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The arrest of Gianni Caracciolo that flipped Neapolitan loyalties

The arrest of Gianni Caracciolo that flipped Neapolitan loyalties

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The arrest of Gianni Caracciolo that flipped Neapolitan loyalties

A queen's favorite is seized on the king's order in the spring of 1423, and within months the invited heir to Naples finds himself walled up inside his own fortress. The man who ordered the arrest had just been handed a kingdom without a fight — so what did he think would happen when he took its most powerful courtier prisoner?

In this episode, we follow the narrative arc from Alfonso's youth in Medina del Campo through his inheritance of Aragon and the Mediterranean claims that consumed him, to the 1423 arrest of Gianni Caracciolo and the military consequence it triggered, asking what Alfonso expected when he had Caracciolo seized, and why that action provoked Joanna to call in Muzio Attendolo Sforza.

Person: Gianni Caracciolo
Location: Naples
Date: May 1423
Case: the arrest of gianni caracciolo, queen joanna's lover and political proxy
Status: triggered armed conflict between aragonese and angevin-backed forces

- Alfonso was born in 1396 in Medina del Campo.
- He married Maria in June 1415 in Valencia, having been betrothed to her at age twelve.
- Ferdinand died in April 1416, leaving Alfonso to

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