Belisario Acquaviva, Duca di Nardò (c. 1464 – 24 July 1528[1]) was an Italian nobleman and writer from theKingdom of Naples.
A younger son ofGiulio Antonio Acquaviva and the younger brother of the literary figureAndrea Matteo Acquaviva, Belisario followed the military profession. Unlike his brotherAndrea Matteo, 8th Duke of Atri, who supported the French, Belisario fought againstCharles VIII of France, and was rewarded by KingFerdinand II of Naples with the fief ofNardò and the title Count. He was later made Duke of Nardò byCharles V.[2] Belisario was hence enabled not only to preserve his own patrimony, but to procure the restitution of his brother's.
Like that brother, he applied himself to letters, and left severaldissertations, collected since into one volume.[3] He was a friend ofGiovanni della Casa, and like his older brother, was a member of theAccademia Pontaniana.
Of this illustrious name were several other members attached to literature. Two dukes of Atri werepoets.[3] Both his sons,Giacomo Antonio Acquaviva andGiovanni Battista Acquaviva, served asBishop of Nardò.[4][5][6]
Belisario Acquaviva married Sveva Sanseverino, daughter of Gerolamo Sanseverino, 2nd Prince of Bisignano, and Vannella Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona . The couple had the following children:
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