Count of Conza was a
Renaissance
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title held by several noble families of the
Campania
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region in southern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, notably the
Balvano
Balvano ( Lucano: ) is a small city and a ''commune'' in the province of Potenza (Basilicata, southern Italy).
The recent history of Balvano is connected to several catastrophes. In 1944, a steam train stalled in a nearby railway tunnel, suffoca ...
,
Gesualdo, and
Mirelli families. The title was often held along with others, such as
Prince of Venosa located in
Venosa
Venosa ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gerva ...
, Italy.
List of Counts of Conza
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Sansone II, Count of Conza, 1430–1503, 1st Count of Conza
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Nicola III, Count of Conza, 2nd Count of Conza (son of Sansone)
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Luigi III, Count of Conza, 3rd Count of Conza (son of Sansone)
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Fabrizio I, Count of Conza, 4th Count of Conza (son of Luigi)
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Luigi IV, Count of Conza, 5th Count of Conza (son of Fabrizio)
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Fabrizio II, Count of Conza, 6th Count of Conza (son of Luigi IV)
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Carlo Gesualdo
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa ( – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th cent ...
, 1566–1613, 7th Count of Conza (son of Fabrizio II)
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Emanuele, Count of Conza, 8th Count of Conza (son of Carlo)
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Isabella, Countess of Conza, died 1629, Countess of Conza (daughter of Emanuele)
References
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Conza
Conza della Campania (or Conza di Campania; formerly called Compsa, commonly known as Conza (Campanian: )) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin Catholic (arch)bishopric in the province of Avellino in the region of Campania in souther ...