Nobility. Italian military leader, he was the first marquis in the history of Pescara, count of Monteodorisio, baron of Trentola Ducenta, viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples and great Giustiziere of Abruzzo Ultra. Born in 1350 in Senno (fraction of the Tuscan municipality of Scarperia and San Piero), he was initiated into a military career from an early age. In 1373 he was in Florence, where he committed the murder of a local resident. In 1383 together with various barons he was sent by Margherita d'Angiò-Durazzo, queen consort regent of the Kingdom of Naples, to Palermo to take Costanza Chiaramonte and escort her to Naples on the occasion of her wedding with her son Ladislao. In 1386 in Capua Ladislao d'Angiò-Durazzo was crowned king of the Kingdom of Naples and immediately after, in 1390, in Gaeta Cecco del Borgo he was appointed viceroy. From the king he obtained the task of opposing the barons adhering to Louis II of Anjou-Valois together with the leaders Alberico da Barbiano and Otto IV of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, reporting alternating results in battle. In 1393 Cecco decided to lay down the office of viceroy to become the great Giustiziere of Abruzzo Ultra, a position he held until 6 July 1402. In 1403 he was invested with the title of Marquis of Pescara by King Ladislao. Always faithful to the Neapolitan sovereign, he participated in the battles against Louis II, until 1411, when he died in combat in Capua. His coat of arms consisted of a silver and red truncated shield at the rampant lion of one in the other. During his life Cecco del Borgo had a tower built in one of the main squares of the city of L'Aquila and a citadel to protect the town.
Nobility. Italian military leader, he was the first marquis in the history of Pescara, count of Monteodorisio, baron of Trentola Ducenta, viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples and great Giustiziere of Abruzzo Ultra. Born in 1350 in Senno (fraction of the Tuscan municipality of Scarperia and San Piero), he was initiated into a military career from an early age. In 1373 he was in Florence, where he committed the murder of a local resident. In 1383 together with various barons he was sent by Margherita d'Angiò-Durazzo, queen consort regent of the Kingdom of Naples, to Palermo to take Costanza Chiaramonte and escort her to Naples on the occasion of her wedding with her son Ladislao. In 1386 in Capua Ladislao d'Angiò-Durazzo was crowned king of the Kingdom of Naples and immediately after, in 1390, in Gaeta Cecco del Borgo he was appointed viceroy. From the king he obtained the task of opposing the barons adhering to Louis II of Anjou-Valois together with the leaders Alberico da Barbiano and Otto IV of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, reporting alternating results in battle. In 1393 Cecco decided to lay down the office of viceroy to become the great Giustiziere of Abruzzo Ultra, a position he held until 6 July 1402. In 1403 he was invested with the title of Marquis of Pescara by King Ladislao. Always faithful to the Neapolitan sovereign, he participated in the battles against Louis II, until 1411, when he died in combat in Capua. His coat of arms consisted of a silver and red truncated shield at the rampant lion of one in the other. During his life Cecco del Borgo had a tower built in one of the main squares of the city of L'Aquila and a citadel to protect the town.
Bio by: Ruggero
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