Niccolo Pignatelli ( Italian: Niccolò Pignatelli ; August 22, 1648; Cherkiara di Calabria - March 8, 1730, ibid.) - Marquis di Cherchiara, , Grand of Spain , 1st class, Spanish and Austrian statesman.
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| Predecessor | Giovanna Pignatelli | ||||||
| Successor | Diego Pignatelli | ||||||
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| Birth | August 22, 1648 Cherkiara di Calabria | ||||||
| Death | March 8, 1730 (81 years old) Cherkiara di Calabria | ||||||
| Kind | Pignatelli | ||||||
| Father | Giulio II Pignatelli | ||||||
| Mother | Beatrice Carafa | ||||||
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Son of Giulio II Pignatelli , Prince di Noah, and Beatrice Carafa.
The Great Connaughtable and the Great Admiral of the Sicilian Kingdom , in 1687–1690, the Spanish Viceroy of Sardinia . In 1681 he was granted the title of Knight of the Golden Fleece .
During the War of the Spanish Succession, he was in the service of the Austrian Habsburgs.
During the war of the Fourth Alliance in 1719, he landed with Austrian troops in Sicily, where he became captain-general in Messina, recaptured from the Spaniards, and the first Austrian viceroy of the island. After the evacuation of Spanish troops in 1720, his power spread to all of Sicily (in fact, until the end of the war in Sicily, the Austrian commander General von Mercy ordered). On the night of June 5/6, 1720 he arrived in Palermo .
Not wanting to recognize the political traditions of Sicily, he came into conflict with the senators who were part of the island’s government - the “presiding junta” ( la giunta dei presidenti ), and in 1722 was dismissed by the Vienna court, dissatisfied with his actions.
Family
Wife (1679): Giovanna Pignatelli Tagliavia Aragon Cortes (6.11.1666 - 06.22.17.1723), 8th Duchess di Monteleone, 7th , daughter of Andrea Fabrizio Pignatelli d'Aragon Cortes , 7th Duke di Monteleone, and Anthony Pimentel y Benavides
Children:
- Niccolo Pignatelli (07.17.1676-10.10.1734), Bishop of Minervino
- Maria Theresa Pignatelli (02.09.1682 - 08.09.1718). Husband (09/04/1701): Count Jean-Philippe-Eugene de Merod , Marquis de Westerlo (1674-1732)
- Stefania Pignatelli of Aragon Cortes (12/01/1683 - 08/02/1728). Husband (06/01/702): Giuseppe Sanseverino, prince di Bisignano (1676-1726)
- Diego Pignatelli (1.06.1687–28.11.1750), 9th Duke of Monteleone, 8th Marquis of the Oaxaca Valley. Wife 1) (07/13/1713): Anna Maria Caracciolo (1691-1715), daughter of Maria Francesco Caracciolo, Prince d'Avellino, and Anthony Spinola Columns; 2) (05/15/1717): Margherita Pignatelli (1698-1774), Duchess of Di Berlisguardo, daughter of Giacomo Pignatelli, Duke of Berlisguardo, and Anna Maria di Capua
- Ferdinando I Pignatelli (03.20.1689-22.10.1767), Prince di Strongoli. Wife (02.23.1719): Lucretia Pignatelli, Princess Di Strongoli (1704-1760), daughter of Girolamo Pignatelli, Prince Di Strongoli
- Katerina Pignatelli (04.16.1696—). Husband: Prince Alfonso de Cardenas (1680-1742)
- Maria Rosa Pignatelli of Aragon Cortes (04.16.1696 - 06.24.17.1770). Husband: Francesco Spinelli, 7th Prince of Scalea (1681-1752)
- Antonio Pignatelli (10/27/17 - 10/18/1746), Count de Fuentes. Wife (09/12/1720): Francisco Moncayo de Heredia, Countess de Fuentes, Marquise de Mora (1700-1742), daughter of Bartolome Moncayo de Heredia Palafox, 15th Count de Fuentes, and Francisco Doris Blanes
- Fabrizio Pignatelli (12.02.1703 - 09.06.1736). Wife (11.16.1727): Virginia Pignatelli di Strongoli (1710-1753)
- Giuseppe Pignatelli . Husband: Jacopo Saluzzo di Corigliano
Literature
- Storia civile di Messina colle relazioni della storia generale di Sicilia. Vol. II, parte I. - Palermo: Jovanni Pedone, 1842, p. XXII [1]
- Di-Blasi e Gambacorta GE Storia cronologica dei vicerè luogotenenti e presidenti del regno di Sicilia. - Palermo, 1842, pp. 514-517