Duke of Monteleone viceroy of Catalonia
Born in 1574, Monteleon was the son and heir of Camilo Pignatelli y Folch de Cardona, 2nd Duke of Monteleon (died 1583), son of Ettore Pignatelli e Caraffa, 1st Duke of Monteleone, by his first wife, Diana Folch de Cardona y Gonzaga (daughter of Pedro Folch de Cardona, 3rd Count of Colisano, and Susanna Gonzaga).
He inherited the dukedom at the age of nine, on his father"s death. Monteleon"s paternal grandfather, who had been viceroy of Sicily from 1517 to 1534, had been elevated to the title of "Duke of Monteleone" by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, on 29 March 1527. Monteleon married Caterina Caracciolo y Mendoza, a daughter of Carlo Caracciolo, 6th Count of Sant"Angelo, and Ana de Mendoza, but they had no sons.
The current Duke of Monteleone is Jose Maria Pignatelli de Aragon y Burgos, a Spanish subject and a Grandee of Spain.
