Filangieri

The Filangieri were an Italo-Norman noble family that first established as counts and lords in the province of Avellino (c.1100). The name Filangieri originates from the Latin Filli Angerii (sons of Angerio) named after Richard "Angerio" of Arnes, who adopted the nickname "Angerio" during his military service as captain of the Italian falangerio (phalanges) in the First Crusade.^[1] They played a prominent role in the Kingdom of Sicily (prior to the War of the Sicilian Vespers) and the subsequent Kingdom of Naples.

Coat of arms of the Filangieri of Naples

Main members

• Giordano Filangieri I
• Riccardo Filangieri I, son of Giordano I
• Giordano Filangieri II, son of Giordano I
• Lotterio Filangieri I
• Enrico Filangieri
• Marino Filangieri
• Lotterio Filangieri II, son of Giordano II
• Aldoino Filangieri di Candida, son of Giordano II
• Riccardo Filangieri di Candida
• Guido Filangieri
• Giordano Filangieri III
• Gaetano Filangieri
• Carlo Filangieri, son of Gaetano
• Gaetano Filangieri, prince of Satriano, son of Carlo, founder of the Museo Civico Filangieri

References

1. Aldimari, Biagio (1691). Memorie historiche di diverse famiglie nobili, così napoletane, come forastiere (in Italian). Naples: Giacomo Raillard. p. 84.

External links

• (in Italian) Genealogia dei Filangieri (XIe s.–XVIe s.)
• (in Italian) Genealogia dei Filangieri (1256–1409)
• (in Italian) Nobiliario di Sicilia