page_title: House of Carafa
hierarchical_section_title: House of Carafa
caption_attribution_description: see above
context_page_description: The House of Carafa is a noble Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts, known from the 12th century. The family rose to prominence during the 14th century, under the Angevin rule in Naples and established itself as one of the leading noble families of southern Italy in the 15th century under the Aragonese dynasty. Across the time, the family split in many lines, the most important being the Princes of Roccella, the Dukes of Andria, the Princes of Stigliano, the Dukes of Maddaloni, the Dukes of Nocera and the Dukes of Noja. The family gave sixteen cardinals to the Church, including one pope, Paul IV.
  Members included:
  Oliviero Carafa, cardinal
  Giovanni Pietro Carafa, became Pope Paul IV from May 1555 until his death
  Gianvincenzo Carafa, cardinal
  Diomede Carafa, cardinal
  Carlo Carafa, cardinal, a nephew of Pope Paul IV; Executed in Rome on 6 March 1561
  Prince Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, a nephew of Pope Paul IV; under the next pope Pius IV. He was tried and beheaded in 1561 at Tor di Nona, two days after the execution of his brother Cardinal Carlo Carafa
  Cardinal Antonio Carafa, also a nephew of Pope Paul IV
context_section_description: The House of Carafa is a noble Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts, known from the 12th century. The family rose to prominence during the 14th century, under the Angevin rule in Naples and established itself as one of the leading noble families of southern Italy in the 15th century under the Aragonese dynasty. Across the time, the family split in many lines, the most important being the Princes of Roccella, the Dukes of Andria, the Princes of Stigliano, the Dukes of Maddaloni, the Dukes of Nocera and the Dukes of Noja. The family gave sixteen cardinals to the Church, including one pope, Paul IV.
  Members included:
  Oliviero Carafa (1430 – 20 January 1511), cardinal
  Giovanni Pietro Carafa (1476–1559), became Pope Paul IV from May 1555 until his death
  Gianvincenzo Carafa (1477-1541), cardinal
  Diomede Carafa (1492-1560), cardinal
  Carlo Carafa (1517-1561), cardinal, a nephew of Pope Paul IV; Executed in Rome on 6 March 1561
  Prince Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano (d. 1561), a nephew of Pope Paul IV; under the next pope Pius IV. He was tried and beheaded in 1561 at Tor di Nona, two days after the execution of his brother Cardinal Carlo Carafa
  Cardinal Antonio Carafa (1538–1591), also a nephew of Pope Paul IV
  Cardinal Alfonso Carafa (1540 – 1565, aged 25), son of Antonio Carafa Marquis of Montebello, and grandnephew of Pope Paul IV
  Fabrizio Carafa (bishop) (1588–1651), former Bishop of Bitonto
  Fabrizio Carafa (died 1590), Duke of Andria; famously murdered by noted composer Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo da Venosa (1566–1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, for having an affair with Gesualdo's wife
  Girolamo Caraffa (1564–1633), Marquis of Montenegro, a general in Spanish and Imperial service
  Decio Carafa (1556–1626), cardinal
  Pier Luigi Carafa (1581-1655), cardinal
  Porzia Carafa, mother of Pope Innocent XII (1615-1700)
  Don Giuseppe Carafa (d. 1647), Neapolitan aristocrat who was killed in July 1647 during the early stages of the Revolt of Masaniello against Spanish Habsburg rule
  Vincenzo Carafa (1585-1649), General Superior of Jesuit Order
  Francesco Maria Carafa (died in prison, 1642), 5th Duke of Nocera, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Viceroy of Aragon and Viceroy of Navarre
  Gregorio Carafa (1615–1690), Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1680–90
  Antonio Carafa (1646–1693); Imperial Field Marshal and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  Pierluigi Carafa (1677–1755), former Dean of the College of Cardinals
  Francesco Carafa di Trajetto (1722-1818), cardinal
  Ettore Carafa (1767-1799), late 18th-century Neapolitan Republican
  Michele Carafa (1787-1872), 19th-century Italian composer
  Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1805–1879), cardinal
caption: The Carafa Chapel in Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome.
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