Cappai des Baux, originally Çapay viscounts of Bas

Bas

-Places:*Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, meaning "Lower Caraquet', a village on the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, Canada*Bas-Congo , a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

 (Baux), is the name of an old Aragonese noble family who came to Sardinia

Sardinia

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...

 in the 14th century with the king James II of Aragon

James II of Aragon

James II , called the Just was the King of Sicily from 1285 to 1296 and King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. In 1297 he was granted the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica...

 during his campaign to conquer the island. The Cappai played a major role in the history of Sardinia, where they received many fiefs by the king who wanted reward them for the help that they've given him to conquer the island. During the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 they got the titles of Count of Villasalto, Marquis of Muravera and Villarios, and the most important of Prince of Bas, which they inherited because they've been related with the kings of Arborea

Arborea

Arborea is a town and comune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agriculture, with production of vegetables and fruit.- History :...

 of the Bas-Serra family.

See also

• House of Baux
  House of Baux
  The House of Baux is a French noble family from the south of France. It was one of the most pretigious and powerful families of Medieval Provence, known as the 'Race d’Aiglon'. They were independent Lords as castellan of Les Baux and Arles and wielded very considerable authority at local level...
  
  
• John of Arborea
  John of Arborea
  John , nicknamed Chiano, was the Giudici of Arborea from 1297 to his death.He was the son and successor of Marianus II and reigned initially under the tutelage of Tosorat Uberti, a Pisan nobleman. Nino Visconti of Gallura having been deposed in 1288, John was the only judge and Arborea the only...
  
  
• Marianus III of Arborea
  Marianus III of Arborea
  Marianus III was the sole Giudici of Arborea from 1308 to his death. He co-ruled with his elder brother Andrew from the death of their father, John of Arborea, in 1304. Their mother was Vera Cappai, from which they took the family name Cappai de Bas...
  
  
• Andrew of Arborea
  Andrew of Arborea
  Andrew was the Giudici of Arborea from 1304.He was the elder of two illegitimate sons of John and Vera Cappai. He co-ruled with his brother Marianus III, but he had the supremacy and the title autocrator basileus...
  
  
• Eleanor of Arborea
  Eleanor of Arborea
  Eleanor ; 1347 – 1404) was the giudicessa of Arborea from 1383 to her death. She was one of the last — and most powerful and significant — Sardinian judges; as well as the island's most renowned heroine....
  
  
• Frederick Doria Cappai de Bas
  Frederick of Arborea
  Frederick was the Judge of Arborea from 1383 until his death. His surname was Doria Cappai de Baux, the last part being a corruption of Bas-Serra...
  
  
• Marianus V of Arborea
  Marianus V of Arborea
  Marianus V was the Judge of Arborea from 1387 until his death. His surname was Doria Cappai de Baux, the last part being a corruption of Bas-Serra...