Don Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...

Carlo III di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart (4 April 1827 – 24 March 1884), or Carlo di Tocco for short, was a 19th-century Italian noble, serving as the Prince of

Montemiletto Montemiletto ( la, Mons Militum; Irpino: ) is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. The population of Montemiletto is roughly 5,400. References See also *Irpinia Irpinia (Modern Latin ''Hirpinia'') is a geographical ...

and the titular

Prince of Achaea The Prince of Achaea was the ruler of the Principality of Achaea, one of the crusader states founded in Greece in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204). Though more or less autonomous, the principality was never a fully independent s ...

from the death of his father

Francesco di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart Don (honorific), Don Francesco di Paola Mariano Luigi di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart (18 November 1790 – 16 April 1877), or Francesco di Tocco for short, was an 18th/19th-century Italian noble, serving as the Prince of Montemiletto and the titular Pri ...

in 1877 to his own death in 1884. Carlo III di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart was the last living member of the

Tocco family The House of Tocco ( ''Tocchi'', grc-gre, Τόκκος, Tókkos Τόκκοι, ''Tokkoi'') was an Italian noble family from Benevento that came to prominence in the late 14th and 15th centuries, when they ruled various territories in western Gree ...

, which had once ruled the

Despotate of Epirus The Despotate of Epirus ( gkm, Δεσποτᾶτον τῆς Ἠπείρου) was one of the Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire established in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 by a branch of the Angelos dynasty. It claim ...

. Carlo was prominent among the nobility of Italy, having held high honors in the

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( it, Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1860. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before Italian unification, comprising Sicily and a ...

until its fall in 1861 and thereafter becoming a leader figure among those who sought to restore it.

Biography

Carlo III di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

on 4 April 1827, as the eldest son of Francesco di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart, Prince of

and titular

, and Maria Maddalena di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart. Francesco and Maria Maddalena were cousins. Upon his Francesco's death on 16 April 1877, Carlo inherited father's titles, including not only Montemiletto but also various other fiefs throughout Italy, and claims. While the

still existed, before its fall in 1861 and the transition of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which had conquered the Two Sicilies, into the Kingdom of Italy, Carlo was a high-ranking member of the nobility of the Two Sicilies. He had for instance in his youth been made a

gentleman of the chamber ''Valet de chambre'' (), or ''varlet de chambre'', was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal households had many persons appointed at any time. While some valets simply waited on t ...

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II ( it, Ferdinando Carlo; scn, Ferdinannu Carlu; nap, Ferdinando Carlo; 12 January 1810 – 22 May 1859) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death in 1859. Family Ferdinand was born in Palermo to King Francis I of the T ...

. Carlo also joined several orders of knighthood, becoming a Knight of Devotion within the

Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

on 8 January 1873, and also joining the

Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (SMOCG) ( it, Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio, es, Sagrada Orden Militar Constantiniana de San Jorge), also historically referred to as the Imperial Constantinian Order ...

and the

Order of St. Gregory the Great The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great ( la, Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni; it, Ordine di San Gregorio Magno) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of ...

. After his father's death, Carlo rose to be considered a leader among the

Bourbon Bourbon may refer to: Food and drink * Bourbon whiskey, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash * Bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels * Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit * A beer produced by Bras ...

legitimists who sought to restore the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Prior to his father's death, Carlo and his father had been implicated in the July 1861 failed

conspiracy of Frisio A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agree ...

, which had been aimed at provoking insurrection and occupying Naples in favor of the Bourbon dynasty. Both Carlo and Francesco were abroad at the time of the investigations, so the accusations against them amounted to nothing. Carlo died unmarried and childless in Naples on 24 March 1884. With Carlo's death the

, which had originated eight or seven centuries prior and had once ruled the

, was rendered extinct. Carlo's titles were inherited by Carlo Capece Galeota, who was matrilineally descended from

Carlo II di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart Don Carlo II di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart (7 March 1756 – 19 July 1823), or Carlo di Tocco for short, was an 18th/19th-century Italian noble, serving as the Prince of Montemiletto and the titular Prince of Achaea, among other titles, from the death ...

, Carlo III's grandfather.

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