Giovanni Caracciolo

See also: Caraccioli

Giovanni Caracciolo or Jean Caraccioli , Neapolitan gentleman , secretary and favorite of the queen Jeanne II of Naples

He made stop in 1416 Jacques II of Bourbon it Marche husband of the queen, and forced it to flee; also triumphed over a dangerous rival, Sforza de Cotignola, and was made appoint large seneshal, duke of Venice and count of Avellino. It still required new favors, when Jeanne, wearies to undergo her yoke, gave the order to stop it: the emissary, under pretext of resistance, killed it in its room (1432).

For the historical character of Sforza de Cotignola, it is known under other names

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