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Again we see in ¨ Collection of all the most renowned writers of the History General
of the Kingdom of Naples ¨, Volume second, Naples, in Stamperia John Gravier
MDCCLXIX, page 133 ¨.... Conrad of Antioch, said nickname Caputo, gradnson as
we said of the Emperor Federico...
Once Sovereign Houses of the State of Italy and national families descended from
these or from foreign dynasties - download, scroll to page 13 "Caputo – Descend
from Conrad Caputo, Prince of Antioch of the House of Hohenstaufen. Vicar
General for the island of Sicily, grandson of Frederick II
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Genealogy History of the Marquise of Petrella. Caputo Family (STORIA
GENEOLOGICA DEI MARCHESI DI PETRELLA. FAMIGLIA CAPUTO)
"....Prince of Antioch Corrado of Hohenstaufen called Caputo grandson of
Fredrick II of Swabia... (Principe d´Antiochia Corrado di Hohestaufen detto
Caputo nipote di Federico II di Svevia).
Corrado difficult life
The Church of Alexander IV was now completely isolated in front of Manfred,
whose rise the pope had been unable to face. Failed negotiations with Henry III of
England for grant to Prince Edmund the kingdom of Sicily, Alexander IV had not
been able to do anything but to excommunicate Manfred and his followers. The
situation changed dramatically with the election to the papal throne in August 1261,
of the French Urban IV that clearly was oriented to strengthen the Guelph
movement and dealing with the king of France, Louis IX, the answer to the
question of Sicilian in favor to Carlo d'Anjou who was the brother of Louis.
Urban IV, therefore, managed to find a new king for Sicily in opposition to
Manfredi. Upon learning of the papal intentions, Manfredi summoned the barons
of the kingdom to Naples in a "general colloquium," to organize the defense against
Anjou and decided to consolidate his power in those areas that could most easily be
lost and with stubbornly resisted him; and these were the Duchy of Spoleto, the
Romagna and the Marches. If the group in Naples was also Corrado of Antioch is
not known, but it is hard to believe the contrary, since Corrado was given one of the
most difficult assignments.
In fact, in 1261, Manfredi sent to the Marches of Ancona as Vicar his own general's
nephew Corrado of Antioch, to destroyer of the lands of the Church, he proved to
be a terrible persecutor of those who defended it. During his vicariate in the
Marches, Corrado decided to turn his attention to the municipality of Montecchio
(today Treja in the province of Macerata), faithful to the Church, more than any
other had resisted, even in the past, the attacks from the imperial armies. After
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