Talk:Sacchetti family
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Requested move 17 January 2021
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
 | It was proposed in this section that House of Sacchetti be renamed and moved to Sacchetti family .
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House of Sacchetti → Sacchetti family – see naming format of other families from Florence with the exception of the sovereign House of Medici. Gryffindor (talk) 23:46, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
- Support per nom. No such user (talk) 11:11, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- Fair enough: Support, for consistency. Moonraker12 (talk) 13:55, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Proposed rewrite for Neapolitan Branch
[edit]Hello, I have thoroughly revised the text regarding the Neapolitan branch that was previously reverted by @Jonesey95. I broke the single block of text down into chronological bullet points to eliminate the 'wall of text' layout, fixed spelling errors (such as correcting Ludovico and Girolamo), repaired broken internal links, and added the requested scholarly citation from the Archivio Storico Capitolino (2016). I have also integrated a relevant right-hand image of the Castle of Gaeta from Wikimedia Commons to illustrate the section. Please review this updated version below so we can reach a consensus on re-adding it to the live page. Thank you!
Neapolitan Branch
[edit]The Neapolitan branch of the family trace their descent to the brothers Lancillotto and Avellino di Sacchetto. Early records show that following the death of Langelotto Sacchetti—a military captain and Great Baron over lands including Alessano, Ceglie, and Cuperano—the Norman King Roger II of Sicily appointed Avellino to his deceased brother's military positions and baronial estates on September 23, 1146. Other early prominent family members included Lancillotto's nephew Cesare, who served as Bishop of Melfi, and Ottone Sacchetti, the Latin Patriarch of Antioch. Avellino also received distinct royal privileges from King Roger II, who appointed him Gran Giustiziere (Grand Justiciar) of the kingdom.[1]
In 1173, King William the Good granted Avellino's grandson, Garzalino (Gezzolino), the Grand Ostiarius (Grand Doorkeeper) of the Kingdom, the Barony of Alessano alongside eleven additional southern fiefdoms, including Ceglie, Campi, Cavallino, Stellino, Ginosa, Castrignano, Cevarano, Melendugno, Massafra, and Squinzano. Garzalino's son, Ludovico, married Emilia Acciaioli; their son Alberico served as Praetor of Tusculum in 1224 under Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.[1]
Subsequent generations held high-ranking administrative, legal, and military offices under the Angevin and Aragonese monarchs:
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- Angelo Sacchetti (son of the late Alberico) was appointed Castellan and Governor of Gaeta with an annual salary of 300 florins on February 24, 1267.[1]
- Giovanni Pietro Sacchetti (brother of Angelo, and a Councilor and Grand Chamberlain to the crown) was appointed Governor and administrator of justice in the Province of Apulia on February 26, 1268.[1]
- Pietro Antonio Sacchetti, a Knight of the Golden Spur, served as Podestà (Pretore) of the city and district of L'Aquila under Charles II of Anjou, appointed on April 3, 1287.[1]
- Lazzarino Sacchetti (son of Pietro Antonio) was appointed Treasurer and Cashier of revenues for the province of Abruzzo and manager of the fairs of Lanciano on June 1, 1299.[1]
- Ludovico Sacchetti served as Archbishop of Amalfi, historically recorded conferring ecclesiastical benefits upon Nicola Ruffo of Salerno on January 16, 1324.[1]
- Andrea Guido (Guidotto) Sacchetti (son of Simone) served King Robert of Naples as Captain of Cavalry in Florence with an annual salary of 50 gold ounces. On April 25, 1339, he was also commanded by the King to act as a substitute Captain of War over the city of Manfredonia and the province of Salerno. Through his marriage to Cecilia Brancaccio, he fathered Carlo, Andrea, and Filippo.[1]
- Alfonso Sacchetti was appointed Governor of Calabria Citra by Queen Joanna II of Naples. His son, Giovanni Luigi Sacchetti (Alfonsino), was appointed treasurer and councilor of the province of Calabria for a one-year term with a salary of 200 ducats on July 4, 1453.[1]
- Pietro Antonio Sacchetti was designated Commissioner of Fairs for Cosenza and Calabria by Ferdinand I of Aragon on April 13, 1483.[1]
Later prominent descendants included Alessandro, Marquis of San Quirico, and the ecclesiastic Francesco Antonio Sacchetti (born 1595). Consecrated by Cardinal Giulio Cesare Sacchetti in 1635, Francesco Antonio served as Bishop of San Severo before his appointment as Bishop of Troia in 1648, an office he held until his death in 1662.[1]