House of Caracciolo

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

• Allegra Caracciolo di Castagneto, wife of the late industrialist Umberto Agnelli
• Carlo Caracciolo, twentieth-century Italian-American newspaper publisher; founder of Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso
• Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto (1927-2019), Italian art collector and designer, widow of Gianni Agnelli
• Franco Caracciolo (1920-1999), Italian actor and conductor
• Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo, twentieth-century painter
• Rudolf Caracciola (1901–1959), German racing-driver (from a branch in Germany since the 17th century)
• Giuseppe Caracciolo (1892-1975), Italian cinematographer
• Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, Archbishop of Naples from 1833-1844
• Prince Francesco Caracciolo (1752–1799), Neapolitan admiral and revolutionary
• Carmine Nicolao Caracciolo (1671–1726), Viceroy of the Spanish Colony of Peru
• Tommaso Caracciolo (bishop of Gerace), Bishop of Gerace (1687–1689)
• Tommaso Caracciolo (archbishop), Archbishop of Taranto (1636–1637)
• Fabrizio Caracciolo (1607 - 1683), Duke of Girifalco, adviser of the Holy Council, Neapolitan Patrician
• Gerolamo Caracciolo, Marqués de Torrecuso, 17th century Spanish aristocrat and soldier
• Battistello Caracciolo (1578–1635), Italian painter
• Tommaso Caracciolo, Count of Roccarainola (1572–1631), Spanish Field Marshal
• Saint Francesco Caracciolo (1563–1608), born Ascanio Pisquizio, priest and co-founder with Gian Agostino Adorno of the Congregation of the Clerics Regular Minor
• Tommaso Caracciolo (archbishop of Capua), Archbishop of Capua (1536–1546), Bishop of Trivento (1502–1540), and Bishop of Capaccio (1523–1531)
• Marino Caracciolo (1468–1538), cardinal and diplomat
• Giovanni Caracciolo (c. 1372 – 1432), often called Sergianni, Minister of the Kingdom of Naples and favourite of queen Joan II
• Riccardo Caracciolo (died 1395), one of two rival Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

Coat of arms of Caracciolo taken from Cronologia della famiglia Caracciola by Francesco de' Pietri (1605).

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.