Héctor de Pignatelli y Colonna, Duque de Monteleón, (1574–1622), a.k.a. Ettore III de Pignatelli y Colonna, 3rd Duke of Monteleon, was Viceroy of Catalonia, 1603–1611, taking the administrative direction of exiling the Spanish Morisco

Morisco

Moriscos or Mouriscos , meaning "Moorish", were the converted Christian inhabitants of Spain and Portugal of Muslim heritage. Over time the term was used in a pejorative sense applied to those nominal Catholics who were suspected of secretly practicing Islam.-Demographics:By the beginning of the...

´s in 1610 not willing to relinquish the Islamic faith while living, an being born, in Spain.
He was the son of Girolama Colonna y d'Aragona , daughter of Ascanio I Colonna (di Paliano), (1500–1557), Count of Tagliacozzo

Tagliacozzo

-History:Near the modern city was fought the Battle of Tagliacozzo between Conradin of Hohenstaufen and Charles I of Anjou.-Main sights:*The Palazzo Ducale , built by Roberto Orsini....

, and Camilo Pignatelli y Folch de Cardona, 2nd Duke of Monteleon, (???? - 1583), being thus the grandson of Ettore Pignatelli Caraffa, 1st Duke of Monteleone, 2nd Count of Borrello

Borrello

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, 2nd Count of Monteleone, Viceroy of Sicily, 1517–1534, who had married, (first marriage), Diana Folch de Cardona y Gonzaga , daughter of Pedro Folch de Cardona, 3rd Count of Colisano and Susanna Gonzaga, being awarded the title of Ducado di Monteleone by king Charles I of Spain, a.k.a. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...

, 29 March 1527.

It refers to Monteleone di Puglia

Monteleone di Puglia

Monteleone di Puglia is a hill town and comune of the province of Foggia in the Puglia region of southern Italy.-History:In 1942, southern Italy was on the verge of social, economic, and political collapse. Many men were sent to fight in World War II for the Italian army, and the wives of those...

, 41° 10′ 0″ N, 15° 16′ 0″ E province of Foggia

Foggia

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 in the Puglia region of southern Italy

Italy

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, now with some 1400 inhabitants.

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He married Caterina Caracciolo y Mendoza , daughter of Carlo Caracciolo

Carlo Caracciolo

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, 6th Count of Sant'Angelo

Sant'Angelo

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 and Ana de Mendoza.

The inheritor of the Ducal title was a daughter, Girolama Pignatelli y Caracciolo, 4th Duchess of Monteleone who married Fabrizio Pignatelli, 3rd Prince of Noia, with male issue, Ettore, 5th Duke of Monteleone and 4th Prince of Noia

Noia

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