Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia (
Castelvetrano
Castelvetrano ( scn, Castiḍḍuvitranu) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte is located within the municipal territory.
The municipality borders with Campobello di ...
, Sicily, 1530 – Madrid, 25 September 1599) was a Sicilian-Spanish nobleman and viceroy.
He was the son of a Sicilian peer, Giovanni Tagliavia, count of
Castelvetrano
Castelvetrano ( scn, Castiḍḍuvitranu) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte is located within the municipal territory.
The municipality borders with Campobello di ...
, and a Spanish mother, Beatriz de Aragón y Cruillas, only daughter of Carlos de Aragon, Marquess of
Avola. He became Duca di Terranova (in the Italian, not
Spanish
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line) on 17 August 1561.
He was a Knight of the
Order of Aviz
The Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz ( pt, Ordem Militar de São Bento de Avis, ), previously to 1910 ''Royal Military Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz'' ( pt, Real Ordem Militar de São Bento de Avis), previously to 1789 ''Knights'' (of ...
, the
governor of the Duchy of Milan from 1583 to 1592, and
Viceroy of Sicily This is a list of viceroys of Sicily:
Aragonese direct rule 1409–1516
* John of Aragon, Duke of Peñafiel, later king John II of Aragon, 1458–1479, acted 1409–1416.
* Domingo Ram y Lanaja, Bishop of Lleida 1416–1419
* Antonio de Cardona ...
two times, in 1556–1568 and 1571–1577. He was also
Viceroy of Catalonia
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*1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
*1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito
*1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
*149 ...
in 1581–1582, and Knight in the
Order of the Golden Fleece
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in 1585.
He married Margherita Ventimiglia and Cardinal
Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragona was his son.
He was succeeded as Duke of Terranova by his grandson Carlos Tagliavia de Aragón (died 1605).
File:Aragona, Carlo de – Gride, et ordini pubblicati nel Governo dell'illustrissimo et eccellentissimo signor Don Carlo d'Aragon, 1584 – BEIC 15113588.jpg, ''Gride, et ordini pubblicati nel Governo dell'illustrissimo et eccellentissimo signor Don Carlo d'Aragon'', a collection of decrees by Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia published in Milan in 1584
References
External links
Geni.com
1520s births
1599 deaths
Clergy from Palermo
Margraves of Italy
Knights of the Golden Fleece
Viceroys of Sicily
Viceroys of Catalonia
Governors of the Duchy of Milan
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