FAMOUS
MEMBERS
"DIEGO
PIGNATELLI ARAGONA CORTES (1687-1750)"
Diego
was son of Nicolo' VIII Duke of Monteleone and Giovanna Pignatelli Tagliavia
Cortes , he was the Head of the first Terranova-Monteleone-Noja Line , IX
Duke of Monteleone , Duke of Terranova , Prince of Noja , Prince of Castelvetrano
, Marquis of Avola , Marquis of Valle Oaxaca , Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
, Grandee of Spain , Knight of the Toson d'Or , Grande Connestabile and Grand
Almirante of the Kingdom of Sicily , Vicario Generale della Calabria Ultra
e Citra.
He was a closed friend of the Emperor Charles VI of Habsbourg.
He married in 1713 Anna Caracciolo of the Princes of Avellino and late in
1717 Margherita Pignatelli Duchess of Bellosguardo , he had three sons Stefania
, Fabrizio X Duke of Monteleone and Giuseppe head of the second and the third
line of Terranova .