Duke of Carcaci
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The Duke of Carcaci (Italian: Duca di Carcaci) is the Head of one branch of the Paternó Castello family, a very ancient Italian family among whose ancestors were also the Princes of Biscari. The Head of the Royal branch of this family is Grand Master of the Order of the Collar of Saint Agatha, an order of chivalry that dates back to the 12th Century. He is also the Prince of Emmanuel, etc. The first Duke of Carcaci was don Vincenzo (1681 - 1767) who was made Duke of Carcaci 1725. A family tree is available here. The seventh Duke of Carcaci wrote the famous book L'Ordine del Collare, describing the medieval origins of the above mentioned Order of the Collar of Saint Agatha.
[edit] List of the Dukes
- (1) Don Vincenzo (1681-1767)
- (2) Don Mario Concetto (1700-1781)
- (3) Don Giuseppe Vincenzo (1728-1817)
- (4) Don Mario Giuseppe (1754-1821)
- (5) Don Vincenzo Emanuele Giovanni (1783-1834)
- (6) Don Mario (1812-1838)
- (7) Don Francesco Maria Giuseppe (1786-1854)
- (8) Don Gaetano Maria (1798-1854)
- (9) Don Francesco Maria Domenico (1850-1912)
- (10) Don Gaetano Maria Domenico (1869-1947)
- (11) Don Francesco (1893-1980)
- (12) Don Gaetano (1923)
- (13) Don Alessandro (1961) (m. Lady Charlotte Legge, daughter of Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth, and has one child, called Miranda)
