Duchy of Sora
The Duchy of Sora was a
Isola di Sora
.
List of Dukes
- Nicola Cantelmo 1443-1454
- Piergiampaolo Cantelmo 1454-1463
- Occupied by the Papal States 1463-1472
della Rovere family
- Leonardo della Rovere 1472-1475
- Giovanni della Rovere1475-1501
- Francesco Maria I della Rovere 1501-1516
- William de Croÿ 1516-1528
- Francesco Maria I della Rovere 1528-1538
- Giulio della Rovere 1538-1578
- Francesco Maria II della Rovere 1578-1579
Boncompagni family
- Giacomo Boncompagni 1579-1617
- Gregorio I Boncompagni 1617-1628
- Giovan Giacomo Boncompagni 1628-1636
- Ugo I Boncompagni 1636-1676
- Gregorio II Boncompagni 1676-1707
- Antonio I Boncompagni 1707-1731
- Gaetano Boncompagni1731-1777
- Antonio II Boncompagni1777-1796
Cantelmi counts and dukes
The County of Sora had been constituted in 1399 as a
Alvito, was named the first duke of Sora by Alfonso I. His fief was intended as a buffer between the Neapolitan kingdom and the Papal States
. The Cantelmi struggled in the 15th century for a greater degree of autonomy, often taking advantage of the succession crises that threatened to tear apart the Kingdom of Naples until the early 16th century.
In 1450, during one of these wars,
Arce, was given to his nephew Leonardo della Rovere, who married a daughter of King Ferdinand I of Naples
.
Della Rovere dukedom
Between 1494 and 1501 Duke
Montecassino, bringing the Duchy to its greatest territorial extent. The following year he defended an attack from Prospero Colonna, but lost Esperia and Monte San Giovanni Campano until Pope Alexander VI
recognised him as duke.
After Giovanni's death, the title went to
Odet de Foix
.
Francesco Maria was succeeded by his son Giulio, and then by Francesco Maria II della Rovere.
Papal Sora
In 1579
Liri River. They also founded a new town, Colle Drago, but after Giacomo and his successor Gregorio I
, the financial difficulties of the family, caused by such expensive projects, prevented further efforts.
At the death of duke
Gaetano
, who relaunched a policy of social and economical improvements in the Liri Valley, as well as the embellishment of Colle Drago.
The last Duke was
Antonio II, who ceded his state to King Ferdinand IV of Naples
in 1796.
See also
- History of Sora
Bibliography
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- Lauri A., I principi boncompagni Ludovisi nel ducato di Sora, in Roma XII n. 10, Tipografia Cappelli, Rocca San Casciano 1934.
- Rosa A., Guglielmo De Croy Duca di Sora e le vicende storiche di Rocca Sorella, Pasquarelli ed., Sora 2006.