna. On it the line that owned the island of Ischia was cut off, and he went to the king
               2. Giovanni (+1638), prince of Montesarchio
                  1. Andrea (1618–1709), Prince of Montesarchio, Grand of Spain
                  2. Francesco (+1655), Prince of Troy
                     1. Giovanni (+1712), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio
                        1. Niccolo (+1729), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio
                           1. Giovan Battista (1694–1749), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio di Vitulanorinz di Pescara di Francavilla di Vasto, Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1729)
                           2. Diego (1697-1764), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio di Vitulanorinz di Pescara di Francavilla di Vasto, Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1749). Spouse - Eleanor Aquaviva d'Aragon
                              1. Tommaso (1752-1802), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio di Vitulanorinz di Pescara di Francavilla di Vasto, Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1764)
                                 1. Diego (1773-1797)
                                    1. Ferdinando (1794-1841), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio di Vitulanorinz di Pescara di Francavilla di Vasto, Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1806)
                                       1. Alfonso (1796–1861), Prince of Troya di Montesarchio di Vitulanorinz di Pescara di Francavilla di Vasto, Grand Chamberlain of Naples (1841)
                        2. Andrea (+1746). Spouse - Cosmantonia Caracciolo, hertz. Kelenza
                           1. Carlo Cesare (1727-1810), Duke of Di Kelenza, Prince of Torrebrun
                              1. Andrea (1766-1812), Duke of di Kelenza, Prince of Torrebrun (1810)
                              2. Gaetano (1775–1855), Duke of Avalos (1813)
                                 1. Carlo (1817-1866), Duke of D'Avalos (1855)
                                    1. Gaetano (1846-1865)
                                 2. Francesco (1819-1885), 4th Duke of D'Avalos (1866), Prince of Pescara di Francavilla
                                    1. Giuseppe (1865-1907), 5th Duke of D'Avalos (1885)
                                       1. Francesco (1889-1927), 6th Duke of D'Avalos (1907)
                                       2. Carlo (1891-1970), 7th Duke of D'Avalos (1927)
                                          1. Francesco (1930 Naples) 8th Duke of D'Avalos, 19th Prince of Francavilla di, 12th Prince of Pescara di Vasto (1970)
                                             1. Andrea (1971)

• Flavia Luise I D'Avalos: una grande famiglia aristocratica napoletana nel Settecento