House of Pignatelli

{{Unreferenced, date=July 2017 The House of Pignatelli was a

Neapolitan Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to: Geography and history * Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city * Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...

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, and men of arts and sciences. Members included: Pignatellisemplice1

*Antonio Pignatelli,

Pope Innocent XII Pope Innocent XII ( la, Innocentius XII; it, Innocenzo XII; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1691 to his death in September 1700. He ...

(Spinazzola, 13 March 1615 - Rome, 27 September 1700) *

Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte (19 November 1730 – 5 February 1803) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Prince Don Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte was born on 19 November 1730 in Naples, Italy, the son of Prin ...

(November 19, 1730 – February 5, 1803) *

Ettore Pignatelli e Caraffa, 1st Duke of Monteleone Ettore Pignatelli e Caraffa, 1st Duke of Monteleone, also spelled Carafa (Naples, Italy (died Palermo, Sicily, 1535), also known as Héctor Pignatelli, 1st Count of Monteleone since 1505, afterwards 1st Duke of Monteleone and Count of Borrello, was ...

(born Naples, died Palermo, Sicily, 1535) *

Faustina Pignatelli Faustina Pignatelli Carafa, princess of Colubrano (9 December 1705-30 December 1769), was an Italian mathematician and scientist from Naples. She became the second woman (after the Bolognese physicist Laura Bassi) to be elected to the Academy of ...

Carafa, princess di Colubrano (died Naples 1785) Italian scientist *

Francesco Pignatelli Francesco Pignatelli (6 February 1652 – 15 December 1734) was an Italian cardinal. Biography Born at Senise, in the province of Potenza, he entered the order of Theatines in 1665 (at the age of 13). On 27 September 1684, after being nominated ...

(February 6, 1652 – December 15, 1734) Italian cardinal * Francesco Pignatelli (18th century) Vicar General of Naples under

Ferdinand IV of Naples Ferdinand I (12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1816, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759, Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and Ferdinand I ...

* Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (April 10, 1851 – February 16, 1948) *

Giovanni Battista Pignatelli Giovanni Battista Pignatelli ( – before 1600) was a Neapolitan nobleman and riding master. He influenced the development of ''alta scuola'', or classical dressage, both in the Italian peninsula and in France. Life and work Pignatelli was ...

sixteenth-century Italian riding master * Luciana Pignatelli (1935-2008) Italian fashion icon