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was a noble title created in 1494, by King

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) for

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on the occasion of his wedding with the king's daughter Sancia d'Aragona. He was also created

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. His second wife was María de Mila y Aragón with whom he had issue. The male line became extinct after the death of the fourth title-holder, Pietro Borgia d'Aragona, the last male heir to hold this title. Squillace, in

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, was the site of an

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castle. During the Norman (1130–94) and Swabian (1194–1266) periods of the

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, it was the seat of a county. After the wars of 1266 and 1282, the county continued to be granted by the Angevin

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, while the title continued in use in Aragonese Sicily.

Counts of Squillace

*Everard (Eberhard), fl. 1154–55 *Alfonso (Anfusus), fl. 1176–77, died 1188 *William of Caserta, fl. 1201 :... *

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, 1254/56–66/68 * Philippe de Montfort, 1266/68–70 * Jean de Montfort, 1270–1300 On Jean de Montfort's death in 1300, the county of Squillace escheated to the crown. Viscount

Hugh V of Bas Hugh V ( ca, Hug, it, Ugo, Ugone, es, Hugo; died 1335), a Catalans, Catalan nobleman and military leader, was the twentieth viscount of Bas. He lived for a time in the Kingdom of Sicily, where he was appointed count of Squillace in Calabria. He i ...

was appointed Count of Squillace by King

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Princes of Squillace

* Gioffre Borgia, 1st Prince of Squillace, Count of Cariati, son of

Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI ( it, Alessandro VI, va, Alexandre VI, es, Alejandro VI; born Rodrigo de Borja; ca-valencia, Roderic Llançol i de Borja ; es, Rodrigo Lanzol y de Borja, lang ; 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Churc ...

and

Vannozza dei Cattanei Giovanna Cattanei (13 July 1442 – 24 November 1518), commonly known as Vannozza Cattanei, was an Italian woman who was the chief mistress of Cardinal Rodrigo de Borgia, later to become Pope Alexander VI. Early life Born in 1442, most likel ...

. * Francesco Borgia, son of the above and his second wife, 2nd Prince of Squillace, Count of Cariati. * Giovanni Battista Borgia, son of the above, 3rd Prince of Squillace, * Pietro Borgia d'Aragona, son of the above, 4th Prince of Squillace, Count of Cariati. * Ana de Borja y Pignatelli (d. 1644), daughter of the above, 5th Princess of Squillace, in 1602 married her cousin

Francisco de Borja y Aragón Francisco de Borja y Aragón, conde de Rebolledo, prince of Squillace (1581 – September 26, 1658) was a Spanish writer, official in the court of King Philip III of Spain, and, from December 18, 1615 to December 31, 1621, viceroy of Peru. Biogr ...

, 2nd Count of Mayalde, Viceroy of Peru, Count of Ficalho. * María Francisca de Borja y Borja, daughter of the above, 6th Princess of Squillace, married in 1623 her uncle

Fernando de Borja y Aragón Don Fernando de Borja y Aragón or Ferran de Borja y d'Aragón (1583, in Lisboa – 28 November 1665, in Madrid) was a Spanish noble from the House of Borja and the House of Castro. He was the third Count of Mayalde, Viceroy of the royal house, and ...

, 3rd Count of Mayalde, Viceroy of Valencia and Aragón, Count of Ficalho. * Francisca de Borja y Aragón (d. 1693), daughter of the above, 7th Princess of Squillace, 4th Countess of Mayalde. Married twice: firstly in 1650 to Manuel de Aragón y Gurrea y Borja (d. 1653), without issue. Married again in 1654 Francisco Idiáquez-Butrón y Álava (d. 1687). * Francisco Idiáquez Butrón Borja de Aragón, son of the above, 8th Prince of Squillace, married to Francisca Niño de Guevara. Died without issue. * Juana María Idiáquez Butrón (d. 1712), sister of the above, 9th Princess of Squillace, 6th Countess of Mayalde, and other titles. Married, as her first husband on 21 March 1685, to Antonio Pimentel de Ibarra, 4th Marquis of Taracena. * María Antonia Pimentel de Ibarra Idiáquez Butrón (1685–1728), daughter of the above, 7th Countess of Mayalde, 10th Princess of Squillace and other titles, married twice; in 1701 to Luis Melchor de Borja y Ponce de León Centellas y Aragón (1665-1718) and after 1718 married Carlo Giuseppe Turinett (d. 1731), without issue from either marriage Upon the death of María Antonia in 1728, the principality of Squillace reverted to the Crown.

Marquis of Squillace

* Leopoldo de Gregorio (1755–85), known in Spain as the ''Marqués de Esquilache''

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External links

Squillace, the Norman Castel (or of Borgia) (in Italian)

History of Squillace (in Italian)
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