Conte d'Aquino

The family d'Aquino is of Lombard origin and was probably related to the Lombard princes of Capua. The initial ancestry may have started with: Rodoaldo, a Lombard nobleman who was the first Gastaldo (governer) of the city of Aquino. Following a local war in 882, he was captured with his son, and was forced into the monastic habit after having renounced his feuds. The next name to appear in the family is: Adenolfo (+ after 883), Gastaldo d’Aquino, who may have been Rodoaldo's son or brother. His son may have been: Rodiperto (+ after 924), Gastaldo di Aquino who married Magalù, daughter of Docibile dei Duchi di Gaeta (b. ante 906 + bef. 924) Siconolfo I may have been their son.

Thomas Aquinas was born in or around 1225 at his father Count Landulf's castle of Roccasecca in the kingdom of Naples. Today, this castle is in the Province of Frosinone, in the Regione Lazio. Through his mother, Theodora Countess of Theate, Aquinas was related to the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Holy Roman emperors. Landulf's brother Sinibald was abbot of the original Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino. The family intended for Aquinas to follow his uncle into that position. This would have been a normal career path for a younger son of southern Italian nobility.
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Vision of St. Thomas d'Aquino - painting by Guglielmo Caccia
  • A1 = Rodoaldo di Aquino;
    • B1 = Adenolfo di Aquino;
      • C1 = Rodiperto di Aquino. d:919, m. Magalù di Gaeta;
        • D1 = Siconolfo, Gestldo di Aquino. lvd:900/963;
          • E1 = Adenolfo II, Conte di Aquino. d:980;
            • F1 = Adenolfo III “Summucula” d'Aquino;
              • G1 = Adenolfo IV d'Aquino, Duca di Gaeta, d:1042;
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    • H1 = Landone II, Conte di Aquino e di Pontecorvo, d:1066, m. Sichelgaita di Capua;
      • I1 = Landone III, Conte di Aquino;
        • J1 = Landone IV, Conte di Aquino;
          • K1 -- Pandolfo d'Aquino;
            • L1 -- Landolfo d'Aquino de Alberto;
              • M1 -- Adenolfo II d'Aquino de Alberto, lvd:1196, m. Ottolina dell'Isola
                • N1 -- Tommaso d'Aquino, Conte d’Acerra, d:1251, m. Margherita di Odento
                  • O1 -- Adenolfo III d'Aquino, d:1242, m. Cubitosa di Laurito
                    • P1 -- Tommaso d'Aquino, Conte d’Acerra, d:1273, m. Margherita de Suevia  ==>  Hohenstaufen Dynasty
                      • Q1 -- Giovanna d'Aquino, m. Pietro II Ruffo  <==  Ruffo family
          • K2 = Rinaldo d'Aquino, m. Cecilia di Medania;
            • L1 = Sibilla d'Aquino, lvd:1147/1205, m. Tancred de Hautevillei;  <==  House of Hauteville
            • L2 = Aimo d'Aquino;
              • M1 = Landolfo d'Aquino, Lord of Roccasecca, d:1245, m. Teodora Caracciola;
                • N1 = Teodora d'Aquino, m. Ruggero Sanseverino;  <==  Sanseverino family
                • N2 = Adelasia d'Aquino, m. Ruggero II dell'Aquila;
                • N3 .. Saint Thomas d'Aquino;
                • N4 -- Adenolfo d'Aquino;
                  • O1 -- Tommaso I d'Aquino, Conte di Geneocastro;
                    • P1 -- Tommaso II, Conte di Belcastro, m. Caterina de Mons;

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