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Giulio Cesare Brancaccio
Giulio Cesare Brancaccio (1515–1586) was a courtier, ''Cavalry, cavalier'', actor, writer, and singer in a number of northern Italian courts throughout the sixteenth century, most notably the court at Ferrara. He was born in Naples to a Nobility, noble family. He first appears in the historical record as a soldier in the service of the Kingdom of Naples 1535 and later as a singer and amateur actor, including for Ferrante Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno in Naples. He served in the army of Charles V and in 1554 he defected to France, mainly to escape sentence for having allegedly killed a Spanish soldier. Here he became a ''gentilhomme de la chambre du Roi'' under Henri II and later, his sons Francois II and Charles IX and achieved considerable fame for the leading role he played in the seiee and capture of Calais from the English in 1558. In 1571 he went to Vienna, Venice, Turin, Florence and in 1573 to Naples, where he subsequently joined the expedition of Don Juan to re-conquer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtier
A courtier () is a person who attends the royal court of a monarch or other royalty. The earliest historical examples of courtiers were part of the retinues of rulers. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the official residence of the monarch, and the social and political life were often completely mixed together. Background Monarchs very often expected the more important nobles to spend much of the year in attendance on them at court. Not all courtiers were noble, as they included clergy, soldiers, clerks, secretaries, agents and middlemen with business at court. All those who held a court appointment could be called courtiers but not all courtiers held positions at court. Those personal favourites without business around the monarch, sometimes called the camarilla, were also considered courtiers. As social divisions became more rigid, a divide, barely present in Antiquity or the Middle Ages, opened between menial servants and other classes at court, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
