Acciaioli family
TheAcciaioli family,also spelledAcciaiuoli,Accioly,AcciajuoliorAcioliwas an importantItalian noble familyfromFlorence,whose members were the rulingDukes of Athens.
History
[edit]Family name is also written Acciaioli, Acciainoli, or Accioly, Accioli, Acioli and Acyoly inPortugalandBrazil,where there are branches of it. Descent can be traced in an unbroken line from one Gugliarello Acciaioli in the 12th century; family legend says that Gugliarello (a name possibly derived from It.guglia,needle) migrated fromBresciato Florence in 1160 because they wereGuelphsand fledBarbarossa's invasion of Northern Italy.
The Acciaioli founded a powerful bank in the 13th century (Compagna di Ser Leone degli Acciaioli e de' suoi consorti) which had branches fromGreeceto Western Europe until the bank collapsed in 1345.[1]
Bishop Angiolo Acciaioli briefly ruled Florence in the mid-14th century after the deposition ofGauthier de Brienne.Later they associated themselves to theAlbizziand then to the elderMediciin the 15th century. From about 1390 to 1460 they ruled theDuchy of Athensand kept close ties with the younger branch of theMedicithrough the marriage of Laudomia Acciaioli toPierfrancesco de' Medici,from which the later Grand Dukes ofTuscanyare descended, as well as several royal houses.[2]In Florence, theLungarno degli Acciaioliborders theArnofrom the Ponte Vecchio to the Ponte Santa Trinita.
Simone di Zanobi Acciaioli migrated before 1512 to the island ofMadeirawhere he represented the family's commercial interests. The Portuguese and Brazilian Accioly, Accioli or Acioli family is descended from him and were part of thePortuguese nobility.
Notable members
[edit]- Angelo Acciaioli I(1298–1357), bishop
- Angelo Acciaioli II(1349–1408), cardinal
- Angelo Acciaioli di Cassano(died 1467), diplomat
- Antonio I Acciaioli(died 1435), Duke of Athens
- Antonio II Acciaioli(died 1445), Duke of Athens
- Donato Acciaioli(1428–1478), scholar
- Francesco I Acciaioli(floruit 1451–1453), Duke of Athens
- Francesco II Acciaioli(died 1460), last Duke of Athens
- Giovanni Acciaioli(floruit 1422), archbishop of Thebes
- Nerio I Acciaioli(died 1394), first Acciaioli Duke of Athens
- Nerio II Acciaioli(1416–1451), twice Duke of Athens
- Niccolò Acciaioli(1310–1365), soldier and statesman
- Zanobi Acciaioli(1461–1519), Dominican friar and scholar
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Jace Stuckey,The Eastern Mediterranean Frontier of Latin Christendom
- ^Lock, Peter (2006)."Acciaiuoli family".In Alan V. Murray (ed.).The Crusades: An Encyclopedia.Vol. 1.Santa Barbara:ABC-CLIO.p. 3.OCLC70122512.[dead link]
Sources
[edit]- Albuquerque, Cassia; et al. (2011).Acciaiolis no Brasil(in Brazilian Portuguese).
- Litta, Pompeo (1830–1845). "Acciaioli di Firenze".Famiglie Celebri Italiane(in Italian).
- Miller, William(1921). "Florentine Athens".Essays on the Latin Orient.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 135–154.OCLC457893641.
- Ugurgieri della Berardenga, Curzio (1962).Gli Acciaioli di Firenze nella luce de' loro tempi(in Italian).
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