Nobility. Military leader belonging to the noble family of Spanish origin of the D'Avalos. Faithful to King Ferdinand II of Naples, he took part in the Aragonese resistance against the French troops of Charles VIII of France who threatened the Kingdom of Naples in 1495. To Innico Ferdinando entrusted the command of the castle of Ischia, which Charles VIII was unable to conquer despite having already conquered the whole Kingdom. The courageous and victorious resistance that Innico was able to oppose to the French was later sung by Ludovico Ariosto in his opera Orlando furioso. Innico d'Avalos was invested with the title of Marquis del Vasto by Frederick I of Naples in August 1497. The city of Abruzzo, already granted to Innico de Guevara in 1444 and then passed to the eldest son of these Pietro in 1462, had returned in 1486 to the royal property when Pietro had been declared forfeited from his titles as a rebel. Under Ferdinand II of Naples it had been given in fief in 1496 to the elder brother of Innico d'Avalos, Rodrigo, who had however died before being able to take possession of it. Innico had the castle built in Vairano Patenora between 1498 and 1503 and restored the walls of the village. He also had the fourteenth-century palace known as Palazzo d'Avalos restored in Vasto.
Nobility. Military leader belonging to the noble family of Spanish origin of the D'Avalos. Faithful to King Ferdinand II of Naples, he took part in the Aragonese resistance against the French troops of Charles VIII of France who threatened the Kingdom of Naples in 1495. To Innico Ferdinando entrusted the command of the castle of Ischia, which Charles VIII was unable to conquer despite having already conquered the whole Kingdom. The courageous and victorious resistance that Innico was able to oppose to the French was later sung by Ludovico Ariosto in his opera Orlando furioso. Innico d'Avalos was invested with the title of Marquis del Vasto by Frederick I of Naples in August 1497. The city of Abruzzo, already granted to Innico de Guevara in 1444 and then passed to the eldest son of these Pietro in 1462, had returned in 1486 to the royal property when Pietro had been declared forfeited from his titles as a rebel. Under Ferdinand II of Naples it had been given in fief in 1496 to the elder brother of Innico d'Avalos, Rodrigo, who had however died before being able to take possession of it. Innico had the castle built in Vairano Patenora between 1498 and 1503 and restored the walls of the village. He also had the fourteenth-century palace known as Palazzo d'Avalos restored in Vasto.
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