Fernando de Aragón, 1st Duke of Montalto
![]() | This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (June 2015) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Ferdinando_d%27Aragona%2C_first_Duke_of_Montalto_%28_-1543%29%2C_attributed_to_Louis_Cousin.jpg/220px-Ferdinando_d%27Aragona%2C_first_Duke_of_Montalto_%28_-1543%29%2C_attributed_to_Louis_Cousin.jpg)
Fernando de Aragón y Guardato, 1st Duke of Montalto (before 1494–1542) was the eldest bastard son of king Ferdinand I of Naples and Diana Guardato, one of his mistresses.
The addition "Montalto de Aragón" is in remembrance of his grandfather, Alfonso V of Aragon.
Marriages and issue[]
Fernando was the ninth child of Ferdinand I of Naples. He first married . The marriage was without issue.
He then married, , and had the following:
- , 2nd , (*Naples, Italy, 1499/1506 - +Naples, Italy, 1543); 1st marriage: 1541, (1525–1561). 2nd marriage:
- , +after 1543
- , (*1543 - +Naples, Italy, 1583); 1st marriage: at Naples, Italy, after 7 February 1562, , born 1542; 2nd marriage: , deceased 1619; kids by 2nd marriage:
- ; she married, 1590, Sicilian , deceased 1595. Issue:
- The so-called (1589–1631), 4th Prince di Paternò, 5th Duke of Bivona, who married Juana de la Cerda y la Cueva, daughter of Juan Luis Francisco de la Cerda y Aragón, 6th Duke of Medinaceli. Notice he used first his mother family name and after his father family name, used sometimes in Spain with much influential and richer females at those times.
- Bianca Antonia d'Aragona y de Luna
- Ana Maria d'Aragona y de Luna;(+1677). She married Spanish-Portuguese General Francisco de Moura, 3rd Marquis of Castel Rodrigo, (1610 - 26 November 1675), on 10 August 1656, Viceroy of Sardinia, 1657–1661, and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, 1664-1668.
- ; she married, 1590, Sicilian , deceased 1595. Issue:
- , +31 August 1578; she married, 24 May 1565 Juan de la Cerda, 5th Duke of Medinaceli, (1544 - 5th Duke since 1575 - 29 May 1594).
- Giovanna d'Aragona y Cardona?, (*1502 - divorced 1550 - +11 September 1575). She married , , (1500 - 24 March 1557), brother of famous art and literary woman Vittoria Colonna, (Marino, Italy, April 1490 – Roma, Italy, February 1547) .
- Maria d'Aragona, (*1505, +1568); married , (25 May 1502 - + Vigevano, Italy, 31 March 1546).
Full siblings of Fernando de Aragón y Guardato, 1st Duke of Montalto[]
- , (*1440 - +1460/61); married, 1458 , deceased 1493, nephew of Pope Pius II, a.k.a. Enea Silvio Piccolomini,(Corsignano, 1405 - Pope 1458 - Ancona, Italy, 1464).
- , (*Naples, 1455 - +Rome, 1501) ; she married in 1472 , Duke of Sora (*1445 - +1475)
Gallery[]
Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Montalto, now known as to avoid clashing with a renovated by Spanish people at the ends of the 19th century. This Montalto is a remembrance of Montalto Uffugo, 39° 24′ 0″ N, 16° 9′ 0″ E, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, formerly in the Hispanic kingdom of Naples.In the center, coat of arms of the Cardona family, by the sides, red and yellow bars of the kingdom of Aragon and Catalonia from his grandfather king Alfonso V of Aragon, (1395 - 1458), king of Sardinia, king of Naples, king of Sicily as well. The five crosses represents their Brienne claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The bluish "fleur de lys" COA with the crennelling represents their descent of the Anjou, a cadet branch of the Capetian kings of France. The red horizontal bands within the silvery background is related to the medieval Kingdom of Hungary
Francesco Maria della Rovere, (1490 - 1538), and sisters were members of the famous family of the Dukes of Urbino on their mother side and related to Popes Sixtus IV and Julius II. was the wife of , (1499 - 1543), 2nd Duke of Montalto. Painting by Tizian, 114x100 cm. , Florence, Italy. Here, Francesco Maria della Rovere is depicted with his wife, Eleanora Gonzaga, born 1493, in a medallion.
Coat of Arms of the family "della Rovere", Princes of Urbino, through their association with the powerful "Montefeltro" Ducal family since 1503 also
Giovanna d'Aragona y Cardona(1502 - divorced 1550 - 11 September 1575), a daughter of Fernando de Aragón y Guardato, 1st Duke of Montalto was sister in law of famous artistic and literary woman Vittoria Colonna, (1490 - 1547), here depicted, thropugh her marriage to her brother , Duke dei Marsi, (1500 - 1557). Painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, (1485 - June 1547)
Coat of Arms of Pope Pius II, (1405 - Pope 1458 - 1464), from the "Piccolomini" family of the Dukes of Amalfi, failed strategist of the Crusades calls to counteract the conquest of Constantinople, now Istanbul, by the Turks in 1453. The Imperial marriage alliance between Austrians and naval efficiently Portuguese from the Avis family, did not work satisfactorily
References[]
- Marek, Miroslav. ". In English. Part initial to set up this Wikipedia English page". Genealogy.EU.[self-published source][better source needed]
- Detlev Schwennicke : Europäische Stammtafeln Band III.3 (1985) Tafel 550. In German.
- http://grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/bivona.htm . In Spanish.
- http://grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/medinasidonia.htm . In Spanish.
- www.abcgenealogia.com/delaCerda00.html . In Spanish.
- http://geneall.net/H/fam_names.php?id=626 In Spanish.
- http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/aitona.htm In Spanish.
- es.fundacionmedinaceli.org/.../agregacion_titulos.aspx In Spanish.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064129/http://www.tercios.org/camp1635_1.html In Spanish.
- 1542 deaths
- Dukes of Spain
- Illegitimate children of Neapolitan monarchs