Héctor de Pignatelli y Colonna, 3rd Duke of Monteleone ( it, Ettore III; 1574–1622) was

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from 1603 to 1611, and in 1610 took the decision to expel the Spanish

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s born and living in Spain who were not willing to relinquish their Islamic faith. Born in 1574, Monteleon was the son and heir of Camilo Pignatelli y Folch de Cardona, 2nd Duke of Monteleon (died 1583), son of

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, by his first wife, Diana Folch de Cardona y Gonzaga (daughter of Pedro Folch de Cardona, 3rd Count of Colisano, and Susanna Gonzaga). His mother was Girolama Colonna y d'Aragona, a daughter of Ascanio Colonna di

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, 1st Count of

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(1500–1557) by his marriage to Giovanna d'Aragona. He inherited the dukedom at the age of nine, on his father's death. Monteleon's paternal grandfather, who had been

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from 1517 to 1534, had been elevated to the title of "Duke of Monteleone"''Monteleone'' refers to the village of

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, now in the

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and the

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region of southern Italy. by

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, on 29 March 1527. Monteleon married Caterina Caracciolo y Mendoza, a daughter of Carlo Caracciolo, 6th Count of Sant'Angelo, and Ana de Mendoza, but they had no sons. When he died in 1622 he was succeeded by his daughter Girolama Pignatelli y Caracciolo, who became Duchess of Monteleone. She married Fabrizio Pignatelli, 3rd Prince of

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