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See also:GAETANI, or CAETANI , the name of the See also:oldest of the See also:Roman princely families which played a See also:great See also:part in the See also:history of the See also:city and of the papacy. The Gaetani are of Longobard origin, and the founder of the See also:house is said to be one See also:Dominus See also:Constantinus Cagetanus, who flourished in the loth See also:century, but the See also:family had no great importance until the See also:election of Benedetto Gaetani to the papacy as See also:Boniface VIII. in 1294, when they at once became the most notable in the city. The See also:pope conferred on them the fiefs of Sermoneta, Bassiano, Ninfa and See also:San Donato (1297—1300) , and the marquisate of See also:Ancona in 1300, while See also:Charles II. of See also:Anjou created the pope's See also:brother See also:count of See also:Caserta. See also:Giordano Loffredo Gaetani by his See also:marriage with Giovanna dell' See also:Aquila, heiress of the See also:counts of See also:Fondi and Traetto, in 1297 added the name of Aquila to his own, and his See also:grandson Giacomo acquired the lordships of Piedimonte and Gioia. The Gaetani
x1.13proved brave warriors and formed a bodyguard to protect Boniface VIII. from his many foes. During the 14th and 15th centuries their feuds with the See also:Colonna caused frequent disturbances in See also:Rome and the Campagna, sometimes amounting to See also:civil See also:war. They also played an important role as Neapolitan nobles. In 1500 See also:Alexander VI., in his See also:attempt to crush the great Roman feudal See also:nobility, confiscated the Gaetani fiefs and gave them to his daughter Lucrezia See also:Borgia (q.v.); but they afterwards regained them.
At See also:present there are two lines of Gaetani: (1) Gaetani, princes of See also:Teano and See also:dukes of Sermoneta, founded by Giacobello Gaetani, whose grandson, Guglielmo Gaetani, was granted the duchy of Sermoneta by See also:Pius III. in 1503, the marquisate of Cisterna being conferred on the family by See also:Sixtus V. in 1585• In 1642, See also:Francesco, the 7th See also:duke of Sermoneta, acquired by marriage the See also:county of Caserta, which was exchanged for the principality of Teano in 1750. The present See also:head of the house, Onorato Gaetani, 14th duke of Sermoneta, 4th See also:prince of Teano, duke of San Marco, See also:marquis of Cisterna, &c., is a senator of the See also:kingdom of See also:Italy, and was See also:minister for See also:foreign affairs for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. (2) Gaetani dell' Aquila d'Aragona, princes of Piedimonte, and dukes of Laurenzana, founded by Onorato Gaetani dell' Aquila, count of Fondi, Traetto, Alife and Morcone, See also:lord of Piedimonte and Gioia, in 1454. The additional surname of Aragona was assumed after the marriage of Onorato Gaetani, duke of Traetto (d. 1529), with Lucrezia of See also:Aragon, natural daughter of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Ferdinand I. of See also:Naples. The duchy of Laurenzana, in the kingdom of Naples, was acquired by Alfonso Gaetani by his marriage in 1606 with Giulia di Ruggiero, duchess of Laurenzana. The lordship of Piedimonte was raised to a principality in 1715. The present (1908) head of the house is Nicola Gaetani dell' Aquila d'Aragona (b. 1857), 7th prince of Piedimonte and 12th duke of Laurenzana.
See A. von See also:Reumont, Geschichte der Stadt Rom (See also:Berlin, 1868) ; F. See also:Gregorovius, Geschichte der Stadt Rom (See also:Stuttgart, 1872) ; Almanach de See also:Gotha (1907 and 1908).
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