Demetrio Capuzzimati
{{Short description|Albanian mercenary captain active in Apulia, Kingdom of Naples}}
Demetrio Capuzzimati (Albanian: Dhimiter Këpucmadhi) ({{circa|1480}}{{snd}}February 15, 1557, San Marzano di San Giuseppe{{cite book |last1=Landi |first1=Addolorata |title=Variazioni linguistiche in albanese |date=2002 |publisher=Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane |page=111}}) was an Albanian{{cite book |last1=Mola |first1=Stefania |title=La storia della Puglia in 100 luoghi memorabili |date=2018 |publisher=Newton Compton Editori |isbn=9788822726414 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHpyDwAAQBAJ&q=Demetrio+Capuzzimati+albanese&pg=PT184 |language=it}} Stradiot captain in Apulia, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and was the son of a soldier who had fought with Scanderbeg. He was also the first Baron of San Marzano.
Name and career
Capuzzimati or Capuzzimadi is an italianized version of the Albanian ”këpucmadhe” meaning ”big shoe”.San Marzano di San Giuseppe, anima arbereshe, su salentoacolory.it. URL consultato il 9 febbraio 2019. Capuzzimati fought against a conspiracy of the local barons during the years of 1459–1462.Luigi Carducci, p. 340 He also fought in the Italian wars against Francis I of France.San Marzano di San Giuseppe, su arbitalia.it. URL consultato il 7 febbraio 2019. On July 27, 1530, the royalty of San Marzano, together with the title of Baron, was sold by the viceroy of Naples, Cardinal Pompeo Colonna, to Capuzzimati for 700 ducats,(San Marzano di San Giuseppe, comunità Arbëresh, p. 5{{cite book |last1=Padova |first1=Natascia De |title=L'arbëreshë di San Marzano di San Giuseppe (Taranto). Aspetti sociolinguistici |date=2014 |publisher=Natascia De Padova |isbn=9786050330519 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GxUwBQAAQBAJ&q=Capuzzimati&pg=PP11 |language=it}} which he used as a place for immigrating Albanian families.{{cite book |last1=Astremo |first1=Rossano |title=101 storie sulla Puglia che non ti hanno mai raccontato |date=2015 |publisher=Newton Compton Editori |isbn=9788854183100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9lCCgAAQBAJ&q=Demetrio+Capuzzimati&pg=PT50 |language=it}}{{cite book |last1=Talò |first1=Vincenza Musardo |title=San Carlo Borromeo: la santita nel sociale |date=2010 |publisher=TALMUS-ART di G. Talò |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMbFxDQKPccC&q=capuzzimati&pg=PA29 |language=it}} The same year, he was appointed by Charles V.{{cite web |last1=Puglia |first1=Visit |title=San Marzano di San Giuseppe |url=http://www.visual-italy.it/EN/puglia/marzano-vineyards-olive-groves-albanian-colony-language/ |accessdate=21 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He died in 1557 and his oldest son Cesare inherited his wealth.1. Casali Albanesi nel Tarentino, p. 522. Cenni storici, p. 5 He died in 1595. His successor was his son Demetrius junior in 1595. The same year, the Royal Chamber expropriated the wealth of Demetrius and sold it in an auction in 1639 for 20,000 ducats to the Duke of Taurisano, Franceso Lopez of Royo, of Spanish originCenni storici, p. 7
The descendants from Capuzzimati's today still live in San Marzano di San Giuseppe and some descendants in the South of Germany in Leutkirch im Allgäu in the line from Cosimo Reo from Leutkirch and produce wine, olive oil and Grappa and manage Restaurants, Hotels, finance offices and Real Estates.
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Category:16th-century condottieri
Category:Italian people of Albanian descent