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Riccardo Caracciolo (died 18 May 1395[1]) was an Italian nobleman from the Kingdom of Naples, who was a rival Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
The portrait of Riccardo Caracciolo
Biography
Caracciolo was born most likely in
Robert I of Naples
.
Caracciolo entered the Order of the Knights Hospitaller at a young age.Urban VI deposed the order's Grand Master,
Juan Fernández de Heredia, who had sided for
Antipope Clement VII and, in the April 1383, replaced him with Caracciolo. The latter was supported by the priories of
Rome,
Messina,
Barletta,
Pisa and
Capua, as well as the prior of
Bohemia. They were followed by the knights of
England and
Ireland in 1384, and later also
Hungary and part of
Germany.
[1] However, the main base of the order, in
Rhodes, remained faithful to Heredia.
[1]
Caracciolo spent his period as master mostly at the papal court, also after Urban died, being replaced by
He died in Rome in 1395, and was buried in
Santa Maria del Priorato.
[1]References
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Enciclopedia Italiana
. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
