Note 330 — BOOK THE SEVENTH. (continued 2)

Marino de Marzano, Prince of Rossano, and Duke of Sessa, who had married Eleanor, a natural daughter of Alphonso I, King of Naples, sided with John, Duke of Anjou, in 1459, against his brother-in-law, Ferdinand I, whom the Duke of Anjou was striving to deprive of the crown of Naples. He was declared a rebel in 1460, but made his peace in 1462, on condition that his son should marry Ferdinand’s daughter. Regardless of his oath, however, Ferdinand imprisoned Marino in the castle of Naples in 1464; and after twenty-two years’ captivity he was put to a violent death in 1486.